This fun “You’ve Been Mugged” printable gifting game is a Christmas take on the popular “You’ve Been Booed” game.

Simply add a tag and info sheet to a coffee mug and fill it with treats then leave it as a surprise for your neighbors, coworkers, teachers, or friends.

Then they can keep spreading the Christmas cheer and “mug” someone else!

I’ve included free printable tags, door hangers, and signs along with an instruction sheet and even treat and gift ideas below!

This is a great way to gift just about anyone from coworkers to friends and even your kids’ teachers!

Simply print out the “You’ve Been Mugged” signs to include with your gift.

I adjusted mine to print 4 to a page and attached them as tags to the mugs.

There is also an instruction sheet to explain all the details.

Print then fold and add inside the mug.

I also included door hangers and funny gift tags too!

You can just gift the mug or add some treats like hot cocoa packets, tea bags, coffee pods, and candy.

So cute and so fun! 

Click here to download and print the You’ve Got Mugged ideas and tags!

1. You’ve Been Mugged Sign

2. Door Tags

3. Instructions 

4. Treat and Gift Ideas 

5. Funny Tags

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 Just in time for back to school, these free printable Harry Potter bookmarks come in the four Hogwarts house colors

and feature some of the most famous character quotes. These make great gifts for book lovers and fun Harry Potter party favors too!

Simply download the page of bookmarks below and then cut out to use.

I love all the designs and quotes so much, I can’t pick a favorite!

“I solemnly swear I am up to no good.” – Harry Potter

Scroll down to download!

One page features all four colored bookmarks with quotes. 

Print out on a full sheet. I like to use cardstock to make them more durable. 

Once you cut out each individual bookmark you can start using ( or give as a gift). 

Another option – you can laminate them and/or you can punch a hole in the top and add a tassel. 

All four bookmarks features two quotes each from Harry Potter, Ruebus Hagrid, Luna Lovegood, and Albus Dumbledore .

The colors green (Slytherin), blue (Ravenclaw), yellow (Hufflepuff), and red (Gryffindor) represent the Hogwarts house colors. 

Print the bookmarks here!

>> Click here to download and print the page of Harry Potter Bookmarks. <<

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Summer is almost here and that means school is ending soon and it’s time for kiddos to say bye to their wonderful teachers.

My girls and I love making creative gifts for their teachers at the end of every school year, and this year we decided to make these fun Teacher Survival Kit Snack Gift Boxes.

This fun gift is filled with all their teachers favorite treats along with a gift card and printable gift tag added on top.

A unique teacher gift that’s so easy to put together and fun to give for teacher appreciation and end of school! 

Stella’s sweet teacher Mrs L. was such a kind, thoughtful, and creative teacher. 

We are so grateful for her and hope she loved her gifts. 

Stella ready on her last day with her teacher gift.

These small tackle box style snack boxes are perfect for this fun gift idea and only cost $1 from Target’s Dollar Spot!

Print out the Teacher Survival Kit Tags and cut out.  There are two sizes available. 

Scroll down to download. 

The large size tags are what I used on the top of each snack box. 

The regular size tags are perfect for cutting out, punching a hole on top, and tying on a gift bag or basket. 

We decided to include both a gift card from Stella’s teachers favorite place (Chickfila) and a sample of her favorite small treats (truffles). 

I taped the gift card to the inside of the lid along with jeweled stickers spelling out her name. 

The small box has 6 square openings to be filled. Her teacher likes sour candies, gummies, and truffles so we filled it with those and added some “Smarties” to stick with the teacher theme! 

You can tape or tie on the tag. I used the large tag and added it to the top of the box with double-sided tape.

So fun, easy, and unique! 

I hope your kiddos teacher loves this gift as much as Stella’s did! Have a safe and fun summer! 

Scroll down to download the free gift tags!

>>> Click here for the Large Size Teacher Tags (2 to a page) <<<

>> Click here for the Regular Size Teacher Tags ( 3 to a page) <<<

End of school year photos of my girls! So proud of them.

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I’m super excited to share this one of a kind gift idea and beautiful way to display your family recipes.

I have teamed up with The Hungry Printer on Etsy to create this custom illustrated recipe book and I cannot wait to gift it to my family for Christmas!

Check out the gorgeous illustrations of my family recipes below and be sure to visit Christine at The Hungry Printer on Etsy to order your own illustrated prints.

The Hungry Printer offers two varieties of illustrated recipes in digital prints in her Etsy shop. I used both in my printed book.

Style 1: https://thehungryprinter.etsy.com/listing/1516502990/custom-illustrated-recipe-custom-recipe 

Style 2: https://thehungryprinter.etsy.com/listing/1608435052/custom-illustrated-recipe-custom-recipe

My Mama’s pasta recipe is a family favorite and perfect for this gift. I love how beautiful it is on it’s own or in a book!

My viral ham recipe is #1 on my blog and the most requested holiday recipe by my kids! 

Quiche Lorraine is our Christmas morning tradition. The ultimate brunch meal that always makes me happy!

I chose to have my book bound and printed at Staples. I used high quality glossy cardstock and added a cover. 

I also had single prints done on photo paper from Walgreens as a framed gift for friends. 

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Frosted cookies are decorated as snow globes complete with sprinkle snow and candy characters.

These festive Christmas cookies are a fun treat to make this holiday season! 

This recipe is part of The Sweetest Season, an annual virtual cookie swap co-hosted by Erin of The Speckled Palate and Susannah of Feast + West. Every year, food bloggers get together to share new holiday cookie recipes to make and give.

This year we are raising money for Cookies 4 Kids’ Cancer, which is a recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to funding research for new, innovative and less-toxic treatments for childhood cancer.

Since 2008, Cookies for Kids’ Cancer has granted nearly $18 million to pediatric cancer research in the form of 100+ research grants to leading pediatric cancer centers across the country. From these grants have stemmed 35+ treatments available to kids battling cancer today.

Help us raise money for this important cause! Donate through our fundraising page.

Another exciting thing is that Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is in a matching window with their friends at OXO, meaning OXO will be matching every dollar raised through the end of 2023, up to $100,000. Whatever money we raise will automatically double on our fundraising page!

Print

Snow Globe Christmas Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 dozen cookies baked
• cream cheese or vanilla frosting
• white bead sprinkles
• assorted Christmas candy characters
• 6 clear fillable plastic ornament balls opened into 12 halves

Instructions

• Frost tops of all cookies with a thick layer of white frosting.
• Top with white bead sprinkles all over as the "snow".
• Now press 2-5 (depending on size) candy characters in the frosting, arranged to be standing in the snow.
• Add a half clear plastic ball on top of the cookie to cover like a snow globe.
• Serve your festive creations and enjoy!

Any cookie will work but they do need to be the size of the snow globe topper (or slightly smaller). 

I made these preportioned chocolate caramel chip cookies from Aldi. 

I choose slightly beige frosting because I am a sucker for cream cheese!

Vanilla also works but I found this whipped variety was perfectly soft and spreadable. 

For the snow globe toppers you need fillable clear plastic ornaments that open and split in half.

I found these at Joanne’s and Hobby Lobby. 

These white bead sprinkles were the perfect snow for my cookies and then I tried a variety of Christmas candy characters .

The icing candy decorations (baking aisle) work best as I found the gummies were hard to tell what they were! 

After baking and cooling your cookies frost tops of all cookies with a thick layer of white frosting. 

Then top with white bead sprinkles all over as the “snow”.

Now press 2-5 (depending on size) candy characters in the frosting, arranged to be standing in the snow.

Add a half clear plastic ball on top of the cookie to cover like a snow globe.

Serve or gift your festive cookies and enjoy!

About Cookies for Kids’ Cancer:
Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is a recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to funding research for new, innovative and less-toxic treatments for childhood cancer. Since 2008, Cookies for Kids’ Cancer has granted nearly $18 million to pediatric cancer research in the form of 100+ research grants to leading pediatric cancer centers across the country. From these grants have stemmed 35+ treatments available to kids battling cancer today.

How it all started:
When 2-year-old Liam Witt was diagnosed with childhood cancer in 2007, his parents Larry and Gretchen were shocked to learn of the lack of effective treatments for pediatric cancers due to lack of funding. They pledged to support the funding of research for safer, more effective treatments for children battling cancer. With the help of 250 volunteers, his mom Gretchen baked and sold 96,000 cookies, raising more than $400,000 for research. Word spread, and people nationwide began asking, “How can I help?” From that giant cookie bake, Cookies for Kids’ Cancer was born.

Fast Facts:

Cancer is the #1 cause of death by disease of children in the U.S.
More than 40,000 U.S. children are actively battling cancer right now.
The average age of a child diagnosed with pediatric cancer is 6.
The combined 12 major groups of pediatric cancers receive 4% of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) federal budget.
2/3 pediatric cancer patients will develop long-term side effects, many life-threatening—a result of the treatments that “cured” them.
Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is committed to funding research for new, improved and less toxic treatment options for kids.
There are 300,000+ new cases of cancer affecting children worldwide annually. That’s more than 800 new kids affected every day.

Matching
Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is in a matching window with their friends at OXO, who will be matching every dollar raised through the end of 2023, up to $100,000. Whatever money we raise will automatically double on our fundraising page!

Help us raise money for this important cause! Donate through our fundraising page.

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Perfect for your next movie night event, these free themed printables include a sign, tickets, and labels.

Use them to decorate for your movie party or use as tags for a movie screening themed gift!

These printables are perfect for a movie night screening party anytime!

You can make them themed like I did below for Halloween or simply do it for a family gathering or birthday party.

I have included one sheet with 4 printable small movie tickets and 4 tags you can use as party decor/food labels or attach to a movie night gift basket. 

Enjoy these fun props to make your movie night extra special!

Movie Night Gift Idea:

For this movie night gift I used two carriers.

One is a cardboard drink carrier. The other is a plastic caddy from the Dollar Tree.

They are perfect for loading with movie night treats and drinks and you can reuse them!

 I like individual ciders, bottled sodas, and hot cocoa packets.  

You have to add candy for movie night, right?

I always include a few movie theater sized chocolate treats and a pack of popcorn.

Another idea is to add comfy socks and something special for the specific person your gifting.

I added nail polish and little toys to ours!

Use the Movie Night printable tag and attach it to the carrier. I punched a hole at the top and tied on with ribbon. 

You can also add the tickets and movie night sign in the carrier for the person you are gifting to use for their movie night- 

and even add a DVD or movie rental coupon. 

And for Halloween we added a spider and vampire teeth too- extra decorations to go with the holiday or theme are always a cool touch.

If you use a cardboard carrier too you could also color or decorate it with stickers.  No matter what it will be a one of a kind gift!

So fun and easy- this really is a great gift for just about anyone! 

Also check out DIY Redbox Date Night In Gift Basket with Printable Card .

Print your Movie Night Signs and Labels below!

>> Print the 8×10 Movie Night Sign here. <<

>> Print the Tickets and Movie Night Tags (8) here. <<

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This sweet handmade gift idea is perfect for back to school, birthdays, holidays, and even Mother’s Day!

Simply print out the poem card and attach matching bracelets for an easy and thoughtful present for someone special in your life.

Ava made her sister and I matching name bracelets and then surprised me for my birthday!

It was such a sweet gift paired with the poem card and I will always treasure it.

I created three size printable cards with the poem.

Depending on the size of your bracelets, you can punch a hole in the corner and tie on or wrap the bracelet around the paper. 

I also used a small clear gift bag and added the card and two bracelets inside then taped shut. 

Another idea is to print out the 8×10 card and frame it as a gift too!

Add a signature or note on the bottom of the card to personalize it.

I hope you enjoy this gift idea.

They are great for both kids and adults and can be from a kid to a parent, sibling or friend and vice versa. 

Download and print your cards here!

There are three different sizes of the bracelet printable cards available to you!

Click to download – 8×10 full page card

Click to download – 2 medium postcard size cards

Click to download – 3 small cards with space in the center to attach bracelets

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Flowers are everywhere here- at the farms, markets, in our neighborhood, and on the trails! My girls, especially my youngest Stella, love picking wildflowers, so I thought making a printable flower wrap would be a sweet idea for wrapping bouquets as a pretty presentation for gift giving.  

Scroll down to download and print the floral print wrapping paper!

Fresh picked flowers from the market always brighten my day! 

If you don’t have flower markets or wildflowers near you, I recommend Trader Joe’s!

They have a beautiful selection of fresh flowers year round for great prices!

Our favorite local florist has an adorable flower truck they bring to events to make your own bouquets!

Check them out:  Eden’s Flower Truck .

Stella’s school has the most vibrant and thriving flower garden around!

My Flower Child(ren).

“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.” – Zen Shin

Start by printing out the floral paper on a full 8×11 sheet. 

Roll the paper into a tight cone and tape on the sides to secure. 

Trim the bouquet and add directly to the paper wrapped or to keep fresh longer you can wrap the bottom

of the flower bouquet in a damp paper towel then add to a baggie and secure with a rubber band. 

Wildflowers, store bought flowers, and even creative wood, feather, and pretty fillers all look lovely! 

Such a pretty presentation for a gift or decor! 

I love summer flowers, don’t you? 

“Like wildflowers; You must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.” – E.V.

Download your bouquet wrap below!

Click here to print and download : Summertime Floral Bouquet Wrap . <<

 

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These themed printable questionnaires are a cute Father’s Day gift idea for Dad and Grandpa.

Let the kids fill in the answers and draw a photo on the sheet then gift it to Dad as a fun and thoughtful keepsake!

My girls and their Dad always have such fun together! 

Download and print your questionnaires!

>>> Click here for the Grandpa Printable. <<<

>>> Click here for the Dad Printable. <<<

Filling out their answers on their own. I love their sweet and thoughtful answers!

Such a cute gift that I know their Dad will love!

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It’s Teacher Appreciation Week and my girls have been making so many sweet gifts for their favorite teachers.

From handwritten cards to pretty pictures they always think of thoughtful and one of a kind gifts. But this year we decided to add a coffee themed treat complete with chocolate, a decorated cup, and a gift card. Because we all know most teachers need caffeine and drink a lot of coffee!

These make great gifts year round too but I especially like it for Teacher Appreciation, birthdays, the last day of school, and as a welcome present for the beginning of the school year.

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai

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My sweet Stella at school this year.

Stella and her teacher Mrs. P, who always pushes her to try harder, share a sweet moment in class.

When I found this cup I knew I had to make a cute teachers gift centered around it!

This simple gift can be customized depending on the recipient and what they like. 

Here’s what I included:

Starbucks gift card

Teaching themed reusable coffee cup 

Handwritten card from their student

A sweet treat like chocolate truffles

A cute themed label and string

First, I had Stella write a thank you card to her teacher. 

Then we added the card, gift card, and truffles to the inside of the coffee cup.

Finally, tie on a Thanks a Latte gift tag and add the cup lid if you have one.

All done and ready to gift!

Labels

I found this cute Starbucks cup label on FeelingNifty.com .

She offers it as a single PDF to download here.

I made it into a Word doc with 4 across that you can also download here but please check out her site above too!

“If you can read this, thank a teacher.”- American Proverb

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