Christmas Mint & Sucker Wrappers and Travel Games...Added Disney X-mas Wrappers 11/25

[jtanddolly]

I was working on a few wrappers for our family trip to the Gaylord on Christmas Eve Eve and thought I would post some blank ones in case anyone can use them for school gifts, christmas party favors or if you are like me...I'm making them to give out to the waiters, housekeepers, the Grinch and his helpers at breakfast, Ms. Claus when we meet with her for story time and milk and cookies, etc. at our hotel.

I DELETED ALL OF THE IMAGES TO MAKE ROOM IN MY PHOTOBUCKET...BUT IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SAVE THE IMAGES AND WANT THEM FOR FUTURE YEARS...THEY ARE IN MY 4SHARED FILE IN THE LINK IN MY SIGNATURE. yOU CAN FIND THEM IN THE "CANDY WRAPPER" FILE.

Here are some sucker wrappers and how to make them using MS Word:

• Open up a word document and click on “file” and in the drop down menu click on “setup”. In the “margins” tab set all of the margins to “.3” and make sure the direction is set to "landscape".
• Next copy and paste the wrapper into word.
• Then click on "format" and in the drop down menu click on "picture".
• Next go to the "size" tab and set the height to 6.22 inches, then click the “tab” key on your keyboard and the width will automatically correct itself to 2.6 inches.
• Then click "okay".
• If you set your margins correctly, you will be able to get four of these to a page.
• Print out the wrappers and cut out around each image.
• Then use a hole punch to punch out the marked hole.
• Next fold all three lines, slide your sucker through the hole, wrap the wrapper around the sucker and secure with double sided tape.



I left the backside of wrapper blank in case you want to personalize it. If you want to add a textbox or word art using MS Word. Check out this thread and it will teach you how to do that:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2286193



Here are a few mint matchbook wrappers and how to make them:

• Open up a word document and click on “file” and in the drop down menu click on “setup”. In the “margins” tab set all of the margins to “.3” and make sure the direction is set to "portrait".
• Next copy and paste the wrapper into word.
• Then click on "format" and in the drop down menu click on "picture".
• Next go to the "size" tab and set the height to 5.56 inches, then click the “tab” key on your keyboard and the width will automatically correct itself to 1.75 inches.
• Then click "okay".
• If you set your margins and wrapper size correctly, and you use the "crop" tool on the picture toolbar to delete the extra white space above the wrappers...you will be able to get eight of these to a page.
• Print out the wrappers and cut out around each image.
• Next fold all three lines, use the individually wrapped mints and use double sided tape to secure it to the blank side of the wrapper, then wrap the wrapper around the mint and secure with double sided tape. You can use a stapler to hold it all together but I think it looks more professional without the staple.



Hope someone can use them!

 

[jtanddolly]

Here are some Christmas Travel Games that I made in case you are driving somewhere for Christmas or if you want to use them for gifts. These would make GREAT inexpensive christmas gifts for family and friends with children that are going to be traveling during the Christmas season. I pack all of mine in a pencil bag and Wal-mart sells dry erase markers with erasers on the end of the cap. Make sure you print on cardstock paper, laminate them and use dry erase markers so that you can use them over and over:

I DELETED THESE TO MAKE ROOM IN MY PHOTOBUCKET. IF YOU NEED THEM FOR FUTURE YEARS YOU CAN FIND THEM IN MY 4SHARED FILE IN THE LINK IN MY SIGNATURE. LOOK IN THE "TRAVEL GAMES" FILE, THEN IN THE "CHRISTMAS" FILE.

 

[jtanddolly]

Here is a license plate game for those that are going to be in the car for several hours. I normally print two of these per 8.5 x 11 piece of paper.

YOU CAN FIND THIS IN MY 4SHARED FILE AS WELL.

 

[need2go2disney]

Dolly... I have a really silly question... How do you play the Travel Bingo game? Thanks for all your work on creating these great activities.

 

[jtanddolly]

How to play Travel/Vehicle Bingo:
First, print each of the four cards as they have different pictures on them so that everyone gets a different card. How my family plays the travel bingo game is...you look for the pictures on your card. When you see one...you yell out "bird" or "cow", etc. so no one else can use the same image that you see. To make the game last...if there are a group of cows and you call out "cow" you are the only one that gets to mark it off of your card and everyone else has to wait for the next cow or herd of cows. We like to play "Black Out" where you have to mark everything on the bingo card before you can yell "BINGO". But if it is a shorter trip you can play the original way where you try to get a line vertically, horizontally or diagonally to yell out "BINGO".

We play the same way for the vehicle bingo by yelling out the type of vehicle like "log truck", "police car", etc. And only the person that calls it can mark it on their card.

Take the time to laminate the cards and use dry erase markers so that you can use them over and over as it is a lot of fun even for adults who are traveling. I recently made some for my mom and her friends that were taking a "Red Hat" road trip and they loved them! Another alternative if you are running out of time...put them in large ziploc bags and write on the bag with a dry erase marker so that they can be used over and over.

Hope that makes sense. If you are going to Disney...look in my 4shared file in the link in my signature as I have LOTS of printable travel games that are Disney specific like Mickey and the Gang, Princesses, Star Wars, etc. I also have some in the travel game thread:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2191711

I will add a few more Christmas ones to this link like a scavenger hunt when I get a chance.

 

[jtanddolly]

My family plays this similar to BINGO. Print one for everyone traveling with you (besides the driver). When someone see an image on their card...they yell it out and mark it off. You can only mark off the image if you are the first to see it and call it out.

 

[jtanddolly]

One last road game...battleship! This is a game for two players so you will need to print two grid sheets. I print two grid sheets on one piece of cardstock.

LOOK IN MY 4SHARED FILE TO FIND THIS GAME.

 

[jtanddolly]

"Santa's Travel Game List" for the cross country travelers! I print this on the front and back of a single piece of cardstock. Then fold in half and stick in the pencil bag with the rest of the games.

LOOK IN MY 4SHARED FILE TO FIND THIS LIST.

Merry Christmas and safe travels!!!

 

[jtanddolly]

Xxx

 

[jtanddolly]

xxx

 

[jtanddolly]

Bumping...in case some one can use them.

 

[jtanddolly]

Bumping...in case someone needs some Christmas wrappers. I will delete these after the holidays.