How do you package your "Christmas Cookie swap" cookies?

[maslex]

My mom just invited me to a cookie exchange on the 16th. I've decided to make chocolate covered cherry cookies. I remember going to one back when I was about 15 or so and truthfully can't remember much about it except that my cousin hosted it.

There is only going to be about 5 people participating so we need to bring a dozen to share with everyone and then a dozen for each guest to bring home.

Just wondering how you have packaged each guests cookies in the past? I really don't want to just throw them in a plastic baggie. And I know they have the plastic cookie bags that you can tie off with a colored ribbon and also the cute little plastic buckets. But is there any other way to do it? I mean there's nothing wrong with doing it this way but I was trying to come up with a different way to present them to everyone.

Any ideas?

 

[lewdyan1]

I bought the plastic containers (either glad or ziplock, I don't remember) that are in Christmas colors. They held the dozens we needed to make.

 

[Mickster]

I don't know how big your cookies are going to be, but I've used the plastic chinese food containers that you can get at a craft store. You can totally decorate the outside or just the handle. They come in solid colors as well as prints.

 

[Imzadi]

Your dollar store probably has tin boxes in holiday themes out. Line them with pretty colored tissue paper.

 

[ADisneygirl]

I am doing tins this year that I got at the Dollar Tree. They are very Christmas-y and pretty, and the lid will help the cookies stay fresher longer. In the past I have presented my cookies on ceramic Christmas plates with cellophane wrap over them, and I have done them in little tin pails I found at Michael's Crafts.

I am also including an ornament as a decoration as I always do. I got silver reindeer this year that I found in Wal Mart. This time with the tins I am going to criss cross tie a wire ribbon around the tin, and attach the string of the ornament to the bow before I finish tying it. (in the past I tied the ornament around the cellophane before the bow or hung it off the pail by ribbon)

If your recipe is short as mine is this year, write your recipe out on the larger gift tags that Target has for sale. They look like little Christmas cards and people put them on gifts usually, but I thought they would be cute for my recipe this year since it isn't complicated. (I'm making russian tea cookies) In the past my cookies had many ingredients and multiple steps so I just printed them out on Christmas computer paper.

Hope your cookie exchange is fun!

 

[DISNEYDUET]

I bought small paint cans from Home Depot and have decorated them with Christmas wrap using double stick tape and some ribbon. Very easy and the cans seal pretty well so the cookies will stay fresh.
I too am participating in a cookie swap. What was supposed to be 5 people has now turned into 18!!! One of my friends neighbors invited her coworkers to join us!! I would not have joined in if I had known I would have to make 17 dozen cookies.