Make New Year's Eve extra special by creating these count-down goodie bags by Melissa Mann!
New Year's Eve Goodie Bags by Melissa Mann
Supplies: Whiskers Paper (35502) - Hollyday, Merry Dimples Paper (35496) - Hollyday, Sign on the Dotted Paper (35553) - Amy Tangerine, Stars, Stripes, & Stitches Paper (35550) - Amy Tangerine, Cranberry (59517) - Pigment Ink, Bright (78053) - Details, Elf Red (53210) - Thickers, Seasonal (53210) - Ribbon, Stream (61733) - MixTape, Super Swell (42193) - Remarks, Fantastic Limeade (53109) - Thickers, Fantastic White (53110) - Thickers, Poppy's Pub Paper (35542) - Garden Cafe, Rockabye Powder (42955) - Thickers, Jewel Brads (85565) - Elements, Tinsel (89408) - Premium Ribbon, White Christmas (42203) - Details, Reindeer Red (53206) - Thickers; Other: Paper bags, hole punch
To create these goodie bags, you will need brown paper bags, patterned paper, embellishments, Thickers, and goodies to put inside!
The first bag I created featured a simple clock that I made out of patterned paper. Trace out a circle in a size that will fit the front of your bag and ink the edges.
Trim two strips of patterned paper into arrows and adhere them like the hands of a clock to the circle.
Place an embellishment in the middle.
Add "8:00" using Thickers at the top of your bag.
For my next bag, I cut out a block of star paper to fit the front of the bag and then cut another smaller striped paper block and adhered it down. I placed some Mixtape around the edges, stuck a label sticker in the middle, and put my "9:00" Thickers on the top of the sticker.
On the next bag, I first placed my time "10:00" in the middle. Then, I punched out a bunch of stars from patterned paper and adhered them randomly across the front of the bag.
The next bag also features a clock, but this time I place a "12", "3", "6", and a "9" around it and placed my hands to point at the 11:00 time on the clock.
The very last bag has lots of glitter and bling! I cut out two blocks of paper and adhered them together. Then I used the red tinsel to frame the smaller block of paper. I used some small glitter snowflake stickers and then placed my "12:00" on top.
Then comes the fun part of filling the goodie bags! I grabbed a handful of dollar items in the front bins from Target: chocolate gold coins, pencils, chapstick... the possibilities are endless! You could also have home baked goodies, small games, etc. It would be fun to put some party blowers and confetti in the last bag to bring in the New Year!
Fill yours bags with an assortment of goodies and enjoy opening them up every hour until midnight!
I hope you can find some inspiration from this simple tutorial and create a fun event for your New Year's Eve!
That is such a fun idea!
Posted by: Becky Williams | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 09:10 AM
i never thought of doing something to count down the hours... such a great idea! thanks for sharing.
Posted by: nichole | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 10:18 AM
What a clever and fun idea!
Posted by: Tricia | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 10:29 AM
I was just going to leave my bags plain, but after seeing yours, I'm gonna have to make them pretty!
Posted by: Melinda T | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 12:13 PM
very cool and fun idea! :)
Posted by: mj | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 05:41 AM
This is such a fun idea! Totally copying this!
Posted by: Michelle P | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 08:54 AM
What a great idea! This look like a ton of fun!! =)
Posted by: Cassie | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 07:37 PM
Seriously fun idea. Love it!
Posted by: Ange | Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 10:09 PM
LOVE IT....I am off to make these for my kids now !!!! GREAT idea...thanks :))
Posted by: jennifer | Friday, December 30, 2011 at 11:41 PM
FANTASTIC idea! I gotta go try this now, whoo hoo!
Posted by: crazyaboutcricut | Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 10:49 AM