First Day Of School Chocolate Bars

Whenever I see Cadbury chocolate 4 packs on special offer for £1 I snaffle them up, (after checking that there is at least 8 months on the the best before date) because at 25p per bar they are a REAL bargain ………

….. especially for something like this.  As you know I like to make little”fairing” gifts for my colleagues at school to welcome in the first day of the new school year.  All I have done is put a paper wrapper on the chocolate bar using scraps of paper and then just added a sentiment and a few paper flowers.  Cheap as chips but a sweet way to start the year!

Easter Bunny Chocolate Bar

This is a cheaper, simpler version of a wrapped chocolate bar I made last year.

The little chocolates below are made using Cadbury miniatures.

I’ve wrapped them up in scraps of white paper and then added leftover Assessorize stickers.  It was a bit of an experiment, but I think I will make a few more, using the other animal heads I have.

Decorated Chocolate Bars

I hope you don’t mind me resurrecting one of last years ideas, but I have had a couple of questions about chocolate bars! ………  Please don’t do this to me ……… I have a pair of ski trousers at the end of my bed as a constant reminder that I have to get into them for February 19th when I am going to Czech Republic with my PE Dept.  At the moment I need a safety pin bigger than the one on Orville the Ducks nappy  to hold them together ….. not a good look …… but I digress …..

 

These are large bars of chocolate – I think they cost about 99p.  I’ve made a new sleeve for them, using part of a 12 x 12 paper, a red band round the  middle, a sentiment and a few twiddly diddly bits and my trade mark faux stitching. It’s amazing just how glamorous and special you can make a chocolate bar look.  This is a little “fairing” gift, instead of a card, that I might give to say George the Banga bus driver (see Mum’s Monkey) as a little thank you for getting me home each night from work.

There are lots of sites with chocolate sayings that you can use, and not just for Christmas ….

http://danworona.50megs.com/custom.html

http://www.lookinggood123.com/2008/October/Chocolate-Quotes-and-Chocolate-Sayings.htm

http://www.infobarrel.com/Famous_and_funny_sayings_about_chocolate

It’s not how much you spend, it’s the thought and time that you have put into a small gift that counts.