No.\u00a0 I’m not Adria Ruff.\u00a0 {Although secretly I’ve always wanted to be shorter, spunkier, more fashionable and brunette.}\u00a0 It’s Jen Carver, your fearless guest blogger.\u00a0 I’m hijacking Adria’s weekly rough draft (“Carver Draft” just doesn’t have the same ring to it!) to share a quick and easy last minute Thanksgiving gift and\/or favor idea & {FREE} coordinating printables<\/strong>!\u00a0 This Thanksgiving ‘Blessing Mix’ is a perfect little harvest gift for friends, teachers and neighbors or can\u00a0 even be used as a take home favor for your Thanksgiving feast guests.<\/p>\n

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<\/em>A big thanks to Anders Ruff for customizing the cute ‘Blessing Mix’ bag toppers and poem to coordinate with their Happy Gobble Day printable package<\/a>, (still available in their Etsy shop for only $12)\u00a0\u00a0and another huge thank you to my friend Vivian Kerr who shared the idea and directions for making them!<\/p>\n

Here’s what you’ll need:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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• {FREE} \u00a0Anders Ruff “Blessing Mix” printables that you can DOWNLOAD HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n
• Medium sized. cellophane bag (ours measured\u00a0approx.\u00a03.5″\u00a0 x 6.5″\u00a0 )<\/li>\n
• 1 pkg. of Bugles snacks<\/li>\n
• 1 pkg. of pretzels (not rods or sticks)<\/li>\n
• 1 pkg. of candy corn<\/li>\n
• 1 pkg. of orange candy slices (approx. $1 in candy aisle at Walmart)<\/li>\n
• peanuts (or substitute nuts of choice)<\/li>\n
• paper trimmer or scissors<\/li>\n
• hole punch<\/li>\n
• eyelets\/grommets (optional)<\/li>\n
• twine, ribbon or raffia for embellishing<\/li>\n
• adhesive or glue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Project Steps:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

  1.\u00a0 Print the FREE Blessing Mix printables by {downloading them here<\/a>}.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  2.\u00a0 Trim the printable\u00a0bag topper and poem to fit the size of the cellophane bag you are using.\u00a0 Note:\u00a0 We trimmed our Blessing Mix poem down to about 3 \u00a03\/8 ” x 4\u00a0 3\/8″ to fit the size of our bag.<\/p>\n

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  3.\u00a0 Fold the bag topper in half.<\/p>\n

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  4.\u00a0\u00a0Punch two holes on your topper\u00a0for threading raffia through.\u00a0 (You can dress up your Blessing Mix bag by adding metal eyelets\/grommets if you wish, or just leave holes plain.)<\/p>\n

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  5.\u00a0 Adhere ‘Blessing Mix’ poem to the front of your cellophane bag with adhesive of choice.<\/p>\n

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  6.\u00a0 Fill your cellophane bag with a mixture of bugles, pretzels, candy corn, peanuts and orange slices with a heavier concentration on the bugles and pretzels.\u00a0 (Remember to allow enough room to be able to fold over the top of your cellophane bag prior to adding the bag topper.)<\/p>\n

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  7.\u00a0 Fold over the top of your cellophane bag 2-3 small turns.<\/p>\n

  8.\u00a0 Attach bag topper to the filled bag by\u00a0taking your hole punch and punching through the previous punched holes on the topper bag to go through the cellophane.. (Optional:\u00a0 Add grommets or eyelets.)<\/p>\n

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  10.\u00a0\u00a0 Thread raffia (or twine or ribbon) through the punched holes and tie.\u00a0 Trim any long or crazy ends.<\/p>\n

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  Voil\u00e0!\u00a0 \u00a0 Blessing\u00a0mix to share with your loved ones!\u00a0 Make one or twenty!\u00a0 They are that easy!<\/p>\n

  Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  No.\u00a0 I’m not Adria Ruff.\u00a0 {Although secretly I’ve always wanted to be shorter, spunkier, more fashionable and brunette.}\u00a0 It’s Jen Carver, your fearless guest blogger.\u00a0 I’m hijacking Adria’s weekly rough draft (“Carver Draft” just doesn’t have the same ring to it!) to share a quick and easy last minute Thanksgiving gift and\/or favor idea & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,67,1487,823,104,1],"tags":[1095,1097,179,1094,788,162,3020],"class_list":["post-7317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy","category-free-printables","category-freebies","category-ruff-draft","category-thanksgiving","category-uncategorized","tag-blessing-mix","tag-feast","tag-free","tag-gobble-day","tag-harvest","tag-printables","tag-thanksgiving"],"yoast_head":"\n