A Peanuts Present

Greetings, my fellow Nutt-crackers!

Here's the second blogpost that I'm transferring from my second blog. I know, two blogs in a row... Don't get used to it though, I'm not going to be posting that often thanks too the hectic life of an A Levels student. Anyways, I hope you enjoy it!

Hello guys! What is up? Well, that sounds funnier in my head. Anyways, I was suppose to do another monthly favorites blog, but seeing that the only two blogs I have here are 'December and January Favorites', I thought: Maybe it's time to write something different for a change.

Before I start my blog, I'd like do ask, who doesn't like presents? I'm sure no one doesn't like presents. But when you're in a tight budget, and you and your friends (A couple of 16 year-olds, for my case) decided to exchange low-budget gifts, what comes into mind? A card? Too mainstream. A cake? Too expensive. A teddy bear? Too childish... So, when all things seems down, it's kind of in my nature to think of something silly but creative. So without further a due, let me introduce you to a very pleasant Peanut's Gift!

The Wishing Bottle

The Wishing Bottle

The Wishing Bottle is a glass bottle containing many many hand-written wishes you make for the person your giving. Although the materials needed are cheap, but the time needed to make it is indeed long. So make sure the person you're giving it to is someone really dear to you and not someone you wish to throw a stone at.

What you may need:

The Materials

                         ♠ Glass bottle                                            ♠ Pens, pencils, a ruler & a pair of scissors

♠ Some tape                                             ♠ Nice stickers

♠ Lucky stars                                            ♠ Nice ribbons

♠ Decorative papers/Color paper                                          

Step no.1

Draw some lines on the decorative paper/color paper using the ruler and some pencils, the measurements may vary according to ones liking. But for me, I'd prefer using half of the ruler because it's easier.

Step no. 2

Once you've completed, get ready to get snappy! Use the scissors you've prepared and cute them all out. You can also cut the strips into half if you think it's too long or just want to save some paper for the sake of Mother Nature.

Step no. 3

After cutting them all out, start writing your wishes! You can get a little creative with this part like, 'I wish I've got more hair than you in 20 years.'. Just remember to have fun whilst doing this step.

Step no. 4

Done writing all your funny/truthful/amazing/sincere wishes? Let's move on to the other step.Roll up all your wishes and stick them up using the cut out tapes as shown as below. Remember to fold down some of the tape so your friends can still open and tape them back once they've seen the wishes. Also, the number of wishes mostly depends on the size of your glass bottle, the bigger the bottle, the more the number of wishes. So for my case, I did 100 wishes per Wishing Bottle.

Note: Remember to fold it in a bit

Step no. 5

Write your friends name

Once you've done your wishes, it's time to decorate the bottle. Now, this is my favorite part. First, you can decorate the bottle by writing your friend's name on the cap, but remember to use your most beautiful handwriting or else it'll turn up like mine which ruined the whole thing.

More decorations

Next stop, is the body. Use the stickers you've prepared and paste them on your glass bottle. Once that is done, take the ribbons and tie a knot over the neck of the bottle. As for the bottom part, I used some really amazing tapes I found in a local bookstore. You can put more stickers if you can't find those tapes. By the way, remember not to over do the whole decorating-thing because it may be too bling-bling seeing that the papers you rolled up are colorful too.

The decorative tapes I used

And that is how you make yourself a cheap but really meaningful present! You can even make it with your kids because it is that simple, just be careful whilst handling the scissors. You can also take a look at the how the presents got wrapped before I handed it over to my friends. Hope you enjoy this rather different blog post, and I'll see you guys next time. Bye!

Using newspaper as wrapping paper just because I ran out of wrapping paper

xoxo

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