The days have been quiet and productive. We've had snow on the ground, and brilliant breaks of sparkly sun. It occured to me this morning just how few days stand between me and Christmas. I'm not going to freak out. I'm just going to keep putting one foot in front of the other. As promised, here are a few last-minute ideas that you can pull together in a matter of hours.

We made these for teachers, coaches, music instructors, neighbors, etc.

I love paperwhites! Why not share them? I found the inspiration here. Fill a pint mason jar with decorative river rocks (psst! they have these at the Dollar Tree), drop in the bulb (I ordered mine here because I couldn't find any locally, but try Lowe's, Home Depot, or any type of nursery), screw on the silver band...

Tie on some raffia, attach a label, and you're done! You don't need dirt for these to grow, and your recipient can fill the jar with water. My tags are nothing special... but here's the pdf if you want it.

Here's what the kids made for their classmates:

These jumbo marshmallows were dipped in melted chocolate chips, and then rolled in crushed peppermints. Poke a mini-candy cane in the middle and they are ready to hang on the edge of your mug.

We wrapped them in little individual wrappers (you'll want to do this as soon as the chocolate hardens so the marshmallow doesn't get stale) and put them in brown paper bags with packets of hot cocoa. Easy!

You can make these peanut butter cups! They're always a hit... and easy too. (read: no baking!)