Tag: May Day Baskets


Apr
2016

Printable May Day Gift Tag and Caramel Puffcorn

categories: Printables, Recipes, Snacks

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May Day is almost here and this year I’m featuring a new printable.  It is a gift tag in a traditional pink pastel color on a chalkboard background with a scalloped eyelet border.  You can attach the card to a brown paper lunch sack (like I have shown) then attach the separate scalloped border to the folded over edge of your bag.  The nice thing about using paper bags is they are inexpensive, and they won’t tip over like the plastic cups do when you try to deliver them around the neighborhood.  Thinking about giving people a small plant on May Day?  Just fold down one of your brown lunch sacks and set a small plant in the bag and then attach the printable.   Another great way to use this printable is to attach it to any cup or basket.  The possibilities are endless!  Note, I have also included a recipe for Caramel Puffcorn that I found on Old Dutch’s website.  It is easy to make and it is the perfect alternative to traditional popcorn for filling your bags.  And, if you still need May Day ideas check out my past May Day posts:  Free May Day Printables and May Day Basket Ideas.

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                                           Click HERE to print the May Day gift tags and border

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Caramel Puffcorn

First you preheat your oven to 250 degrees and then  heat 1 cup of butter, 1 1/4 cups of brown sugar and 2/3 cup of light corn syrup in a pan until melted stirring constantly.

butter, corn syrup, and brown sugar

Once it is melted, add the 1 teaspoon of baking soda. The recipe says it will foam, but mine didn’t foam it just looked like the following picture.

topping Pour the  9 oz. bag of Old Dutch Puffcorn in a large roaster and then add the melted caramel mixture over it.  Stir until it covers the puffcorn.

puffed corn in roaster

stirring in the caramel topping

Now bake the puffcorn uncovered in the oven for 45 minutes and stir it every 10 to 15 minutes.  When it is done, pour it on sheets of wax paper and let it cool and dry.  When it is cool, you can break the pieces apart and put them in your May Day baskets.  Then add all of your other May Day goodies to your bags. 

puffed caramel corn on waxed paper

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Printable May Day Gift Tag and Caramel Puffcorn
 
Ingredients
  • 1 (9 oz.) bag of Old Dutch Puffcorn
  • 1 cup of butter
  • 1¼ cups of brown sugar
  • ⅔ cup of light corn syrup
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda
Instructions
  1. First you preheat your oven to 250 degrees and then heat 1 cup of butter, 1¼ cups of brown sugar and ⅔ cup of light corn syrup in a pan until melted stirring constantly.
  2. Once it is melted, add the 1 teaspoon of baking soda. The recipe says it will foam, but mine didn't foam it just looked like the following picture.
  3. Pour the 9 oz. bag of Old Dutch Puffcorn in a large roaster and then add the melted caramel mixture over it. Stir until it covers the puffcorn.
  4. Now bake the puffcorn uncovered in the oven for 45 minutes and stir it every 10 to 15 minutes. When it is done, pour it on sheets of wax paper and let it cool and dry. When it is cool, you can break the pieces apart and put them in your May Day baskets.

 

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Apr
2015

Free May Day Printables

categories: Printables

May Day Gift Tags 4May 1st is only three days away!  And if you have kids, you probably will wake up and realize it is May Day then look around the house for paper cups and pipe cleaners in a frantic attempt to make May baskets.  I know this feeling since that’s what I usually do.  But this year I have this handy-dandy printable so I am set and so are you.  All you need to have is paper, plastic baggies, and tape.  With each page you print out you will get a printable cone to hold popcorn, candy, or flowers and two gift tags that you can put on the cone, a basket, or the traditional paper cups.  Take a look at the cone image below.

may basket 2 Below is a picture of the gift tag on a little basket.may basket tag 1You have many options with this printable.  The kids will have so much fun printing them out and filling their baskets.  To make the cone, all you have to do is print out a page on regular paper or card-stock.  Then cut the cone out with sissors, overlap the tab in back and tape the cone together.  I think clear tape works better than glue because you would have to wait for the glue to dry and it may not hold as well.  Then fill up a ziploc or cellophane bag with popcorn and candy as you can see at my house we love the store-bought fluorescent cheese colored popcorn, but feel free to use anything you want to fill the cones. Just make sure not to overfill them.  Fill them in a slim cone shape.

cone and candy bagThen punch two holes in each side of the cone for a handle; I used twine but you could use a pipe cleaner, curling ribbon, or any string.  Then put the bag inside of the cone and tape it to the cone. This makes them easier to transport to your family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers.

taping candy bag inSo here is the printable.  If you are looking for more May Day ideas, I have some in my last year’s May Day post where I made Mini-Apple Pie Baskets and Plant Baskets. Happy May Day!may-day-tag                                       Click here to print May Day gift tag and cone.