Have you ever received medicine as a gift? Not? Is this the wrong gift? Isn't that tactful? And if it is not a simple medicine, but a special one? Have you heard of happiness pills? Not yet? Lost a lot! This is a great way to cheer up the hero of the occasion,
a pleasant surprise for a loved one, a wonderful appendage to any gift, even as a main present they will be good. Especially on holidays where it is customary to give sweets - March 8, Valentine's Day, etc.
This is a wonderful gift that has a guaranteed and pronounced effect, which will be reflected on the face of the donee immediately upon delivery. At the same time, it is not at all difficult to make it with your own hands.

Stage one

What will be needed? First, the pills themselves. Any small sweets of a suitable size and cheerful colors will perfectly cope with their role: chocolate dragees like M&Ms, chewy marmalade, sugar balls, nuts in chocolate or yogurt, soft caramel or creamy toffee - everything will do, even any small sweets in bright enough wrappers. If the recipient has his own preferences, of course, it is better to take them into account, because the medicine should cheer you up!

You can make not pills, but a potion, which is quite suitable for jam, jam, syrup and even compote!
Second, the packaging! Ideally, a beautiful jar with a lid (if our “medicine” is liquid, then the lid needs to be airtight), which is easiest to look for in the bins, there will definitely be some pretty jar!
Pour the "medicine" into the jar, screw the lid. What's next?

Stage two

Now you need paper and imagination. And also a ribbon, a curly hole puncher or curly scissors.
The first thing to do is the label. On paper, using a printer, we print beautifully the name of the drug “Vitamins of happiness”, “Potion of smiles”, “Pills of love”, “Pills of good mood”, etc. The red cross and the pharmacy snake cannot be left aside either! We cut out the finished label with curly scissors and glue it on the jar with our own hands.
Well, and most importantly - instructions for use! It must be compiled and printed on a printer, because what kind of medicine is without instructions?

It must contain all the required sections:
1. name of the medicine;
2. description of the preparation;
3. composition;
4. indications for use;
5. contraindications;
6. method of administration and dosage;
7. release form;
8. storage conditions.
As a result of a flight of fancy, the following document may turn out.

The name of the drug. "Pills of Happiness"
Description of the drug. "Pills of Happiness" - a drug of the latest generation! Produced by the most fun and happy pharmacologists as part of a program to spread affordable happiness among people.
Influencing extremely carefully, actively struggles with sadness, despondency, depression and bad mood.
Compound. Each tablet of happiness contains: 10% don't care, 22% fun, 30% mood enhancer, 15% sadness banisher, 23% smile.
Indications for use. It is recommended for use as the main drug in situations of chronic lack of smile, a critical decrease in the level of endorphins in the blood, and other happiness-deficient conditions.
Method of application and dose.1 tablet 2 times a day. In acute states of happiness deficiency, the dose can be increased to 3 tablets per day. When taking medicine, remember one happy occasion for each dose.
Contraindications. Not detected.
Release form. Unique. The tablets are generously hand packaged in a glass jar with a lid.
The drug is released without a prescription.
Storage conditions. Store at room temperature in a place accessible at any time of the day.

If there is no printer, then everything mentioned will have to be beautifully written by hand, but the work is worth it.
The finished instruction is folded and tied with a ribbon to the neck of the jar. All! The gift is ready!

Happiness Pills: Advanced

Now we can talk about particulars.
1. Bank and cover.

They can be further decorated with your own hands. For example, paint a jar with acrylics, decorate with decoupage, knit or sew a beautiful case. The lid can also be made more "medicinal" by drawing a red cross or making a polymer clay decoration.

2. Instead of a jar, you can make a real medicine box.

To do this, you will need cardboard, a color printer and a little time to draw a suitable image in the design program for the design of the box. For a sample, you can take a box from any medicine. You can put sweets in the box in the same way, or you can put marshmallow rolled into rolls, leaf marmalade or candied fruit. In general, everything that will not rattle and get enough sleep from the box will do.
3. If you have little time left, you can, on the contrary, simplify the whole process and put ordinary vitamin C dragees instead of sweets, and take a jar with baby food. And follow the simple steps described in this video tutorial.

4. If you wish, you can also make “pills” with your own hands.

The simplest and most obvious is to melt the chocolate bar and pour it into figured molds for ice or cookies. After traveling for a couple of hours in the freezer, happiness in sweets will be 100%. Another easy option is crushed dried fruit sweets. Prunes, dried apricots, raisins, figs and dates are crushed in equal proportions, rolled into small balls and rolled in cocoa or coconut flakes so that they do not stick together with each other. The instructions for use will also have to be changed, since the shelf life of such sweets still does not exceed a month, and it is better to store them in the refrigerator.
Pills of happiness - a unique gift! This is not just a way to give all the same sweets. The form of packaging and delivery turns them into a real antidepressant that can make the most inveterate melancholic smile. Give friends and family happiness and smiles, especially since it's so easy!

For many people, New Year's holidays are, first of all, gifts. Some run around the shops looking for great deals on souvenirs and useful little things, while others make gifts for friends on their own. In the latter case, you can choose something truly individual for everyone. Beautifully decorated jars filled with homemade sweets can be a pleasant surprise for guests. Here are 30 ideas on how to please your friends.

Choose those sweets that you yourself love, or those that are usually prepared for the New Year and fill small jars with them. The most beautiful will be decorative containers from the interior store, but you can get by with the usual ones. If you are not afraid of experiments, and you are sure that your friends will appreciate the original idea, you can fill the jar with unusual delicacies, for example, spring rolls or even soup! Complete the gift with a dish recipe so that guests can repeat it if the treat turns out to be especially successful.

1. Soup mix

Fill the jar with a mixture that can be used to make a quick hot soup. Such a gift will be original and very colorful. When assembling the jar, use the instant cereals and cereals available to you that do not require cooking. It can be instant pasta, oatmeal, lentils and peas that do not require cooking, dried garlic, parsley. Don't forget to add dry chicken or vegetable broth (it's better to choose one with a low salt content), dried vegetables such as celery or carrots. Be sure to try making your own soup in a cup of hot water before packing the mixture into gift jars. Decorate the jar with a bright ribbon and provide a sticker with a recipe or just a name.

2. DIY caramel apple

Apple in caramel is a traditional delicacy, including on Christmas holidays. Why not give as a gift a set for the individual preparation of your favorite dessert? Pour M&Ms chocolates into the bottom of the jar. It is better to choose those without nuts. If you plan to make several of these apples, you can sort the candies by color, and each friend choose his favorite. But the mix will look more joyful.

Top with toffees, each individually wrapped. If you can't find any, you can break a large toffee into pieces and wrap them in cling film.

Close the jar and top the structure with the prettiest apple you can find. Secure the apple with twine.

Don't forget to complete the gift with a bamboo stick for sushi or a barbecue skewer. Print out the instructions for making the treat and glue it to the bottom of the jar. Instead, you can attach the instructions to a stick or email them to a friend.

In fact, everything is very simple! Caramel should be heated in a water bath or in the microwave right in the jar.

After dipping the apple in caramel, it must be rolled in sweets poured onto the lid.

Now your friend can cook his favorite treat. And just when he wants to.

Along with sweets, original entertainment is given as a gift.

3. Chocolate chip cookie in a pot

This gift will also need to be prepared independently. Pour all the dry ingredients that make up your favorite cookie into a jar. Add some confectionery chocolate on top for melting. Stick a list of missing items on the jar, such as milk and eggs, and write baking instructions. A gift for those who like to stand a little at the stove.

For chocolate cookies you will need:

• 160 grams of butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• A pinch of salt
• Half a teaspoon of baking powder
• Half a teaspoon of soda
• 200 grams of dark chocolate
• A pinch of vanillin

Mix flour, sugar, butter, eggs, baking soda and baking powder. Knead a thick dough. If necessary, add some more flour.

Break the dark chocolate into small pieces and add to the batter.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place dough balls on it.

Flatten the cookies and place in the oven. It's ready in 20-30 minutes!

4. Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies

For lovers of more original delicacies, you can recommend a recipe with the addition of peppermint. Do not forget to reflect the feature of the recipe on the sticker.

5. Sweet Mint Option

Bake cookies according to the same recipe and attach to a jar of food. Interest in the gift will be warmed up after your friend tries what should turn out in the end.

6. Creamy cake in a jar

7. Muffin with spices

To prepare the muffin mixture, you need the following ingredients:

• 2 cups of flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• Half a teaspoon of soda
• One and a half tablespoons of cinnamon
• Half a teaspoon of salt
• A pinch of nutmeg
• A pinch of ground cloves
• pinch of ginger

Mix all the ingredients in a dry bowl and put into a bag. Place the bag in a tall glass jar and close it.

Pick up a set of colorful cupcake and muffin molds and print a jar label in the same color scheme.

Attach the cupcake pans to the jar with twine or woolen thread.

Now your friend can bake delicious muffins.

8. Homemade sugar nuts

If there are those among your friends who hate cooking, it is better not to give them cooking kits. Just bake cookies and fill a jar with them. Cookies should be small, like pecans.

9. Cinnamon Caramel Popcorn

Cinnamon adds a Christmas flavor to almost any treat. Why not add it to your popcorn as well? Fill the jar 2/3 full with sugar and add the popcorn kernels, which need to be lightly salted. Tie a bright string with the recipe around the lid and attach a small bag to it, which will contain cinnamon mixed with sugar.

10. Tomato soup

An already familiar dry soup recipe can be made even more original by adding dried tomatoes to the jar. Friends will remember you with gratitude, tasting the gift on cold evenings. So that the tomatoes do not gain moisture, place all the products in a bag, and only then in a jar.

11. Brownie in a jar

Make this delicious German dessert and give portions to your friends.

To make brownies you will need:

• 120 grams of chocolate (at least 60%)
• Butter pack
• A quarter cup of freshly brewed coffee
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee
• A teaspoon of vanillin
• glass of sugar
• Half a teaspoon of salt
• 3 eggs

For glaze:

• 3 yolks
• 1 can of condensed milk
• glass of sugar
• Half a stick of melted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

For decoration:

• coconut flakes
• chopped nuts

Mix all the ingredients to make a dense dough. Form a thin cake on baking sheets and bake it for 10-15 minutes at 250 degrees. To prevent the cake from burning, cover the baking sheet with a layer of foil. Take out the crust and let it cool down a bit. Then cut out round pieces to the size of the jar.

Place the cakes in jars, soaking each layer with glaze. Top the brownies with a sprinkle of coconut and hazelnuts.

It remains only to close the jars and put in the refrigerator.

12. Potato pancakes

This idea will appeal to anyone who decides to really surprise their friends. Give them a jar of potato pancake dough! A great option for the morning after a good party. It remains only to add eggs and a little oil to the dough. After all, no one likes to peel their own potatoes!

13. Gingerbread cookies

Gingerbread men have already become a real symbol of Christmas. Fill the jar with layers of dry dough ingredients, decorate the lid with a pretty, brightly colored cloth, and tie off the string with the recipe. Do not forget to add a shape for cutting a little man to the gift. And you can attach and ready-made cookies.

14. Fruit granola

Granola is a healthy and tasty treat that combines elements of biscuits and cereal flakes. Mix different types of cereals, nuts and dried fruits in a jar. Dried cherries, cranberries and candied fruits are best suited. Granola should be not only healthy, but also tasty. Therefore, there should be a lot of fruits! If you can get hold of some maple syrup, be sure to season your cereal with it. A little cinnamon will add a festive touch to the dish.

15. Birthday Cake

Such a dish would be very appropriate for congratulating friends in the office. Thanks to the interesting design, each colleague will receive not just a treat, but a real gift. Simply place your favorite cake in the jars and serve each serving with an individual wooden or plastic fork. You can take into account individual preferences, and add certain fillers to different jars. Write congratulations or the names of colleagues on the forks.

16. A jar of snacks

Sometimes it is not a gift that is dear, but attention. What to do if you remembered some friends at the very last moment? Or do you just prefer to always have a few “spare” gifts on hand for unexpected guests? Fill the jar with any sweet snacks or a combination of them. Maybe it will be chocolate pads or creamy strips with cinnamon? Choose to your taste. Don't forget to attach a small greeting card to each jar.

17. And again brownies

For those who did not have enough ready-made cakes, give a mixture for cooking. Or maybe it will be a combination of both?

18. Cookies with M&Ms

An already familiar recipe for cookies in a jar can be supplemented with colorful ingredients. Place a layer of sweets and a layer of dry cereal between the dough products. The gift will be not only tasty, but also very beautiful. If you need to emphasize the Christmas mood, put only red and green candies in the jar.

19. Pumpkin cupcakes

Pumpkin batter is suitable for well-soaked muffins and cupcakes. Bake these directly in jars, and give to your friends. Such a treat can be eaten on the spot or taken home. Coat the pastry with sugar and water glaze.

20. Cake with marshmallows

If you want your cake in a jar to look even more spectacular, top it with some marshmallows, marshmallows, or toasted marshmallows. Dessert will remind you of summer evenings spent by the fire. Marshmallow goes very well with whipped cream.

21. A jug of sweets

Children put sweets in beautiful New Year's boxes under the Christmas tree. Many adults would also not refuse this, but who admits! An alternative would be a jar of candy. Fill this with the most delicious and beautiful sweets, decorate with ribbons and wish cards.

22. Strawberries with cream

In the middle of winter, hardly anything can surprise you more than fresh berries. Place them between the airy cakes and whipped cream. Your friends will appreciate the unexpected greetings from summer.

23. Treat for the reindeer

You can improve the idea of ​​snacks in a jar and give them to friends under the guise of reindeer food! Do not forget to hint that the one who fails to meet the deer has the right to eat the treat himself.

24. Another apple in caramel

An option for those who do not like long preparations. Pour the caramel into a jar and present to friends along with a small basket of apples.

25. Cookies for Santa Claus

Write on the jar of baking ingredients that the dish is for the most anticipated guest. And cooking cookies will turn into a game for your friends that will remind them of pleasant moments from childhood.

26. Add confectionery chocolate

The most delicious pastries come out with them. Choose to your taste - dark, milk or white chocolate. Or maybe peanut butter?

27. Muesli mix

Each of us promises to start leading a healthy lifestyle from the New Year. Back up such promises of friends with a useful gift. You can fill jars with ready-made mixture or make your own from your favorite cereals, nuts and dried fruits. decorate the jar with burlap or other natural materials.

28. Soup for Vegetarians

Surely among your friends there are those who have permanently or temporarily abandoned the use of animal protein. Prepare a dry soup for them by replacing the chicken broth with salt and natural spices. The basis of the soup should be instant dried beans.

29. White Chocolate Cookies

The combination of white chocolate with dried cranberries is reminiscent of rowan berries in the snow. Great option for a Christmas present! ,

Gifts with a joke are more than gifts. This is not a one-time thing that was presented, laughed at and forgotten. Such gifts should please constantly or for quite a long time.

The popularity of stores that offer funny gifts is high. But there everything has already been reviewed a thousand times, bought and donated, and therefore it is not interesting. It is best to make such a gift with your own hands. And you don't have to be a jack-of-all-trades. A little accuracy, fantasy, humor, and from the simplest sweets and a glass jar you will make a good surprise for your friends or loved ones.

We present you 5 interesting comic ideas. Funny and easy to do. Everyone can do.

Hammer plus acorn plus the simplest pacifier. It is not necessary to give a real hammer. It is enough to buy a toy tool. An acorn can be replaced with any large seed (for example, pumpkin). Put all three items in a beautiful box. You can glue silk ribbons inside and tie objects. So it will be more beautiful.

Make some colorful confetti with a hole puncher and put a little bit into the box. You can make an inscription on the box: “A set of a real man” or “To a master with golden hands”.

The joke is kind, sweet and funny. No matter who you give it to, everyone will be happy. And if the hammer is real, then the gift will be useful.

Good mood bag

What an amazing certificate you can make using scrapbooking!

The main assistants in the process of preparing a gift with your own hands are your imagination and sense of humor. Jokes should not cross the norms of ethics. Let everything be a little naive, with childish spontaneity. To make such comic gifts, it is not necessary to wait for a particular holiday. Please your loved ones or work colleagues, make them laugh, cheer them up on a normal weekday. Pleasant and funny little things made with your own hands will not leave anyone indifferent. Let all your joke gifts turn out to be fun, interesting and long-lasting!

If you want more happiness in your life, try a very simple method that I have been using successfully for the past three years. It is called "Jar of Happiness", and its authorship is attributed to the writer Elizabeth Gilbert.

The idea is simple: you write down your victories, happy moments, compliments, successes on a piece of paper every day (in principle, you choose the frequency yourself) and put these pieces of paper in a jar. Then you yourself choose the day when you pull them all out and read them. Personally, I like to read them on the last day of the year to feel some kind of milestone, but you can do it on your birthday or on any other day when you feel especially sad and you need a reminder of something good and positive.

Decorate your Jar of Happiness and display it prominently. If you do not want to "advertise your happiness", then take an old coffee can and hide it in a secluded corner. The choice is yours.

What can be put in there?

Yes, whatever! You can throw there "lucky" tickets, memorabilia, found coins - it's up to you. When I first got myself a Bank of Happiness, I always indicated the date on my notes, so that later I would more accurately recall the day and period of my life. Having a physical collection to store and read makes it more efficient - it's not writing on your phone. In addition, your jar is a great reminder to put a little bit of happiness in it all the time. If you miss a day, don't worry - just don't forget about this sweet and pleasant ritual that immediately sets you up for positive.

My first Happiness Jar dates back to January 2015. I was so inspired by this idea that I completed it in just six months. And I, being an adherent of the rules, did nothing more with her, because it was, as it were, not the New Year, for which I planned to open a jar. When 2015 came to an end, I forgot about the bank, and I was not in the mood to explore my happiness. Therefore, please do not turn a pleasant and funny ritual into a routine process with some obligations.

I also like to add fire to any ritual, so after reading all my notes, I burn them on New Year's Eve. This is just my personal preference! You can add any additional actions - if you don’t like the “bank”, get yourself an Aquarium of Happiness. The container doesn't even have to be personal: create a family jar, add notes and items to it, then read and review monthly, quarterly, or whenever you need motivation. Finally, turn the jar into a time capsule and don't read its contents for years. Remember that only you set the rules for your own happiness!

Good day to all residents of SM! Little prehistory. We were invited to a birthday party rather unexpectedly. And to the person about whom they say "everything is there." Just handing over an envelope with money is no longer for me (after I settled in the Country). But there was practically no time either: in the evening they invited me, when there was no time or energy to go shopping. But after all, at home you can find a lot of interesting things for creativity. Especially recently I saw a wonderful idea on the Internet. It so happened that the very moment came for its implementation. And I got a "Jar of luck and good mood"

For the jar, I took a plastic jar-container with a volume of 1 liter. And she put a bunch of goodies there - dried fruits, nuts, candied fruits, sweets. But this is our "magic" bank! Therefore, each content component has its own power. What is written in the instructions on the back.

Here is what is written there:
Ingredient properties:
Lollipop - the end of all problems! In order for the problem to resolve itself, you need to take a candy in your mouth. Say out loud: "Problem (tonsillitis, resentment, failure), get ready for resorption!" Then, with pleasure, suck the lollipop, saying: "The lollipop will resolve, then the problem (angina, resentment, failure) and the end"
Cashew - so that money ("cash") is always carried in the right amount.
Dried apricots - for courage. And in a state of courage, everything is easy and simple!
Hazelnut - has a calming effect: relieves mental anguish, reduces the beat of the heart))
Walnuts - attract success))
Chocolate and marmalade - everything will go smoothly!
Dried bananas - protect from deceit, thieves and fog
And dried pineapple - so that everything is just class!