Kara Allen's modern Christmas party

These hot chocolate tins are a cinch to put together and make such a statement! Inside clear plastic pails layer hot cocoa powder, crushed peppermint candies, chocolate chips and marshmallows! I tied the pails off with some red polka dot ribbon and a coordinating Merry Christmas tag, available as part of the free Holiday party collection via Kara's Party Ideas!

Chevron print paper bags from my shop were filled with white vanilla-flavored cotton candy. A cute tag that read "Santa beard cotton candy" was attached to the top of each bag. The tags are also available for free via Kara's Party Ideas!

Adorable Santa cookies were made with Milano brand cookies and a few other simple supplies! Dip both ends of the Milano cookie in melted white chocolate and add red sprinkles and a white chocolate chip to the top portion of the cookie to create Santa's hat. Then, by using a tiny dab of melted white chocolate, attach a red candy to the middle of the cookie for the nose and chocolate chips just above the red candy for the eyes.

These reindeer doughnuts were a big hit at the party! Chocolate mini doughnuts were used as the reindeer body, a red candy inserted into the middle of the doughnut was the reindeer nose, white chocolate chips were pushed into the top of the doughnut for eyes, and broken pretzel pieces were inserted into the top side of the doughnut for antlers! Easy and super cute!

I filled green striped fry boxes from my shop with more red cherry candies. I'm in love with fry boxes right now and use them for so many things! When it comes to parties, the possibilities are endless with these!

Festive striped square paper plates from my shop were set at each place setting along with a polka dot plate, napkin and hot cocoa mug. The darling place cards are available as a free printable on Kara's Party Ideas!

We dressed up regular white ceramic mugs with red candy sprinkles! Gently dip the top of the mug in melted white chocolate and immediately add red candy sprinkles. The chocolate will harden, securing the sprinkles.

Guests were able to take extra cookies and treats home in some polka dot gable boxes from my shop. Attached to the top of each box was a cute thank you tag .

Santa mustaches were made with a mustache candy mold, white candy melt, white sprinkles, sucker sticks, and striped paper straws ! I placed the mustaches in a cute chevron patterned milk bottle, also available in the KPI shop. The tent card/label is available as a free printable on Kara's Party Ideas.

I dressed up the side of a ceramic cake stand with lace and peppermint candies! I used a low temperature glue gun to attach the lace and peppermint candies to the side of a red cake stand. Such a cute way to add the Christmas feel to your table!

Create more fun reindeer treats with cupcakes and pretzels! These cupcakes were made with frosting, brown sprinkles, miniature vanilla wafers and pretzels!

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