Hot-Cocoa
Valentine’s Day Gift

What You’ll Need:

• paper lunch bag
• scissors
• paper
• glue
• 2 cups of instant dry milk
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa
• zip-lock sandwich bag
• index card
• marker
• hole punch
• lace ribbon

How to Make It:

1. Decorate a paper lunch bag with cut-paper designs and a message. To make a lacy heart, cut out a heart from paper, fold it several times, and cut out shapes from the edges. Open the heart, and glue it on the bag.

2. To make the hot-cocoa mix, blend 2 cups of instant dry milk, 1 cup of sugar, and 1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa. It will make about twenty-five servings. Put the mix in a sandwich bag that zips.

3. Decorate an index card with cut-paper hearts. Write these directions on the card: Place three heaping teaspoons in a cup, add hot water, and stir. Once it cools a bit, drink it up!

4. Put the cocoa mix and the directions in the decorated bag. Punch holes around the top of the bag, lace ribbon through them, add a heart-shaped note, and tie it closed. Give it as a gift.