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Teacher Gift Idea: Movie Ticket Gift Wrap

02/19/2013 By Charlene 16 Comments

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Teacher Gift Idea: Movie Ticket Gift Wrap

Do you ever give out gift cards for gifts?  I do it all the time and I am always trying to think of a creative way to present the gift card- not just in a greeting card or a little plain box.

I was putting together a gift basket the other day and had to figure out a way to present movie tickets.  I wanted something fun and interesting and most importantly- cheap!  (This was for a charity auction so my budget was super tight.)

So I spotted these little popcorn cups at Target in the Dollar Spot and at the Dollar Store in different sizes for just $1.00!

Perfect!

I stuffed the popcorn box with the little gift basket shred that you can get for $1.00 at the Dollar Store and viola! (Crumble up tissue paper at the bottom of the container and you can use less shred to fill it.)

Teacher Gift Idea: Movie Ticket Gift Wrap

A really cute way to present your movie tickets!  I also used a cellophane bag I had on hand (these are the large size treat bags) and tied with a ribbon.

The movie tickets I bought on sale at Costco so the total cost of this gift was $15.99 (2 adult tickets) +$1.00 for the popcorn bucket + $1.00 for the shred.

The baggie and ribbon I already had on hand.

Teacher Gift Idea: Movie Ticket Gift Wrap

And the little gift above might be enough but if you want to do a gift basket, here is how my final product looked.

I did a Family Night themed basket with a movie, board game, puzzle, cookie cutters, science experiments for kids, popcorn, and a gift card for a local gourmet candy store.

Teacher Gift Idea: Movie Ticket Gift Wrap

 

So this might be a fun gift for someone- I like baskets like this for new parents that might already have children instead of a traditional baby gift.

I also like just the movie tickets as an idea for a teacher gift or for Coaches or just surprise your spouse with an impromptu Date Night.

This might be a cute thank you gift for someone as well- if they have little ones you might consider tying a note to the container and offering a night of baby sitting services. (I know I would love that myself!)

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Comments

  1. Lisa G. says

    02/19/2013 at 10:03 AM

    Love it! Cute idea!

  2. meg says

    02/19/2013 at 11:42 AM

    I did this at Christmas. I used the popcorn boxes and filled it with theater sized candy and 2 movie tickets for my daughter and her boyfriend and another one for my son and his girlfriend! They all loved it!

  3. Endcapps says

    02/19/2013 at 4:41 PM

    I like when the Gift Basket container itself is useful as well as it’s contents! I can see using your container filled with drinks & ice at a BBQ or something…good choice. Is your school doing a gift basket auction?

  4. Charlene says

    02/19/2013 at 6:11 PM

    Yeah it was an auction, I had to do two of them and the value needed to be $100+. That was about $45 to put together and I thought some sort of tub would be fun. I only had $5 to spend so the tub was actually cheaper then a basket 🙂

  5. Endcapps says

    02/20/2013 at 6:17 AM

    Charlene,
    School Auction committee picked the right person (you) for this job!

  6. Charlene says

    02/20/2013 at 6:31 AM

    Lol- I think I got picked because no one else would do it but thanks ;).

  7. Tina F. says

    02/20/2013 at 7:58 PM

    Love the family night idea, I have a house warming party next week to go to , I think I might just make this for them instead of a big basket of cleaning supplies which was my original plan, since it is a family, thier kids will love it too! Thanks .

  8. Charlene says

    02/20/2013 at 9:00 PM

    Tina,

    If you want to do something on a smaller scale, the Dollar Tree has popcorn buckets that are like 8 x 8 square. Those would be great to tuck popcorn, movies, candy etc.. into.

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