If you're inclined to make your own Christmas cards in time for the festive season, there's plenty of inspiration to be found on Pinterest.
Sending a Christmas card to family and friends during the festive period is a tradition we all love and a firm part of getting into the Christmas spirit. And although there are tons of cards on sale nowadays, what better way to send your loved ones season's greetings than by making your own cards this year?
It's also a good way to reuse paper and other materials in the home, ensuring nothing goes to waste. From printed wreath designs to Christmas bauble themed cards, here are some of the best homemade card ideas. Whether you're creative by nature or simply want to have a go, there's a card design for you.
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13 Christmas chocolates to indulge in for the festive season
Cadbury Roses x Olivia Burton
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This special limited edition Cadbury Roses Tin has been designed by Olivia Burton, and it's packed full of all your favourite Cadbury Roses chocolates; all individually wrapped. This collectible gift tin is as pretty as can be with a relief Roses design. Better still, if you're a true Roses lover, Olivia Burton is selling the Cadbury Roses Watch; hand painted roses and dainty butterflies on a bright blue dial. And guess what? There are only 330 in the world.
Galaxy Truffles
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The Galaxy Truffle first found fame in the mixed Celebrations box. Do you remember that infamous gifting scene in Gavin and Stacey, circa 2008? Gavin Shipman and Uncle Bryn shouted, ‘I got the Galaxy Truffle!’ declaring it as the best chocolate in the box.
Well, when Galaxy Truffles left the mix back in 2011, devoted Truffle lovers petitioned passionately for their return. It eventually paid off, because Galaxy Truffles are back, and this time in its own bespoke box.
It's a melt-in-your-mouth chocolate with a rich, velvety centre!
Biscuiteers Giant Tin Personalised Happy Christmas Chocolates
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This giant tin of 48 hand-crafted chocolates decorated with holly, trees, presents and Christmas decorations, is perfect for sharing with family at Christmas. Better still, you can personalise the chocolates with your very own message.
Thorntons Christmas Selection Chocolate Box
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This box contains a selection of 31 festive chocolates, including the Dark Chocolate Truffle Star, seasonal Vanilla Snowflake, exotic Turkish Delight and rich Nutty Caramel. Enjoy!
Hotel Chocolat, A Dozen Roly-Poly Chocolate Robins
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These 12 solid caramel chocolate robins – made from high-cacao white chocolate with a natural raspberry blush – are truly delightful. They actually look too good to eat!
Baileys Chocolate Truffles
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This is a must for Baileys lovers. Each tube contains milk chocolate truffles infused with Baileys original Irish cream liqueur. It's perfect for sharing, if you don't end up eating it all yourself!
*You must be over 18 to buy this product.
Hotel Chocolat The Chocolate Wreath Box
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We love a door wreath and this chocolate one is even better – purely because it's edible. Brimming with 40 filled recipes, two Snowflakes and one Festive Wreath, there’s enough here to share the goodwill with everyone.
Cadbury Christmas Cottage Kit
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Get involved in some edible chocolate craft with this fun chocolate cottage kit. It includes all the chocolate components to construct your novelty cottage. The self assembly kit includes Dairy Milk Bars, Dairy Milk Winter Bar, New Dairy Milk with Gingerbread bar, flake and white buttons. All you need is icing to complete the design featured on the gift box.
Then once it's made, all that will be left to do is to start eating your masterpiece...
Lindt Milk Chocolate Novelty Hollow Santa Tub
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67 milk chocolate hollow Santa figurines are packed into this tub, each wrapped with the magical Lindt Santa design. They also make great stocking fillers.
Godiva Christmas Decorated Gold Box 24pc
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Perfect for the luxury chocolate connoisseur, this box contains 24 iconic milk, dark and white chocolates with a variety of fillings.
Fortnum & Mason Christmas Cerisettes Box
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An indulgent treat for adults, these festive Cerisettes are hand crafted using whole cherries that have been steeped in rich brandy and dipped in Belgian dark chocolate. Complete with stalk and stone, it's a chocolate treat to devour this Christmas.
Cadbury Dairy Milk Money Box
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A money box containing delicious Cadbury Freddo Faces chocolate – what more could you want? Kids will enjoy collecting their pennies in this tin once the chocolate is gone!
John Lewis Personalised Quality Street
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What's Christmas without a tin of Quality Street? Pop to your nearest John Lewis Quality Street 'pick and mix' pop up to fill up your own tin.
With the new and exclusive Quality Street, 'Crispy Truffle Bite’, being added to the traditional 12-strong assortment, you can fill a tin with any single favourite from the full selection – with personalisation options available.
If you're just after a standard Quality Street tub, you can get a 650g tub from Asda for just £3.50.
