What you'll make
Your friends drag their suitcases into the hotel room after a long drive, and there on the desk is a bag with their name on it: cold water, something salty, a granola bar for the morning and a little card with the weekend plan, a hello from you before you've even seen them. For 25 rooms you pay about $79 at the till, roughly $3.15 a bag, while the closest ready-made option (no ordinary store sells filled welcome bags) is a local New Hampshire service at $10 a bag, delivery possibly extra.
Materials (per item)
- white paper gift bag with handles · 1holds everything for one hotel room$0.56
- small bottles of water · 2one for each guest in the room$0.30
- single bags of chips · 2the salty snack, one per guest$0.95
- granola bar packs · 2 packsbreakfast before the hotel buffet opens$0.91
- wrapped mints · 2a small sweet for after dinner$0.03
- DIY cost each$2.75
Tools
- Home printer
- Printer paper you already have or leftover invitation card stock
- Scissors or a paper trimmer
- Black marker
- Free design tool such as Canva or Word
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