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Does anyone have an idea for me?
one year my son was a police man, and i gave doughnuts, coffee, milk, and a mug.
I Rock: Seems like your from the folks who leave things to the last minute!!! 😉
Take a look here for some ideas:
someone I know did something adorable as an around the world theme. She gave stuff like Poland Spring Water, Swiss cheese, French fried onion rings, Chinese noodles, Danish, you get the idea.
if i give waffles and a can of whip cream is that considered two foods?
It would doubt it, becuz you cant eat the whip cream without putting it on something which then will make it one food..
just as an agav I dont think there is anything really edible in whipped cream…its chemicals sugar and oil..(sorry..that has nothing to do with purim…)
ugh in that case im all outta ideas…time for plan B, beer and pretzels…
cshapiro- Sorry to barge in here but I thought I’d point out that the mitzva of shaloch manos is to give 2 servings of food not 2 types of food which is a wide held misunderstanding. So, if you give enough for 2 portions of waffles then you’re set!
raise the class of your mishloach manos from 1 star to 3 stars for under $2 – throw in a smirnoff ice
Medical theme: chicken soup tea crackers ricolas. You can dress your kids as hatzallah guys or doctors. Jacket length lab coats in an xxs(cheap) or kiddie scrubs(20*25$)there are a gazillion add one you can fo
Apple theme–put apple pie, apple sauce, apple turnovers, apple juice and apple candy on an Apple computer and wrap it up nicely.
A box of rugelach and a bottle of grape juice (though you won’t be yotzi with this according to the Gr”a).
In a 9×13 aluminum pan, arrange the following. beautiful shalach monos and its exactly what is meant by halacha to be. a meal.
braise several slices of minute steak in onions and red wine. arrange on one end. below that arrange slices of grilled chicken breast marinated in duck sauce, bbq sauce and red wine. below that arrange baby colored peppers stuffed with sauteed chopped shallots and chopped bella mushrooms, baked for 30 minutes at 375. below that arrange baby red and white potatoes, sprayed with olive oil and garlic and pepper and baked for one hour at 375.
Not Pesach Yet theme: pie, cookies, cake, challah, chametzdik “matzah” and beer.
Watch your diet theme: wrap a bunch of unhealthy food in caution tape.
Because I had weight loss surgery and most of my friends know it, I plan on buying a few dozen dunkin donut boxes and putting in a small bottle of water, small container of tuna or egg salad, a challah roll and a small bag of baby carrots with a napkin, knife fork and straw.
Water doesn’t count b/c it’s not a chashuve mashke [Rav Elyashiv?]
One year I dressed my kids as stewardess and prepared a shalach manos tray that resembled an airline meal.
One year I dressed my kids as sanitation workers and prepared a shalach manos bin that resembled garbage.
we are considering sending two manos to one of our friends.
Dress up like IRS agents and walk into people’s houses and take their’s. Find the most clever one and regift it as your own.
Some people appreciate getting wholesome things they serve at a meal, like the Purim seuda (and I don’t mean for dessert).
For example, among those who have their seuda late in the day and are busy delivering and cooking in the morning, a non-junk food lunch for the kids is a welcome relief.
One year someone gave me a muffin and choco milk at breakfast time.
SUPER CONVENIENT!
Dress up your kids as fire fighters and give burned food.
For several years, we delivered shalach manos first thing in the morning -homemade granola and rice dream (milk). It became the Purim breakfast of our friends and family…
Dress up your kids as babies and give baby jars, bottles, mashed banana. This is the easiest costume to make if your child is under a year old.
Bag of potato chips (any flavor), bar of snickers (cholov akum), can of coke. Popcorn may substitute for potato chips, Reeses may substitute for snickers, there is no substitute for coke.
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