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Easter Candy Made Into Lollipop Flowers

Marie — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:25:47 +0000

After we filled our Spring bucket with colored green rice, we filled it with some yummy Easter candy made into lollipop flowers. Don’t you just love the idea of edible flowers?!

Supplies for Easter Candy Lollipop Flowers:

Springtime Bucket
lollipop sticks – any size
Easter candy – Reese’s peanut butter cups and eggs, Jet Puff marshmallow shaped bunnies
toothpick

Instructions:

Place a lollipop stick into the bottom of the marshmallow. You may need to twist it in, go about half way through.

For the peanut butter cups, place a toothpick into the bottom of the candy. This helps make a hole through the tinfoil and candy paper lining.
Insert a lollipop stick into the hole.

Now place each lollipop into your vase or bucket. It’s ready to display or give to someone you love.

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Coloring Rice Green for a Springtime Display

Marie — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:29:37 +0000

As I’m itching for Spring, we’re coloring our rice green today, helping to represent green grass. My own grass is now turning from brown to green and I think this Spring project is going to give it a boost. Let’s all say it together, “Stay out SUN!”

Supplies for Coloring Rice:

dry white rice – any kind
rubbing alcohol – this helps rice dry faster
green food coloring
plastic zip baggie
paper towels
tray

Instructions:

Place 2-3 cups of dry rice in a plastic zip baggie.
Pour in 3-4 drops of your green food coloring.
Pour in 1 Tablespoon of Rubbing Alcohol.
Now seal the bag and shake it all together. Make sure each piece of rice gets coated.

Pour your colored rice onto a tray lined with paper towels to dry.

Food coloring can stain, so be careful. You’ll want it completely dry before you start to work with it again, as you don’t want any color to drip. After 20 or so minutes, give it a stir with a spoon. It should be dry within an hour.

For my Spring display, I filled my pink bucket with crunched up paper towels so I don’t have to use as much rice to fill it. Then I poured in my colored green rice up to the top.

Now it’s ready for a fun Spring time display. Check out what we’ve placed inside our cute bucket: Easter Candy Lollipops

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Kid’s Crafts for Easter

Marie — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:30:44 +0000

Here’s a few fun Easter kid’s crafts and yummy treats we’ve made in the past. They’ll be sure to help you celebrate this Springtime holiday!

Crushed Egg Shell Art

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Growing Easter Grass in Egg Carton Baskets

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Marshmallow Easter Bunny Treat

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Teaching the Meaning of Easter

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Stuffed Fabric Easter Egg

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Fuzzy Shamrock Craft for St. Patrick’s Day

Heather — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:00:55 +0000

My sons love those baby books that have touchy-feely parts in them, even now that they’re not babies anymore. Here’s a craft for kids that creates a furry shamrock, perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. Kids will enjoy making a little decorative picture, a greeting card for Grandma or maybe even the cover of a notebook, with these fun fuzzy shamrocks.

So what’s the secret fuzzy ingredient? Velour pads, like the ones you put on the bottom of tile coasters.

Supplies for Fuzzy Shamrock Card:

A package of velour pads (I found mine at the dollar store)
Craft foam or card stock
A marker

Instructions: Stick four circles together in a group on cardstock or foam, draw a stem, and decorate as desired. Easy!

Heather Mann is a regular contributor at Make and Takes. She’s is the mother of three boys, ages 3, 2, and baby. She publishes Dollar Store Crafts, a daily blog devoted to hip crafting at dollar store prices, CROQ Zine, a print magazine devoted to hip crafting, and also CraftFail, a community blog that encourages crafters to share their not-so-successful craft attempts.

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Weekend Make and Takes: St. Patrick’s Day Crafts

Marie — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:09:02 +0000

It’s the Luck ‘o’ the Irish this week as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Here are some fun crafts for your *lucky* weekend!

Make a Rainbow Connection by Make and Takes (pictured above)
Green Mashed Potatoes by Red Head Recipes
Kid’s Embroidery Rainbow by Filth Wizardry
Leprechaun Walk Book by Let’s Explore
St. Patty Party Ideas by Tip Junkie
Leprechaun Treasure Hunt by Green Lily Designs
Marshmallow Clover Cupcakes by Gourmet Mom on the Go

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Homemade Recycled Easter Bunny Bucket

Marie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:17:30 +0000

We’re making a fun Easter Bunny Bucket from a recycled frosting tub. This white tub works perfect to cover and contain fun Easter treats. We’re using ours to fill with dirt and grow grass, but you could fill this with yummy Easter treats and snacks.

Supplies for Recycled Easter Container:

recycled container – this is a frosting tub
white cardstock paper
cotton ball
scissors, markers
glue – glue dots work great

Instructions:

1. Measure your white paper around your container. With your scissors, cut the paper to fit the length around the whole container. Leave a few inches of the paper extra long for the bunny’s ears to point out long.

2. Using glue, attach the paper around the container.

3. Color a bunny face with your markers or crayons.

4. Attach a cotton ball with glue to the back of the container as bunny tail.

Now it’s ready to fill up with fun Easter goodies!

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Chocolate Covered Easter Peeps on a Stick

Marie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:48:49 +0000

You know I like to dip things in chocolate, marshmallows, ice cream, pretzels, and candy canes. Well, these Peeps were just asking for it! And they were delicious!

Supplies for Chocolate Dipped Easter Peeps:

chocolate to melt
Easter Peeps
lollipop sticks
wax paper
plate or tray

To melt your chocolate, place it in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 1 minute. Stir it, then if needed, microwave for another 20 seconds. Repeat if necessary. This works best with chocolate chips.

Place a lollipop stick into the bottom of the Peep. Dip your Peep into the chocolate and place on a plate lined with wax paper. Let this harden. You can also place them in the fridge for faster results.

Now you’re ready to Hippity-Hop on over to enjoy these Chocolate Covered Easter Peeps!

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There’s Never Enough Food Made With Hearts!

Marie — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:42:40 +0000

I love Valentine’s Day. Can you tell? There’s so many fun crafts, treats, and activities to be had. Here’s a fun after-school snack we made with our toast.

Supplies for Heart Shaped Toast:

one slice of bread
butter
heart shaped cookie cutter
topping: sugar, cinnamon, or jam

Toast your bread and butter it. Place on a heart shaped cookie cutter. Fill in the heart cookie cutter with your topping and Enjoy! *To color your sugar pink: Add 3 T of sugar and one drop of food coloring, and stir. *

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White Chocolate Popcorn With Valentine Candies

Marie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:46:35 +0000

This sweet and savory popcorn will have your sweetheart begging for more. It’s got all the things you love, a perfect combination: popcorn, chocolate, and m&ms!

Supplies for White Chocolate Popcorn:

8 cups popped popcorn Homemade Microwave Popcorn Recipe
1 cup melted white chocolate
1 cup m&m candies
large mixing bowl
spoons

First, pop your popcorn. I used the Homemade Microwave Popcorn recipe, then poured it into a large bowl. I popped two bags to make what you see above.

Pour your melted white chocolate on top and stir. Toss in your m&ms, and mix it all around, getting your m&ms distributed everywhere.

Let this sit at room temperature for a couple of hours to let the chocolate harden, or you can put it in the fridge for 20 minutes or so. Then it’s ready to grab and munch. You can put a few handfuls into cute cellophane bags wrapped with ribbon to give as a Valentine’s treat to your loved ones.

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Valentine’s Heart Shaped Leis

Marie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:41:41 +0000

I’m contributing over at Craftzine today with a fun Valentine’s craft. You’ll fall in LOVE with these Heart Shaped Leis.

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