With that said, how about some hot chocolate, on a steek?

When I saw this project for hot chocolate on a stick, this above video was all I could think of.

Ok, so now onto this great project.  Over at Giver’s Log, AmberLee has published a lovely (and simple) project of making hot chocolate, just add hot milk and voila!  Hot Chocolate!

Wouldn’t this make a great teacher’s or Hostess Gift?  (If it ever makes it out of the house that is.)

Go check this chocolate-y goodness over at Giver’s Log and enjoy!

Giver’s Log – Hot Chocolate on a Stick

I was looking for Weird Al’s “Yoda” but this will have to do.

Over at Dollar Store Crafts, Heather posted great directions on how to make a Yoda hat!  What wouldn’t be better for your favorite Star Wars fan (young or old) but a Yoda hat.  I might just have to make this for my brand new niece to make sure that she is brought up with the “right” kind of education.  We must make sure she is educated in the important things, Star Wars, Star Trek, StarGate SG-1 (catching on here) and Buckaroo Banzi.

Heather give directions on how to make an adult hat but with only a few measurements and scaling down, a child or infant’s hat could be made.

Heather at Dollar Store Crafts – Yoda Hat

Jo posts her take on V-day Kettel corn for the kiddies and it really seems simple.  It took a bit to track down  a place that sells a “wirlly pop” in the area since I really don’t want to have to wait for delivery (Target sells it online only) but alas, I did have to resort to mail order.  I can still remember the days of my parents making popcorn in my Mom’s old stainless steel pot and then the air popper.  The idea of going back to the stove top to make popcorn is refreshing and brings me back to childhood while taking the Microwave out of the equasion.  At least its better than movie theater popcorn, right?

Chica and Jo – Valentine Popcorn Treat

Five simple items to make this adorable flower pot.  That’s all it takes.  Just don’t leave them outside because the mod podge is water soluble and will um… melt away.  I could see me redecoration the “wall of death” as my husband calls it with my plants that I can barely keep alive (will post pics to prove later).

Enjoy!

Lavender and Limes – Fabric Flower Pots

I have my own issues with the commercialization of the holidays but, I really do feel if you craft it, there is more thought and meaning to the gift or the personal accessory.  So it’s okay in my book.

Lavender and Limes has a great little tutorial to make your own coffee cozy that is super easy to make.  She adds a few hand sews a few hearts on it and voila, and seasonal cozy.  Can you see where I’m going with this?  Shamrocks at St Patrick’s Day, eggs and bunnies (ooh, peeps) for Easter, flags for Memorial Day and the 4th of July, Flip Flops for summer… I could keep going on with these.

Lavender and Limes – Coffee Cozy

I love this idea of repurposing soda bottles and their holder into a cute gift.  This would work for either male or female teachers, it just depends on the paper and ribbon used.  I found this at Nap Time Journal and it really seems easy to complete.

She uses cream soda bottles since they are clear and you can see the goodies inside them and it is very important to clean the bottles very well.  Nap Time Journal also reuses the bottle caps to cap it.  I may not do that because 1) I always mangle the bottle caps when I open them and 2) I happen to have a bottle capper just “lying around” and hundreds of unused bottle caps.

Such a fun idea!

Nap Time Journal - Soda Bottle Treats

Meaghan over at The Decorated Cookie shows us how to decorate these lovely little houses for your ghomes or fairies, depending on the creatures that happen to inhabit your homes.

I know my daughter will love to setting up these “fairy” homes but I’m not sure if they will survive the day due to her brothers and the fact that they are made completely out of marshmallows and fondant.  All I need is a set or two of some fine tipped edible pen/markers to do this.  I can’t wait to see what the kiddies come up with.  But the real question is, how many houses will be completed and how many will be eaten as “mistakes”?

If you have the pens that are food safe, this would make a spectacular rainy day project.  If you don’t have fondant just hanging around, could I suggest maybe a roof made of construction or left over scrap booking paper and tape.

Leaving this around too long could be a “bad” thing since marshmallows are mostly sugar but this could make a very cute cake or cupcake decoration or a decoration for a table-scape.   How cute would this be for a baby shower?!?!

If you do this, I’d love to see the pics!!!!!!!

The Decorated Cookie – Marshmallow Village

Kitten Muffin over at Filth Wizardry has taken a balloon lightsaber (as discussed here) and stepped it up at notch by adding a small LED flashlight to it.

Check out her site for some awesome pictures over time delay using these LED lightsabers.

Filth Wizardry - LED Lightsabers

Zakka Life – Balloon Lightsabers

I had everything on hand, marshmallows, heavy weight paper, stapler, double stick tape, clear plastic bags AND ink for my printer.  I also had on hand my paper cutter which made cutting straight lines a breeze.  I made 15 of the bunny tails and 3 of the  seeds because that’s all I needed.    The bunny tails template has 4 per page and the seeds have at least 12, probably more.   I was done both crafts (including printing time) in less than 30 minutes.  Granted if my kids had “helped” it would have taken longer but they were already tucked into their beds before I got started.

Here are some pics that I took.

My bags were a bit smaller than what Can’t Stop Making Things used so I trimmed down the paper just a bit.  My bags (2 oz. sized) held about half a cup of marshmallows perfectly.

If you are looking to occupy the kiddies for a bit before company arrives or when they are waiting for the big feast on Sunday, this is a GREAT way to occupy them!

First one up is “Bunny Tails“  My kiddies love marshmallows and this is a cute one.  If you are having many little folk over for Easter, this would be a cute one to put at their place settings.  Chances are they will not last though the meal but its still very cute.  Even the kids can help make these up.

Now, the next one is also cute and easy for the kiddies to also help make up.  Re-labeling a box of tick tac’s as Easter Egg Seeds would be great if there are some older kiddies attending or for the kids to make for the adults.  This would even make a cute little teacher’s gift.  If you felt really crafty and had some of those food safe markers, you could even decorate them a bit to make them a bit more colorful or mix in some other flavors.

Hope you have fun with these two Easter crafts!

Can’t Stop Making Things – Bunny Tails and Easter Egg Seeds