Kids Recycled Cardboard & Yarn Snowflakes
It’s snowing already in many places in the country. Besides green and red decorations, what else can we create and have our kids be involved? Snowflakes of course! This is a simple and adorable craft made from recycled cardboard and any yarn you’d like.
Materials:
- cereal box (or any thin) paperboard or cardboard
- yarn in any colors
- kid’s washable glue (like Elmer’s)
- glitter, rhinestones, beads, buttons, etc.
Directions:
- Make snowflakes from squares of paper and trace them onto the cardboard.
- Cut out the shapes (for small details use tiny manicure scissors or a craft knife. It’s not necessary, but it’s a pretty addition).
- Squeeze glue onto the cardboard snowflake in the pattern you’d like to place and decorate with your yarn.
- Carefully lay the yarn down into the glue and add additional glue and details as desired.
- Decorate however you’d like! Go nuts!
- Hang and enjoy!
Thanks to Creative Jewish Mom for the idea!
Leftover Halloween Candy Bark
Yesterday was Halloween, so how much candy do you and the kids have leftover? If you’re like many homes across the country, you have so much left over that you think you’ll never get through it all. Instead of tossing it, make this yummy Halloween Candy Bark!
INGREDIENTS:
1 pound bittersweet chocolate, chopped
3 Butterfinger candy bars (or 8 fun-size bars), cut into 1-inch pieces
3 Heath candy bars (or 6 fun-size bars), cut into ¾-inch pieces
8 Reese’s peanut butter cups, each cut into 8 wedges
¼ cup honey roasted peanuts
3 ounces white chocolate, chopped
½ cup Peanut M&M’s (Halloween colors!) or Pretzel M&M’s or Reese’s Pieces
DIRECTIONS:
1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
2. Place the chopped bittersweet chocolate in a medium bowl and microwave at 50% power in 30-second increments, stirring after each, until completely melted and smooth. Pour the chocolate onto the prepared baking sheet and, using an offset spatula, spread into a thin layer (about ¼-inch thick – a 12×10-inch rectangle). Sprinkle the melted chocolate with the chopped Butterfingers, Heath bars, peanut butter cups and honey roasted peanuts, making sure all pieces touch melted chocolate (so they adhere). Lightly press to make sure the candy adheres to the melted chocolate. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. Melt the white chocolate using the same method as the bittersweet chocolate (in a microwave in intervals) until completely smooth. Using a spoon, drizzle the white chocolate over the chilled bark in a zigzag pattern. Scatter the M&M’s (or Reese’s Pieces) over the white chocolate drizzle, and again press to make sure the candy adheres to the melted white chocolate. Chill again until the white chocolate is set, about 30 minutes.
4. Cut/break the bark into irregular pieces and serve. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
5. ENJOY!
Thanks to BrownEyedBaker for the recipe!
DIY Migraine Relief
Migraine pain is some of the worst pain you can endure. When you’re suffering from a migraine, you just want it to go away as soon as possible! Here is a proven way to help it disappear – no medicine needed! This will work for headache pain as well.
Just submerge your feet and hands in hot/warm water and put a bag of frozen peas (or other frozen product) at the base of your skull. The heat on your extremities pulls the blood from your head relieving some/all of your headache.