DIY Coffee Mug Sweater
With all the warm drinks being served up because of the cold weather, check out this DIY Coffee Mug Sweater you can make to keep your hot cocoa, coffee or hot toddy a little bit hotter for longer. It is incredibly simple to do! How cute!
What you will need:
- Socks
- Small sewing kit
What to do:
- Cut sock in desired location depending on the pattern.
- Turn inside out.
- Stitch together one end using your sewing kit. So the stitching will be on the inside.
- Put it on your coffee mug!
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!
DIY Plastic Spoon Chandelier
Check out this awesome idea for creating your own lampshade. Such a cool idea!
Video Tutorial Below
DIY Skin Cleansing Treatment
Need an all natural way to help cleanse your skin in a fresh & organic way? Give this a shot. It really does work!
For clearer skin:
Take half a cold Lemon from the fridge. Put 3-4 drops of Honey on it. Rub the Lemon on your Face, emphasizing the trouble areas. Leave the Lemon and Honey mixture on your face for 5 minutes, then wash it off with cold water. You will be able to see the results immediately. Additionally, Lemon Juice will help to fade other marks/scars on the face and the Honey will help to moisturize!
Doesn’t get much Frugal than that!
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!