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Last Minute Toddler Class Gifts

December 22, 2015 By Callie Leave a Comment

It’s that hour…things are getting crazy out there! I am an amazon prime person completely. That being said sometimes you just don’t know what you want to get someone and so you want to go out and look. God bless all of you who venture out to stores this week. If you’re looking for last minutes toddler friends gifts I’ve got you covered.

I always try to do something new and fun for the kiddos. It’s also nice to have a nonfood gift for the littles especially since so many have allergies nowadays.

Row and I made these fun and easy snow discovery bottles to hand out to her music friends. Great for toddler, babies, and honestly my Kindergarten kiddos would have loved these too and probably up to second grade.

Supplies-

smaller sized water bottles

silver glitter

hot glue gun

tags-I found snow tags!

Remove the labels from each bottle.

Open and remove the equivalent of two gulps 🙂 out of the bottle. You want the bottle to be full and be able to put the glitter in so don’t take out too much water. Add 1-2 scoops of silver glitter to each bottle. Using your hot glue gun glue the cap of the water bottle onto the bottle-I simply applied glue in a circle on the cap.

Tag. Shake. You’re done!

Easy and the kids loved them! Oh and you’ll look super crafty and it literally took 15 minutes for me to make. That’s less time than if I bought goody bags and stuffed them! And… these are great because if children in the class don’t celebrate Christmas it’s not super Christmas specific! Sno

Merry Christmas!

Homemade Creamsicle Pops

June 30, 2015 By Callie Leave a Comment

Listen friends I don’t know about you but summer is in full swing here in Texas and by full swing I mean ultra hot. We basically live in a rainforest and sweat from the moment we get up until the moment we go to sleep-and then in our sleep too.

So my toddler basically eats pepperoni and ice cream. We all know about the Blue Bell disaster of 2015. It has hit us hard. I’ve been looking at ways to get her to eat some variety!

I super love creamsicles…when we were little McDonald’s had a creamsicle shake and it was amazing…I mean so amazing. That dream is over. I decided to give it a try and make homemade creamsicle pops for my Row.

Ingredients-

orange juice

vanilla ice cream-we used vanilla bean

I left the ice cream out for about 5 minutes before making so that it would be more melty. I was hoping to attain an ice cream throughout pop instead of solid chunks and gobs of orange juice. Grab a plastic pop mold. Fill each mold with ice cream and orange juice alternating. Top off with orange juice at the end. That’s it! Two ingredients and not that bad!

Row was pretty pleased with them and ate a tiny bit in between her nightly water play. Row says-messy hair-don’t care.

Hunter Bear, Grandma and I ate one. I thought they came out pretty good. Oh and let’s not even play these were so beyond easy!

What I would have done….stuffed those babies with tons of ice cream next time and then poured the orange juice at the end. I liked having the ice cream a little melty because when you pour the orange juice into the mold the ice cream disperses more.

What flavor would you like to make?

On a side note I am completely jealous of my friend Jennifer because she has one of those super cool pops machines…I need one…
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Chocolate Covered Peeps

April 2, 2015 By Callie Leave a Comment

Looking for a last minute fun and yummy Easter treat?

Look no further!

Grab some peeps.

Grab some chocolate and let’s do this!

Supplies-

Peeps-I would go with the bunnies-easier for covering

Cake Ball sticks

Melting Chocolate

wax paper

mini marshmallows

In a double boiler melt your chocolate. You can also use the microwave but a double boiler is much easier and less likely to burn the chocolate. Oh and mine was only $20.00 at Bed Bath and you know. Do NOT get any water in the chocolate-it will ruin the batch.Once the chocolate is melted stir completely until smooth.

Prep your area. Lay down wax paper. Pull all peeps apart. Grab your spatula. I like to use a mini spatula for covering. I found mine at Williams Sonoma.

Push your sticks through the bunny but not out of the top of the ears. Grab a glob of chocolate and start on one side. I put a glop on starting at the bottom of the bunny and smoothed up to the ear. I then flipped it over did the reverse side. I finished by doing the sides and separating the ears. This is best to do with a candy dipper or a fork will do.

It was a little tricky. You can’t dawdle. You need to cover and spread quickly since the chocolate is hot. Also remember the front of the bunny is what matters for presentation. The bottom will be flat and smooth since they will be drying on the wax paper.

Once covered lay on the wax paper and immediately add the mini marshmallow for the tail. That little thing on the left is a candy dipper.

So cute and yummy! These keep great in the fridge for up to a week!

Happy Easter my peeps!