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DIY Valentine Owls

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Holiday’s are always a perfect time to get your kiddos into doing arts & crafts. Plus, you end up getting a super cute keepsake and holiday decoration that is much more special than store bought ones. This Valentine Owl project is very easy and you may have everything you need already at home which makes it a very frugal project. Have fun making this cute decoration on the cheap…

DIY Valentine Owls

What you need:

  • Used Toilet Paper Rolls
  • Construction Paper
  • Googly Eyes if you have them (you can also make eyes from paper and markers)
  • Scissors
  • Glue, I used Modge Podge
  • Ribbon if you would like to hang.

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What to do:

  1. Cut Paper to the width of your toilet paper roll.
  2. Wrap paper around toilet paper roll and adhere. 3
  3. Fold sides in to enclose top of toilet paper roll. 4
  4. Add Googly Eyes with Adhesive.
  5. Cut beak shape out of construction paper and adhere.  5
  6. Cut heart shapes out of construction paper for wings and adhere to sides. 6
  7. Adhere ribbon to top to form a loop for hanging (optional). 7

diy velentine owl collage

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Melted Crayon Ornaments

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Want a super fun and easy craft for the kiddos…or how about a super cute ornament for your tree?! That’s exactly what you get with this next craft! These melted crayon ornaments are super easy and fun to make plus, they look even cuter in person! Enjoy..

Melted Crayon Ornament

SUPPLIES

  • Clear Glass Ornament Bulbs – you can get some HERE on Amazon!
  • Crayola Crayons
  • Microwave

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DIRECTIONS

  1. Pick 3 complementary color crayons and cut off 1/4″ of the end of each.
  2. Remove metal end of ornament and put 3 crayon pieces inside. cray
  3. NOTE: Ornament may get warm or even hot to the touch. Use oven mitt if necessary.
  4. Microwave 2 minutes and see if crayons are starting to melt.
  5. If they are not, continue to microwave in 45 second increments checking to se if they are melting.
  6. When they are melting, swirl ornament around to spread colors all around ornament. o
  7. If they stop moving, microwave an additional 45 seconds and continue.
  8. Allow to cool and replace metal piece.

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Root Beer Reindeer Gifts

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I’ve been wanting to make these with the kiddos for awhile and finally got them up! These Reindeer Root Beer gifts are super, super cute and easy to make! These are perfect for gifts as well as fun snacks for the kiddos. You can use root beer for a kid-friendly version or try out some beer (they make the funnest packages that make these even cuter) to take to a Christmas or Holiday party. 😉

Root Beer Reindeer

INGREDIENTS:

  • 6 Pack Bottled Root Beer
  • 12 Wiggly Eyes
  • 6 Red Pom Poms (1/4″)
  • 9 Brown Pipe Cleaners
  • Ribbon for Scarves (optional)
  • Glue (either E6000 or Hot Glue)

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Glue eyes on bottle neck.
  2. Glue red pom pom nose just below eyes.
  3. Take 3 pipe cleaners and cut them in half, then cut each of these halves in half.
  4. Wrap a pipe cleaner just below the bottle cap and twist in the back and bring ends up to make main antlers.
  5. Take one of the quarter pipe cleaners and twist it about 1 1/4″ from end each main antler.
  6. Repeat this process for each bottle.
  7. If you would like, cut a piece of ribbon and wrap like a scarf around the bottle. Use a dab of glue to hold together.
  8. NOTE: If you use the E6000, it needs to set for awhile before it will be tacky enough to stick to bottle.

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How To Make Glow In The Dark Icing

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How To Make Glow In The Dark Icing

As Halloween sneaks up around the corner, the pumpkins, decorations and haunted houses start popping up everywhere! So to get in the spirit, why not add some Halloween fun into your baking. With a few simple kitchen cupboard ingredients, you can create your very own glow in the dark cupcake icing. Not only will it add a special twist to your Halloween dessert, the glow off the frosting will surprise guests of all ages! Check out the instructions below to create your very own glow in the dark icing:

Ingredients Needed:

  • 1 Cup Of Butter
  • 4-5 Cups Of Icing Sugar
  • 1 Cup And 4-5 Tablespoons Of Tonic Water
  • 1.5 Tablespoon Of Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Box Of Coloured Jello
  • 1 Cup Of Boiling Water

Instructions:

  1. Start by creating your basic frosting. Beat the butter until smooth, add powdered sugar and tonic water alternating as you add it. Add vanilla and beat till smooth.
  2. Ice your cupcakes however you prefer and pop them in the freezer. They should be in there long enough for the icing to harden.
  3. Next, boil 1 cup of water and add Jello. Stir until combined, about 2-3 minutes. Add 1 cup of tonic water, mix and remove from heat. Place the mixture into a second bowl and keep that bowl on ice to make the Jello as cool as possible. Once the Jello is cool to the touch but not firm, give it a quick stir and remove it from the ice.
  4. Once removed, it’s time to dip the cupcakes. Remove them from the freezer, dip one at a time and replace them back in the freezer once they have been dipped. The more you repeat this process, the more they will glow! Serve once the glow has dried and display them under a black light for an even better glow!
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Colored Noodles Recipe (Fun for the Kiddos and Very Inexpensive!)

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Kid’s love making these Colored Noodles!

Need something fun to do with the kiddos? How about a way to make them eat?! If so, you may love this next idea….colored noodles! It’s super easy, inexpensive and quick.

Check out how to do it below:

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Colored Noodles

Colored Noodles

Ingredients

  • 2-3 food coloring colors (Blue and Pink or purple work best....Green kind of turns yellow)
  • 1 package of White pasta (you can use wheat but the color doesn't turn out as bright)

Instructions

  1. Boil the water in separate pans
  2. Add about 15-20 drops of each color in its own pan (or until the water completely changes colors)
  3. Boil pasta in colored water
  4. Strain the pasta (make sure to do EACH color in it's own pan)
  5. That's it!
  6. *You can also do this same recipe a little different....just boil your pasta and strain then add a little bit of pasta to a few different baggies and add 15-20 drops of food coloring in each bag and a little water. Then let sit until pasta has absorbs the color.
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DIY Scented Play Dough (Gingerbread AND Peppermint)

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Yummy! I love making scented play dough because it sure smells a lot better than the normal salty kind. Just be careful because the little ones like to try to eat it (although I did this with the normal kind when I was little). 😉 Below you will find directions to make 2 different scents. Enjoy!

DIY Play Dough

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 cup Flour
  • 2 tsp Cream of Tartar
  • 1/2 cup Salt
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
  • Food Coloring (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

  1. In a Medium Sized Pan whisk together your Flour, Salt and Cream of Tartar
  2. Add Water and Oil.
  3. Add Food Coloring if desired.
  4. Wisk until you have a smooth consistency with no lumps.
  5. Place your pan over low heat and stir constantly until your mixture thickens. This will take 3-5 minutes and you will need a strong arm. When you have a big ball/lump, your dough is finished.
  6. Knead your dough for a minute or two.
  7. Store in a Sealed container.

Gingerbread Scented Play Dough

  1. Just add these ingredients into the above dry ingredients
  2. 1 1/2 tsp Ginger
  3. 2 tsp Cinnamon
  4. 1/2 tsp Cloves
  5. 1/2 tsp Nutmeg
  6. Add 1/2 tsp Vanilla and blue, yellow and red food coloring into the wet ingredients until you have a brown color before placing on heat.

Peppermint Scented Play Dough
Just add 1/2 tsp peppermint extract and red food coloring into the above wet ingredients before placing on heat.

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Minecraft Party Ideas

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MINECRAFT Party

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Minecraft…it’s the “IN” thing right now and if you have a kiddo then I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of it and if not, you will soon.  😉 This super duper popular game is on the forefront of most kids minds right now and you know what that means…lots of requests for Minecraft Birthday parties! Here’s the catch…it’s actually VERY hard to find Minecraft party supplies for sale so that’s where the creativity comes in! I guess you could ultimately get a bunch of boxes and paint them  😉 but below you will find a ton of cute and creative ideas we did for my son’s 7th Birthday party!

The hardest part was the cake….It turned out pretty amazing and my hubby and I spent a lot of time making it:

minecraft cake

cake 2

Basically it’s 4 boxes of cake mix (you can make it smaller and use just 2 cakes). Cut up your cakes to form a “Creeper” (I suggest using paper and cutting out a template of the size you want before cutting into your actual cakes). We did 2 layers of cake on the legs and head and used frosting (colored green with food coloring of course) to paste them together.

Then we made fondant (marshmallows, powdered sugar and water) – you can “Google” it to get tons of different videos and directions on how to make your own. Color the fondant again with food coloring and place a layer (large piece) over the whole “creeper cake” then shape and cut around edges. You will then make fondant patches for the Creeper body and get them wet with water (just a tiny bit) so it sticks to his body.

It takes some time but it’s totally worth it in my opinion, it sure put a smile on his face…

cake 3

For the food….(in case you’re not familiar, some of these items are the “supplies” on Minecraft:

minecraft foodI got the spiders from Dollar Tree….yep, just a buck! These Spiders are really in the game too.  😉

minecraft party food

  • Creeper juice (made with green Kool-Aid + sugar and 1 liter sprite) then put in water bottles with creeper juice labels – you can Google these and print them out then use double sided sticky tape.
  • Coal – Rice krispy treats (made into clumps instead of putting in the standard pan) and add black food dye until they turn black)
  • Sticks – use stick pretzels
  • Carrots
  • Apples
  • Watermelons (see how to cut Watermelons for little fingers in my post here)
  • Cookies (yes, these are a supply, I even checked!) Use Chips AHOY! because they resemble them the best!
  • Lava – use Colby cheese and cut into “lava squares”. We put them on toothpicks and the kiddos loved eating them that way.

*Remember, you can “Google” Minecraft Printable food labels to print out the cute labels for the food.

Minecraft Games and Crafts:

minecraft crafts

The kiddos made a picture of themselves Minecraft style! I cut up a bunch of construction paper into 1×1 inch squares. Then I cut a piece of poster board from the Dollar Store. The kiddos glued the pieces of paper on to make what they thought resembles themselves.  😉 I used duck tape to tape a popsicle stick to the back as their handle.

minecraft games

minecraft

For the games (we did “hot apple” instead of hot potato). We also did “Pin the tail on the pig”. I made my own pig with construction paper, SUPER easy and they had a blast.

For the “blindfold” we use a “Steve” head. I just used a box I had laying around and cut pieces of paper then glued them on. Simple as can be!

Decor:

minecraft spider

I made this Minecraft spider out of a black balloon for the body and black streamers for the legs. Then just some red construction paper cut in squares of course, for the eyes!

balloons

streamers

 We had green and black balloons and streamers galore! You can tape on cut up construction paper to the balloons you are hanging to make “hanging creeper balloons”.

minecraft wall

 I used large plates from the party store to make the Creeper face on the wall!

plates

tnt

TNT boxes made with licorice and printable boxes you can easily tape together.

table

boys

And they had a BLAST!

elfu

One last thing…Elfy (you know our Elf on the Shelf) he showed up and toilet papered Talan’s room as a Birthday surprise.  😉

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Minecraft Party Ideas

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Minecraft Party

MINECRAFT Party

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Minecraft…it’s the “IN” thing right now and if you have a kiddo then I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of it and if not, you will soon.  😉 This super duper popular game is on the forefront of most kids minds right now and you know what that means…lots of requests for Minecraft Birthday parties! Here’s the catch…it’s actually VERY hard to find Minecraft party supplies for sale so that’s where the creativity comes in! I guess you could ultimately get a bunch of boxes and paint them  😉 but below you will find a ton of cute and creative ideas we did for my son’s 7th Birthday party!

The hardest part was the cake….It turned out pretty amazing and my hubby and I spent a lot of time making it:

minecraft cake

cake 2

Basically it’s 4 boxes of cake mix (you can make it smaller and use just 2 cakes). Cut up your cakes to form a “Creeper” (I suggest using paper and cutting out a template of the size you want before cutting into your actual cakes). We did 2 layers of cake on the legs and head and used frosting (colored green with food coloring of course) to paste them together.

Then we made fondant (marshmallows, powdered sugar and water) – you can “Google” it to get tons of different videos and directions on how to make your own. Color the fondant again with food coloring and place a layer (large piece) over the whole “creeper cake” then shape and cut around edges. You will then make fondant patches for the Creeper body and get them wet with water (just a tiny bit) so it sticks to his body.

It takes some time but it’s totally worth it in my opinion, it sure put a smile on his face…

cake 3

For the food….(in case you’re not familiar, some of these items are the “supplies” on Minecraft:

minecraft foodI got the spiders from Dollar Tree….yep, just a buck! These Spiders are really in the game too.  😉

minecraft party food

  • Creeper juice (made with green Kool-Aid + sugar and 1 liter sprite) then put in water bottles with creeper juice labels – you can Google these and print them out then use double sided sticky tape.
  • Coal – Rice krispy treats (made into clumps instead of putting in the standard pan) and add black food dye until they turn black)
  • Sticks – use stick pretzels
  • Carrots
  • Apples
  • Watermelons (see how to cut Watermelons for little fingers in my post here)
  • Cookies (yes, these are a supply, I even checked!) Use Chips AHOY! because they resemble them the best!
  • Lava – use Colby cheese and cut into “lava squares”. We put them on toothpicks and the kiddos loved eating them that way.

*Remember, you can “Google” Minecraft Printable food labels to print out the cute labels for the food.

Minecraft Games and Crafts:

minecraft crafts

The kiddos made a picture of themselves Minecraft style! I cut up a bunch of construction paper into 1×1 inch squares. Then I cut a piece of poster board from the Dollar Store. The kiddos glued the pieces of paper on to make what they thought resembles themselves.  😉 I used duck tape to tape a popsicle stick to the back as their handle.

minecraft games

minecraft

For the games (we did “hot apple” instead of hot potato). We also did “Pin the tail on the pig”. I made my own pig with construction paper, SUPER easy and they had a blast.

For the “blindfold” we use a “Steve” head. I just used a box I had laying around and cut pieces of paper then glued them on. Simple as can be!

Decor:

minecraft spider

I made this Minecraft spider out of a black balloon for the body and black streamers for the legs. Then just some red construction paper cut in squares of course, for the eyes!

balloons

streamers

 We had green and black balloons and streamers galore! You can tape on cut up construction paper to the balloons you are hanging to make “hanging creeper balloons”.

minecraft wall

 I used large plates from the party store to make the Creeper face on the wall!

plates

tnt

TNT boxes made with licorice and printable boxes you can easily tape together.

table

boys

And they had a BLAST!

elfu

One last thing…Elfy (you know our Elf on the Shelf) he showed up and toilet papered Talan’s room as a Birthday surprise.  😉

**Don’t forget to “LIKE” Raining Hot Coupons on Facebook to join over 173,000 other deal lovers and to get all the freebies!

 

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DIY Valentine Owls

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Holiday’s are always a perfect time to get your kiddos into doing arts & crafts. Plus, you end up getting a super cute keepsake and holiday decoration that is much more special than store bought ones. This Valentine Owl project is very easy and you may have everything you need already at home which makes it a very frugal project. Have fun making this cute decoration on the cheap…

DIY Valentine Owls

What you need:

  • Used Toilet Paper Rolls
  • Construction Paper
  • Googly Eyes if you have them (you can also make eyes from paper and markers)
  • Scissors
  • Glue, I used Modge Podge
  • Ribbon if you would like to hang.

2
What to do:

  1. Cut Paper to the width of your toilet paper roll.
  2. Wrap paper around toilet paper roll and adhere. 3
  3. Fold sides in to enclose top of toilet paper roll. 4
  4. Add Googly Eyes with Adhesive.
  5. Cut beak shape out of construction paper and adhere.  5
  6. Cut heart shapes out of construction paper for wings and adhere to sides. 6
  7. Adhere ribbon to top to form a loop for hanging (optional). 7

diy velentine owl collage

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Colored Noodles Recipe (Fun for the Kiddos and Very Inexpensive!)

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Colored Noodles

colored noodles

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Kid’s love making these Colored Noodles!

Need something fun to do with the kiddos? How about a way to make them eat?! If so, you may love this next idea….colored noodles! It’s super easy, inexpensive and quick.

Check out how to do it below:

Print
Colored Noodles

Colored Noodles

Ingredients

  • 2-3 food coloring colors (Blue and Pink or purple work best....Green kind of turns yellow)
  • 1 package of White pasta (you can use wheat but the color doesn't turn out as bright)

Instructions

  1. Boil the water in separate pans
  2. Add about 15-20 drops of each color in its own pan (or until the water completely changes colors)
  3. Boil pasta in colored water
  4. Strain the pasta (make sure to do EACH color in it's own pan)
  5. That's it!
  6. *You can also do this same recipe a little different....just boil your pasta and strain then add a little bit of pasta to a few different baggies and add 15-20 drops of food coloring in each bag and a little water. Then let sit until pasta has absorbs the color.
http://www.raininghotcoupons.com/colored-noodles-recipe-fun-for-the-kiddos-and-very-inexpensive/

noodles 2

noodles 1

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