Category: DIY

Melted Snowman Chocolate Bark Recipe!

Do you enjoy holiday themed bark? I do I do! If so, why not make this Melted Snowman Chocolate Bark recipe?! I tried this recipe last year and my entire family loved it, especially some of my picky eaters. I know that my family will be asking for this recipe throughout the entire winter. If you’d like to make this recipe yourself, then pick up the following ingredients:

• White Melting Chocolate
• Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
• Wilton Candy Eyes
• Orange Jimmies (I got mixed rainbow jimmies and just picked them out)
• Red Hot Candy
• Pretzel Sticks
• Silicon baking mat or wax paper

For additional directions on how to make this recipe, be sure to visit the Princess Pinky Girl Webpage! Let us know how your recipe turned out and if you plan to make this again. Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce Recipe!

Are you stressed about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday? If so, here is an Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce Recipe! This dish only takes about 10-15 minutes to make and is absolutely delicious. Our family doesn’t enjoy cranberries from a jar, so we make recipes very similar to this. If you’d like to make this Thanksgiving dish too, be sure to have the following ingredients:

• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup water
• ½ cup fresh orange juice
• 12 ­ounces fresh cranberries (frozen may be substituted)
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

For further directions on making this recipe, be sure to visit this link from Amy Johnson! Let us know how your dishes turned out this year for Thanksgiving, because we’d love to know.

Red Velvet Hot Chocolate With Cream Cheese Whipped Cream Recipe!

It is hot chocolate season! My new absolute favorite version of this holiday drink is Red Velvet Hot Chocolate with Cream Cheese Whipped Cream. I recently found a homemade recipe of this drink that I just had to share with our readers.  Plus, nothing is better than red velvet, hot chocolate, and cream cheese! If you’d like to make this hot chocolate drink as well, be sure to have the following ingredients ready:

• 4 cups whole milk
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 10 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate, coarsely chopped (I used mini chocolate chips)
• 2 teaspoons McCormick® Red Food Color
• 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract

For Cream Cheese Whipped Cream:

• 1/4 cup heavy cream, cold
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract

For additional directions on making this recipe, be sure to visit the Tidy Mom Webpage for more details. Let us know your thoughts in the comments. We’d love to hear from you.

How To Make A Wreath From Pinecones!

I love picking up fallen pinecones from trees during the fall. Plus, tons of crafts use these pinecones for display during these colder months. I wanted to make something unique and I found this pinecone wreath DIY project! I haven’t made my own wreath yet, but I had to share this fun craft with our readers. If you do not live in an area with pine trees, you can find these pinecones at any local craft store. Here are the materials needed to make this project:

• 40 large pinecones – size depends on size of wreath
• Spring color spray paints – turquoise spray paint , light green spray paint , pink spray paint
• Old newspapers (or other material to protect the surface while spray painting)
• Ribbon for hanging
• Wire wreath form or a wire hanger formed into a circle
• Fishing line or floral wire
• Wire cutters
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun and glue sticks (optional)

For a complete list of instructions on this fun DIY please check out the How To Make a Burlap Wreath Webpage. She has all the things you will need to do! Let us know what you thought and how your wreath turned out! I can’t wait to make this one myself! I love wreaths!

DIY Shea Butter Lotion Bars!

Want an easy tutorial for making lotion bars at home? If so, this DIY project looks like the perfect recipe! I haven’t made these Shea Butter Lotion Bars myself yet, but they look fun and relatively easy to make . Plus, I love looking at new and unique beauty crafts to make for gifts. Want to makes these DIY lotion bars as well? If so, be sure to pick up the following ingredients:

• Wilton 24-Cavity Silicone Brownie Squares Baking Mold
• Organic Coconut Oil
• Unrefined Raw Shea Butter
• Beeswax Organic Pastilles
• Essential oils (optional): Cinnamon Bark, Peppermint, Eucalyptus, Lemon, Orange, Grapefruit

For additional directions on making these scrub bars, be sure to visit the Food Family Fun Webpage. Let us know what you thought of this DIY project in the comment section below.