Category: DIY

Jungle Animal Cupcakes Recipe!

March 2, 2016 Crafts, DIY, Family Life, Recipes

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Jungle Animal Cupcakes Recipe!

I recently took my kids to our local Zoo and they loved it! They asked for a fun animal-themed recipe, so I think that I’ll make these cupcakes! If your kids love zoo animals, as much as mine, then check out this adorable Jungle Animal cupcakes recipe! Let us know what you thought of this recipe and how yours turned out, we’d love to know! You’ll need:

Cupcakes and Frosting

  • 1 box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ yellow or devil’s food cake mix
  • Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
  • 1 1/4 cups Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
  • Black food color
  • 2 1/2 cups Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
  • Yellow and red food color

Lion Decorations

  • 1 1/2 cups caramel popcorn
  • 12 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
  • 12 pretzel sticks
  • 12 pieces Cheerios™ cereal (any flavor)

Tiger Decorations

  • 12 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
  • 12 orange chewy fruit-flavored gumdrops (not sugar coated), cut in half crosswise, top halves discarded

Monkey Decorations

  • 12 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
  • 6 miniature marshmallows, cut in half crosswise, pieces flattened
  • 12 small round chocolate-covered creamy mints

Zebra Decorations

  • 6 round vanilla wafer cookies
  • 24 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
  • 6 black chewy licorice-flavored gumdrops (not sugar coated), cut in half vertically

For additional details on how to make this tasty treat, click here!

Check out this super cute DIY for a MINI POM POM PILLOW!

March 2, 2016 DIY

How cute are these pillows!!

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Supplies:
-1/2 yard cotton fabric per pillow
-90-125 pom poms of one color per pillow for larger pillows and 25 small pom poms in a variety of colors for the abstract pom pom pillow
-Poly-Fil stuffing
-12″ embroidery hoop
-felt glue
-white cotton thread
-needle and thread
-straight pins
-scissors

Follow along with A Beautiful Mess!

How Do You Paint With Eggs? Find out how!

March 1, 2016 Crafts, DIY, Easter
This activity uses recycled eggs, is cost effective, and would totally be so much fun for the kids to play and create at the same time.  You will also get a painting that you will be able to hang and adorn your playroom or kids bedroom walls.  Scroll down to get all the instructions to this fun filled activity.  If you create this, send me a picture I’d love to see your kiddos creations!
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Paint Filled Eggs on Canvas

 

Supplies:
  •  Emptied eggshells
  • Paint (we used washable tempera)
  • Tissue paper
  • A glue stick
  • Optional: A canvas- you could also use poster board or paper

Instructions:

  1. Use a butter knife to gently crack the top of the shells, making a hole big enough for the egg to pass through.
  2. Give the eggshells a quick rinse with warm water and anti-bacterial soap and place them back into the carton to dry.
  3. Fill the eggs with paint.
  4. Fill eggs with paint and toss them at canvas! This project is surprisingly easy to set up and SO FUN!
  5. Seal them using tissue paper and glue.
  6. Use a glue stick to cover one side of a tissue paper square and then gently stick that over each egg opening.
  7. Allow the kids to freely throw the eggs at a canvas.
  8. Let the canvas dry and decorate your wall with your kiddos egg art!
Paint filled eggs on canvas
Thanks, growingajeweledrose!

 

Easter Bunny Cups and Bunny Bait DIY!

March 1, 2016 Crafts, DIY, Recipes

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Easter Bunny Cups and Bunny Bait DIY!

Easter is right around the corner and my kids have already been looking for some fun craft ideas! Your kids will love making these Easter Bunny Cups and filling them with tasty treats! We will make our baskets this weekend and let you know what we thought! You’ll need the following:

  • White paper cups
  • Easter Bunny Ear Template
  • Googly eyes
  • Mini pink pom poms
  • Black wire whiskers
  • Cotton Ball
  • Hot glue or glue dots
  • 1 bag of popcorn
  • 1 cup white chocolate melts

Let us know what your kids thought of this DIY project, we love to hear from our readers. For additional directions on how to make this craft, visit the Giggles Galore Webpage!

Super Fun Easter Egg Bath Bombs!

February 29, 2016 Crafts, DIY, Easter

Aren’t these bath bombs one of the cutest things you’ve seen in a while!! Bath bombs are so useful and so easy to make. You could give these as gifts to a teacher, friend or neighbor. You can toss them in the bath with the kiddos or use them for yourself.  They are fun to make, fun to give as gifts, and are a great gift to give.   For the instructions on how to make these beauties scroll down and see for yourself how simple these can be!!

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Super Fun Easter Egg Bath Bombs!

Ingredients (Will make 6 large bath bombs)

  • 8 oz. Baking soda
  • 4 oz. Epsom salt
  • 4 oz. Cornstarch
  • 4 oz. Citric acid
  • 3 teaspoons water
  • 2 teaspoons essential oil or fragrance oil for soaps, etc.
  • 2-5 drops food coloring
  • Larger plastic Easter eggs or silicone/plastic mold
  • Confetti sprinkles (optional)

Instructions:

  1. In a large bowl, combine the Epsom salt, cornstarch, baking soda and citric acid. Stir the ingredients together using a whisk.
  2. In a separate small bowl, mix together your wet ingredients: water, fragrance/essential oil and food coloring.
  3. Pour your wet ingredients into the bowl with your dry ingredients and whisk together.
  4. The mixture will start to clump a little. Use your fingers to ball up a bit of the mixture to see if it is starting to stick together a bit. If not, you can add a little more water, but be careful. ONLY add a very little at a time or you will ruin the entire mixture.
  5. Take one of your eggs and put a little of the confetti sprinkles in one side or both.
  6. Then start tightly packing the bath bomb powder into both sides of the egg. Make sure there aren’t any air pockets – just a small hole is enough to make your bath bomb crumble so really pack the mixture in tightly.
  7. Then push the 2 sides of the egg together and let the egg sit on a towel covered with waxed paper for at least 15 minutes.
  8. After 15 minutes carefully pry open the egg to see if the mixture has formed to the mold. If it has, it will look the picture below .
  9. The eggs need to dry completely overnight before you try and use them or package them up as gifts.

 

Thank you, bitzngiggles!!

Saint Patrick’s Day Treats! Perfect For Your Little Leprechauns!

February 29, 2016 Crafts, DIY, Family Life, Recipes

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Saint Patrick’s Day Treats! Perfect For Your Little Leprechauns!

Looking for a fun and inexpensive holiday treat to make with your kids for Saint Patrick’s Day?  Then, make these Leprechauns treats! This is a fantastic way to help your kids enjoy the holiday with festive treats. I have not made these yet, but will do so March 17th! Let us know what you thought of this recipe and how yours turned out.

Ingredients:

  • small pretzels
  • Hershey Hugs
  • Rolo chocolate caramels
  • green M&M’s

For additional directions on how to make this sweet holiday treat, visit the Celebrations Webpage! Oh and do not forget to wear green, you do not want to be pinched!

Easy DIY Yarn or Twine Decorative Balls

February 26, 2016 Crafts, DIY

I got the idea of these Easy DIY Yarn or Twine Decorative Balls from a friend of mine that has creatively placed her own DIY project all over her house.  You would never know they are a DIY, they are so cute!! I have posted some pictures to give you ideas on how to decorate with the yarn or twine balls. The directions are pretty straight forward, scroll down past the pictures to get to them in the post. If you do this DIY, send me a picture I’d love to see your creation!

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Materials

  • Balloons
  • Plastic bags or a dropcloth to cover the floor
  • Cooking spray
  • School glue
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup hot water
  • Scissors
  • Yarn or twine
  • A mixing bowl

Instructions

  1. Blow up balloons to different sizes (filling balloons only halfway will help you achieve a more spherical shape) and knot each balloon
  2. Create a drying area (If you’re working outdoors or in the garage, hang up a clothesline. If you’re working indoors, suspend a string between two chairs. Be sure to put a dropcloth or plastic bags under the drying area to catch any drips.)
  3. Hang balloons from strings above the drying area
  4. Spray balloons with cooking spray (to make removing the yarn/twine easier later)
  5. In the bowl, mix hot water with cornstarch
  6. Add a bottle of white school glue and mix thoroughly
  7. Dip yarn/twine into the glue mixture and gently squeeze out the excess with your fingers — you may want to wear rubber gloves.
  8. Beginning at the knot-end of your balloon, wrap your balloon with the wet yarn. The more you wrap, the denser the ball will be
  9. Wrap in all directions, top to bottom and side to side
  10. When you’re satisfied with the wrapping, cut the string.
  11. Repeat the process with the remaining balloons
  12. Allow the balloons to dry completely. This may take about 24 hours. The yarn should be stiff and dry
  13. Pop the balloon. Try very gently kneading the balloon before popping it to separate it from the yarn. Remove the popped balloon

Tip: If the ball collapses a little, inflate a new balloon inside the ball to gently push the collapsed spot back into place, and then remove the balloon.

https://www.pgeveryday.com/home-garden/crafts/article/diy-yarn-balls

Thanks, pgeveryday!