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WHAT YOU NEED:

• 1 giant marshmallow
• 1 jumbo marshmallow
• 1 miniature marshmallow
• 1 black chocolate candy (I also found these at the Party Store)
• 2 candy eyes

These are so easy to assemble and you use nothing but the stickiness of the marshmallows to hold it all together!

DIRECTIONS:

Cut the giant marshmallow in half.  Then cut the jumbo marshmallow into thirds. Discard top and bottom piece, leaving only the middle piece that is sticky on both sides.
Cut the miniature marshmallow in half.

Place the giant marshmallow sticky side up on a flat surface.
Add the middle piece of the jumbo marshmallow to the center.
Add the chocolate candy nose on top of the jumbo marshmallow.
Add the candy eyes above the jumbo marshmallow.
Add the mini marshmallow ears, sticky side down, to the side of the giant marshmallow.

Aren’t they just adorable….I mean look at those faces!!

And your hot cocoa will just be so cute this winter! 

xoxo!!

Here is your printable recipe!

Polar Bear Marshmallows

 

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These will be just adorable on top of your hot cocoa this winter!

Author: A Fireman's Wife

Ingredients

• 1 giant marshmallow
• 1 jumbo marshmallow
• 1 miniature marshmallow
• 1 chocolate candy
• 2 candy eyes

Instructions

1. Cut the giant marshmallow in half.
2. Then cut the jumbo marshmallow into thirds. Discard top and bottom piece, leaving only the middle piece that is sticky on both sides.
3. Cut the miniature marshmallow in half.
4. Place the giant marshmallow sticky side up on a flat surface.
5. Add the middle piece of the jumbo marshmallow to the center.
6. Add the chocolate candy nose on top of the jumbo marshmallow.
7. Add the candy eyes above the jumbo marshmallow.
8. Add the mini marshmallow ears, sticky side down, to the side of the giant marshmallow.
9. Float on top of your hot cocoa and whipped cream!

Notes

These are so easy to assemble and you use nothing but the stickiness of the marshmallows to hold it all together!

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Just in case you did not get the recipe and cookie cutter from Chick-fil-a I will share it with you so you can still have the fun of making these at home.  And of course any cookie cutter will work just fine!  

So here is what you need to start! 

In a mixing bowl add 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt, and 1/2 cup cinnamon.  

Mix it all together. 

Gradually add in 3/4 cup lukewarm water and combine it all together with your hands and form it into a ball of dough.  Then on a lightly floured surface roll out your dough until it is about a 1/4 inch thick.  

Then let the kids have at it to make their stars!  

Use a straw to poke a hole in the top of each star.  

Transfer the starts to wax paper and let air dry for approximately 3-4 days.  Flip daily! 

We re-rolled the dough twice and that gave us about 15 stars. We still had some dough left over and the kids have been enjoying using it as play-doh.  I put it in a plastic bag zip lock bag between uses and it has still stayed fresh.  It makes a nice safe non toxic play-doh and it smells really good too!  

When the ornaments were all dry I added some of my favorite red gingham ribbon in the 1/4 inch size to half of them, and the other half I used some of my red bakers twine.  

Here is a few on the little tree in my bedroom!

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Red gingham 1/4 inch ribbon 

Red and white bakers twine

I hope you enjoy this fun craft!

Today we had fun making Mayflower Boats for the craft so I thought I would share what we did.  One of my girls even wanted to get in on the action!  The craft is super simple and something fun to do with younger kids even if you are not doing this unit study. 

SUPPLIES:

Applesauce or mandarin orange plastic cups

popsicle sticks

washable paint

Play-Doh

white paper

scissors

glue stick

DIRECTIONS:

Paint the applesauce cups with your desired paint color.  Here is the paint I used because….WASHABLE!  

I suggested brown to look like a boat, but my preschooler insisted on red.  Ya know..red is closer to the color of a fire truck so there was no talking him out of it!  I just put down some paper to protect the table and let them have at it.  If you are actually going to be putting your boats in water only paint the inside.  

While our boats were drying we prepared the sails.  I just cut out trapezoids and rectangles from white paper to make the sails.  

Then take your glue stick and put some glue on the top and middle of your popsicle stick.  

Add your sails. 

Once everything is dry you will be ready to finish assembling.  

We just took some Play-Doh and put it in the bottom of the boats to hold the sail.  

Then they stuck the sail in.  

And there you go!  A cute little Mayflower craft to go along with learning all about the Mayflower and what it was like when the Pilgrims made their journey.  

So in the spirit of fun cute little holiday decor, and Easter being on its way, I wanted to share these cute carrot napkins!  These often make their way to my paper plate style table, and will go great with any casual or pot-luck style meal.   These are an old classic, and so simple, but it’s those fun simple details that can add so much!

Here’s what you will need:

~Large size orange napkins

~ Green plastic cutlery

~Ties: raffia, ribbon, twine etc.

I usually hit up the party store when ever I need to buy colored napkins or cutlery.  This way you can find a good selection of the colors you need.  

Position your napkin in a diamond shape and then place your cutlery so the fork is on top, if you are using a knife and spoon too, with them sticking up just past the top point of the orange napkin.  The fork on top with give it the look of a carrot top!    

Then fold one side in: 

And then continue rolling the fork and napkin the rest of the way over until you have a nice tight little bundle.  I tied mine with raffia, because I had it on hand, but any green ribbon or twine will work great too!

They are fun to put out at everyone’s place setting.  You could even tie little name tags to your ribbon if you are having assigned seats. 

These are also cute to leave out in a little bundle for an adorable table decoration, or you can put them in a basket for grabbing if you are having a pot-luck style!

Then what’s even better about these is that the kids can totally help too!  You can always grab some pipe cleaners for easy wrapping with kids!

Happy Easter!

I would love if you would join my Friday link-up party!

A few years back I bought them, 1. because my kids wanted them so bad, and 2. because I thought it would be fun to encourage them to leave each other cute little notes or treats.  Spreading the love right?!?!  We made a cute little craft project out of it too.  We bought a bunch of fun Valentine’s Day stickers for them to use to decorate and make their box their own, and then I wrote each of their names on the sides of the boxes with a black Sharpie.  

Next to the boxes I like to leave a little stack of heart shaped paper and a pencil for them to use for their “notes”.  The littles will just scribble or leave a random toy in there but that is okay!  They all just love when they see the little “you’ve got mail” flag up on their box.  Sometimes mom or dad will leave an M & M in there too and that is always a big hit!  

This is so simple and easy but something my kids look forward to every year!  I purchased the mailboxes at Target in the dollar section but I saw them at Walmart last weekend too!  

I would love if you would join my Friday Link-Up Party!

This is such a simple and inexpensive little craft and the beauty of it is that it can be used year after year!  I just picked up some small pieces of felt, they are sold individually in about an 8 x 10 size, in orange, green, and black from a store like JoAnn or Michaels.  One black and one green was plenty, and the number of orange you buy will depend on how many pumpkins you want to make.  I made four pumpkins total so I just picked up two pieces of orange felt.  I was able to fit two pumpkins per sheet.  Now I am no artist by any means, but first I just drew out the template for the pumpkins and stems free hand with a pencil on a piece of paper.  That way I could erase and change my lines as many times as needed to get it just right.  Then I cut out my templates and traced around those with pen on the felt.  When cutting out the felt use really sharp scissors like sewing scissors, and I made sure to cut just on the inside of the template line so the lines did not show on my pumpkins.  For the black you can just be as creative as you want with the face pieces.

My stems….

….and pumpkins

And for old times sake……