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Faux Hot Chocolate
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Dollar Tree sells these really nice 18 oz glass mugs in their store and on their website. You can buy a quantity of four for only $5 on their website and have it shipped free to your local store.
Once it was dry, I gently cut the circle line on the foam plate. the spackle begins to crack which it might if there was too much water in it like mine was, I touched it up with a slightly wet paint brush.
My whipped cream topper is just slightly bigger than the mug so it sits on top. If you would like your to fit inside, you might want to fill the mug with crumpled paper or something similar to support the topper
Friday, January 27, 2023
It's Dare to Share Saturday!
Over on my Etsy Shop I have been busy creating Valentines for Valentine's Day. I added several new prints to my shop this year like these cute animal cards. Also in the shop are last years favorite bee valentines and many more.
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Our Dollar Tree Craft Class
Last week I mentioned that I had joined a newly formed Dollar Tree craft group in my area, and that I would be teaching our first group craft. Since it will soon be Valentine's Day, I wanted to share a craft that fit the Valentine theme. I chose the Faux Valentines Day Cake. (I shared how to make one, last week) It was something a little bit different, and there was so many ways it could be changed to make it their own.
We had eleven people who were able to make it to the class at our local library. Everyone was so nice, and happy to be there. We had the room for two hours, so after we introduced ourselves to the the group we got started with the craft.
The attendees had been given a basic list of supplies before the class and told that the could buy whatever colors and embellishments that wanted. They were told to bring a paper mache box, adhesive paper or craft foam, some embellishments and either caulk or spackle. All of the supplies on the list could be found at the Dollar Tree. Not everyone who attended was able to find the caulk or spackle at their Dollar Tree. A couple of people chose to bring spring embellishments instead of Valentines Day. The class was not really just about making the craft, but about meeting new people, being creative, and having fun.
I loved seeing how people took the same concept, and put their own spin on it. All of the boxes looked very different.
Everyone who attended had fun making their creations, including the four year old granddaughter one of of the students.
It was so cute listening to her say how much fun she was having making a creation. She really liked being included in the class. Everyone thought she did a great job!
I am not sure what our next month's craft will be, or who will be teaching it yet. I just know that I look forward to the next class what ever it we are making.
Monday, January 23, 2023
How to make easy faux ice cream
Using an ice cream scoop with a spring handle makes the prettiest ice cream. If you don't like how one turns out, that's okay, you can put it back in the bowl re-scoop it. The scoop in the bottom left has a little bit more water mixed in, which made it have a softer look. Place the scoops on a piece of wax paper to dry. I was able to make 3 scoops from one small container of spackle.
There are two ways you can make the colored ice cream. You can mix the paint into the spackle, or you can paint them when they are dry which is what I did. I mixed the brown and the pink with Dollar Tree white acrylic paint until I got the colors I liked to make the strawberry and chocolate ice cream.
Just a heads up, it's best to not be hungry when you are making these because they really look like real ice cream.
When the scoops were dry I put them in a glass dessert bowl. I think I got these at Dollar Tree awhile back, but since they no longer have the stickers on them, I am not sure.
If desired you can add faux chocolate syrup, faux whip cream or even faux cherries from Hobby Lobby to your ice cream. I will be making some more of ice cream treats in the near future, and posting more faux ice cream DIYS.
Friday, January 20, 2023
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Faux Valentine's Day Cake
This first thing that I did was cover the box in the glitter paper. I tried to fit it to size as best I could. It worked pretty well. One the top where the paper met it wasn't perfect, but that was okay because it would be covered in caulk.