Magic Wands

Hiya!!

I know times are hard and it's been very stressful especially now where we are in the unknown. 

They've been thrown into this weird surreal world and with Z having breakdowns so I decided to make 'Magic Worry Wands'

These wands are so simple to make and are so cheap! 

What you need:

-  Colour Card or Foam

-  Wooden Stick (We used clean wooden skewers left over from a BBQ) 

-  Any sparkly bits you find lying around

-  Stickers

-  Sticky Tape or PVA glue

-  G L I T T E R!!  (Because its just magic!)

1. Cut out Stars from your Coloured card or Foam

2. LET THE KIDS GET CREATIVE!! It will get messy but its their wands 

3. Attach the wooden stick to the star with tape or glue

ALL DONE!!

Z & M Worry Wands

After the boys made their wands I told them they had to put the magic in it..

Hold your wands to your heart, draw 5 circles around your chest..

Put your wands up towards the sky and spin around 

Place the wand on your forehead and whisper..

No more worries for me today; I just want to play!

They laughed but then they started sprinkling their magic on each other and was playing magic wands. I don't know if it worked but it was the only way i could get Z to stop being anxious especially when it came to school. He gets very upset when you talk about school because he feels that he will be forgotten.

I hope this helps some people

Stay Safe

DIY Rice Krispie Christmas Pudding

Hi!

I mentioned in my Makeup Revolution London and DIY Gift post that I added some homemade chocolate rice krispie puddings to my cups and so I have added the recipe below with a step by step instruction on how I made them. 

Chocolate Rice Krispies Pudding

Ingredients:-

- 125g Rice Krispies

- 225g Plain or Milk Chocolate (You're own preference)

- 3 tbsp Golden Syrup

- 100g White Chocolate

- Holly and Berries sprinkle (I found these in Poundland. It was 2 for £1)

If you can't get hold of these you can always use fondant icing to make the holly and berries.

Equipment:-

- Mixing bowl

- Spoon

- Baking tray with grease proof paper

1) Break your plain/milk chocolate into the mixing bowl and put it into the microwave for 30 seconds. 

2) Take it out and mix until you feel the chocolate starting to stiffen. Repeat steps 1 to 2 until the chocolate is completely melted.

3) Add the Rice Krispies and syrup into the mixture. Mix well.

4) Take a spoonful of the mixture and place it into your hands and roll it into a ball. Place onto the baking tray.

6) Once you've used up your mixture place the balls into the fridge to cool down.

7) Take the Rice Krispie balls out and let it rest whilst you melt the white chocolate.

8) Pour a small spoonful of the mixture on top of the pudding (it doesn't need to be neat as its supposed to represent the cream dripping down the Christmas pudding)

9) Add your sprinkles onto your puddings and place it back into the fridge so that the white chocolate hardens.

These are super easy to make so super yummy! Z helped me make these and even though it got a bit messy with the chocolate mixing it was fun. They make amazing gifts especially wrapped in cellophane so I hope you can give these a try.

TC

xxx

DIY Snowmen Cup

Hi!

In my Makeup Revolution London and DIY Gift post I mentioned these snowmen cups. Below is an outline of how I did it but you can be as creative as you want with them. You can make snowoman, snow dogs, snow angels anything you desire but I just kept to a simple snowman because I had to make 15 and I didn't have the patience to sit and design different cups.

What you'll need:-

- Polystyrene cups 

- Black Marker

- Orange Felt

- Glue/ Double Sided Tape

- Coloured dots (optional)

- Coloured Felt (Scarf)

1) Stick the coloured dots on to mark out the eyes (you could also draw them on if you don't want to by the coloured dots).

2) Cut triangles with a curved side out of orange felt for the nose and stick it with either glue or double sided tape.

3) Using your marker draw dots smaller than the eyes for a mouth. 

4) Using your chosen felt wrap it around the cup and mark out where the two felt meets the beginning. Add an extra 2cm to the felt and cut it out.

5) Cut small slits on each sides to make a fray effect and stick it onto the cup. 

I made 15 of these and had to make more because Z was using them to play ball games with, which was a good and different idea to what I had from them. These cups are so simple to make but it does take some time to put together but you could ask your children to help and see what creations they come up with and it means the world to them if someone received and appreciated a gift that they created.

TC

xx