Pinterest Fail: Peppermint Plate

I've been seeing idea of cooking peppermint candies in the oven and creating a decorative plate. This looked relatively easy to try and if it had worked it would have been a get addition to my Christmas Eve table. But, this was not the case, this was defiantly a Pinterest fail.

I used peppermints from another Pinterest fail, a peppermint wreath.

We unwrapped the candies and arranged them on the parchment paper. 

Then we cooked the peppermints at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. 

When it came out, the outer edges were bubbled and the center was only slightly melted. Now this could have something to do with my oven, it is pretty old. 

I would love to hear from anyone who had lucky trying this craft.

DIY Wine Charm Holiday Bracelets

Here is another fun and easy craft for kids, especially little girls to create for the holidays. These bracelets use pipe cleaners again and take less than 2 minutes from start to finish.

You will need to get some fun wine charms to create these bracelets. You can get these many places for not much money, I would even try a dollar store.

Step 1. Find the middle of the pipe cleaner.

Step 2. Twist the pipe cleaner, at middle point, tightly around wine charm hook.

Step 3. Twist ends together to create complete bracelet.

My daughter also made a necklace, that one took two pipe cleaner to make it long enough.

Pipecleaner Candy Canes

Here is another quick and easy Christmas craft you can create with your little kids. All you need are pipe-cleaners in different colors. You can use any colors that you would like to, let your imagination soar. When you are finished you will have fun festive candy canes that you can use every year in wreath, on the tree, to decorate presents, etc..

                                    

Step 1. Select two different colored pipe cleaners, I chose silver and red.

Step 2. Twist together.

Step 3. Fold in half and twist together again,

Step 4. Curve into candy cane shape.

And that is all there is to it.

Pinterest Recipe: Sweet Dilly Pickles: Last Minute Christmas Gift

I made these pickles over the summer and the recipe made 4 pints of pickles so I gave some to my family. They liked them so much I thought that I would make some to give at Christmas. If you are looking for a quick, inexpensive homemade Christmas gift these are great. My 2 year old even helped make these pickles, it only took about 30 minutes.

Recipe: Sweet Dilly Pickles

After I washed and cut the cucumbers. I gave them to my 2 year old to put in the jars, she loved doing this.

Then she helped me measure out the ingredients for the brine. I cooked the brine, let it cool and poured it over the cucumbers. The last thing that my 2 year old helped me, which she really loved was shaking the jars to spread out the spices in the brine.

Another thing that makes this a great last minute gift is that the pickles are ready to eat the next day.