12 days of Christmas ( Day 12)

As much as I have enjoyed doing the 12 days of Christmas for both of my kids teachers, I am glad it is over lol. Day 12 was by far the simplest day of all but also the most expensive. I really hope the teachers enjoyed these last 12 days!

Here is Day 12.

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 11)

I think Day 11 is one of my favorites. You can make it out to be whatever you want. We sent in  candy and some stuff that I had left over from my last craft show.

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 10)

I honestly can't believe how much the girls are enjoying this. I think they may be disappointed when this week if over lol.
For Day 10 we did something simple again but useful ( especially in cold and flu season!)

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 9)

Here is Day 9. You can send in any healthy treat that you want. We sent in peppermint yogurt covered raisins.

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 8)

I totally forgot to take a picture this morning before the girls left for school but here is the poem for Day 8.

On the 8^th day of Christmas, my elf came marching up my way,

with a yummy package of brownies, to get me through my day!!

Here are the brownies we sent in

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 7)

Well we made it through the first 7 days. The girls are still so excited to take gifts in everyday and I know the teachers are loving it to. I have did my best to make them nice but not really expensive gifts.

Here is Day 7

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 6)

We woke up to a 2 hour delay today since temps were 0 and the wind chill was in the negatives. I think I am already sick of winter and it has just gotten started! The only good thing about the 2 hour delay was the fact that I had a little more time to put together the gifts for Day 6. I had a horrible headache last night and didn't get it done.
Here you go!

12 Days of Christmas ( Day 5)

It has been so cold and snowy here in Indiana that I am really surprised we have gotten all 5 days in so far. Luckily the snow falls on the weekend so my girls don't miss school ( and don't miss taking in their presents!) They were excited for today because they love stuff from Bath and Body Works. I had bought numerous bottles of soap and let them pick out the one they wanted.
Here is Day 5

If anyone else is doing the 12 days of Christmas I would love to know how it is going.

12 days of Christmas for teachers (Day 2)

I was afraid we weren't going to get Day 2 in  because of all the snow we got here in Indiana but we lucked out with a 2 hour delay. We got about 4 inches this morning and we have snow coming down again!! I hope it clears out before my craft show tomorrow.

Anyways, both girls came home excited and said their teachers thought this was neat and asked if they were going to bring them a present every day! Of course they got to say yes!
Here is the poem for day 2

Did you miss Day 1? Here it is

12 days of Christmas for Teachers ( Day 1)

I have been wanting to do the 12 days of Christmas for my girls' teachers for a couple of years now and this year I finally managed to get it together Some of the ideas I found online and just changed the wording , the other ones I made up on my own. Today was the 1st day and we sent in cupcakes ( I forgot to take a picture before I wrapped them)

I will post what they take every day but if you want the whole 12 days e-mail me at twocraftingmoms@gmail.com and I will be happy to send it to you!

Tasty Tuesday Beaded Serving spoon and fork

Hello Everyone

Sorry No recipe tonight.  But I got a little craft/Christmas gift for you tonight.  Mindy told me about these a few weeks ago.  And I finally got around to making them.  These are for a friend for Christmas.  They are very easy and really cutie.

I went to the dollar tree and got this serving spoon and fork.

I already had beads and wire from making jewelry so all I spent was $2.00 but it would not cost very much for the supplies.

All you have to do is cut about a arms length of wire and start wrapping it around the serving items.  I start at the back.  Then add beads as I get to the front. And keep wrapping down as far as you want the beads to go.  I think next time I will go farther down.   

when you get as far down as you want to go work you way back up to the top the same way you did.
Next tuck the wire ends in so there is no sharp edges.  So simple and I think a nice gift. 
Now the big question should I make a set for Mindy or should I let her figure out how to make them herself?  HA HA

Hope you guys like this idea if you have any questions please feel free to ask.


 

buckeyes Yum

I usually make the buckeyes with rice krispies.  Scott does not like them at all so this year I was looking through my candy recipes and found a recipe for buckeyes with no rice krispies so thought I would try them.  So I made these and had him try them.  He said they were good.  Then a few days later I saw him eating another one.  Well let me tell you him eating them again really means a lot.  So I thought I would share the recipe on here.   Hope you try them there really good.

Peanut Butter Buckeyes

 
Kids will have a ball making these rich treats. Although the centers are traditionally creamy, you can add graham crackers to the mix if you prefer crunchy.

Makes about 7 dozen buckeyes.

1 1/2 cups peanut butter 6 cups confectioners' sugar 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 6 whole graham crackers, pulverized into crumbs (optional) 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Step 1
Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper; set it aside. Using a wooden spoon, mix together the peanut butter, sugar, butter, vanilla extract, and graham crackers, if desired, in a large bowl. (The dough will look dry.)

Step 2
Roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Set them on the prepared cookie sheet and insert a toothpick into each ball. Chill them in the freezer until hard, about 30 minutes.

Step 3
Melt the chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl set atop a pot of simmering water over medium-high heat. Stir continuously until smooth. Remove the pan from the heat. Using the toothpick as a handle, dip the balls into the melted chocolate, leaving a small circle at the top uncovered. Place the dipped candies back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate until the chocolate is set, about 2 hours. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Tasty Tuesady Fudge in the Microwave

Since Mindy made all those cookies Saturday I decided to make candy on Sunday I did not get as much done as her but I did get some made. 

Today I am going to share with you a idea a saw on pinterest it was for fudge in the microwave.  I went to the sight and realized it was the same recipe I use just made in the microwave.  So much easier.  And just as good.   Here is the recipe

 

Fudge

18 oz chocolate chips
1 can sweet condensed milk
pinch of salt
3/4 cup nuts
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

In heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt chips, butter, and sweet condensed milk. Stirring the whole time. Remove from heat, and add remaining ingredients. Pour in 9 inch square pan. Chill a few hours, then cut into squares.
Variation: White Fudge: Use 1 1/2 pounds white confectionery candy coating instead of chocolate chips

Now to make it in the microwave simply put choc chips, sweet condensed milk and butter in the microwave for 3 minutes.  Remove for microwave and stir till everything is melted add rest of ingredients and follow rest of directions. 

I am so glad I found this recipe I hated the stirring part of the original recipe.

Hint I line my 9 inch pan with aluminum foil to make it easier to remove the fudge

Stephanie

childrens christmas trees day one and a give away

Hey everyone here is a cute kids craft and another give away.
Monday we made these really fun Christmas trees. 

you will need green construction paper
green pipe cleaners
large beads
markers crayons and anything else you want to use to decorate your tree.  As you can see we uses the dots we were using on our Christmas cards last week.





First you need to gather 3 different size round object to trace on to green construction paper

then you cut out your different size circles.

next had them over to your younger kids and let them decorate the circles. 

Then you punch a hole in the middle.

then fold the end of a pipe cleaner up a couple of times it should look like this

next you slide a bead on to the pipe cleaner then slide you biggest tree circle

then add 2 beads and the next size circle.then 2 more beads and the last circle then we added a gold bead to the top.  Then twist the pipe cleaner around its self right above the gold bead so that you have a loop for hanging .

this is what ours looked like when we were all done
 

 Here is my give away for today. beaded bobby pins

 If you would like a chance to win it just leave a comment

we are also having a sell on our etsy Shop  50% off just enter the code Merry Christmas

Whatever Wednesday ( Hot Chocolate Reindeer) and another giveaway!

I made up quite a few of these for the craft show that I did Saturday and I sold every one of them. I could have sold more if I would have had them.
They are really easy to make. First take a clear pastry bag and add as much hot chocolate as you would like ( I added 2 cups). Add some mini marshmallows on top and tie up the bag ( I just used brown yarn to tie it) Add a small red pom pom and some googly eyes and there you go. These would make cute gifts for teachers or assistants or anyone you just want a small gift for.


Now for another Giveaway! Comment on this post to win a menu board. See posts yesterday for rules if you have any questions.

A week of christmas giveaways

Hey everyone

We are getting in the Chrismas spirt here at Twocraftingmoms. we are going to give back to our viewers by having a week of giveaways. We will be giving away at least 2 items a day.  To have a chance at these goodies please leave a comment on the post of the giveaways you would like to win.  We will draw names from the comments on each post.  You have till midnight Saturday 12/8/2012 to enter.  Names will be drawn on Sunday.  We will post a list of winners on Sunday 12/9/2012 by

5:00 p. m. Please only one enrty per item. 

Now that the boring rules are done,here is the first item well will be giving away.

Wire and bead snowmen. 

They have 2 beads for a body and a flat bead for the hat brim with a smaller bead on top.

They are made with copper wire.

So if you would like a chance to win these please leave a comment.

christmas cards day 3

Well we didn't get to make as many Christmas cards last week as I planned on I wanted to make them at least 4 days.  So we took Wednesday off to watch a Christmas show.  Then Friday one of my little ones got sick and since they are all in the same family they all went home really early.  So we only got to do 3 days.

 

This card is really cutie. 

All you need is a blank card or card stock cut in half and folded in half.

different colors of construction paper. 

a hole punch

glue

and markers.  

I cut card stock in half and then folded each half in half. To make my cards.
Then I let my children
 



 

then I let the children use hole punches to punch out a lot of holes from the construction paper

 

then I put glue dots in a random pattern around the edges of the cards and let the children put the construction paper dots on the glue

 

then you take a green marker and draw lines around the dots.  Then you add black lines connecting the construction paper dots to the green marker lines.  And you have a Christmas lights card.  You can write a message in the middle or leave it blank your choice. 

 

I hope you are all having a good time getting ready for Christmas.
Stephanie

 



Childrens Christmas Day 2 more cards

 

 

We used construction paper strips to make Christmas tree cards today

the first picture was made by the 9 year old girl I watch and the picture below was made by the 3 year old I watch

 

These are very simple to make you just cut strips of brown and green construction paper and glue them down to your card

First you glue the brown down to be the trunk of the tree.

 

 

then you glue your green strips across the brown.

 

My kids wanted to add decorations so they used holes punched out of construction paper and glued them on to the trees.

 

I think they turned out pretty cute

Merry Christmas to each and everyone of you  

Stephanie