Day 61: Peppermint Dipped Oatmeal cookies

Normally I am pretty confident in my cookie making skills. It is just about my favorite thing to do after all. Howbeit, these peppermint dipped oatmeal cookies probably should have been started earlier! My dad always said that he could tell when my mom was sick or tired because the food would not turn out right. I think I may have inherited that trait.

I started by mixing up my oatmeal cookie dough. I used the recipe from the tutorial except I doubled my vanilla (as always!) and I chose not to put any mints in the dough.
I baked my cookies @ 350 for 12 minutes and they looked good. But, when I started taking them off the pan they started to tear up. It wasn't to bad so I kept going.

While the cookies were cooling I chopped up my mints. I am really not a huge fan of regular peppermint candy so I thought it would be better to use peppermint kisses. Chopping all the kisses took forever because a chopper or food processor was not available so I had to do it with a knife.

I decided to use chocolate almond bark to dip my cookies. I melted down 4 squares with a little milk and after the cookies cooled I dipped 1/4 of the cookie in the chocolate and set it on foil to cool. Before it finished cooling I sprinkled the mints on top.

 So, what went wrong? I didn't think about that the chocolate would have to be somewhat hot in order for the mints to stick. And, since I used kisses instead of regular peppermints my mints melted and just kind of blended all together making them a not so pretty batch of cookies. I guess the taste is what matters most and these tasted great!

Sorry about not having pictures. I took some with my sisters phone, but the blog site is refusing to recognize them as a picture and won't download them! I will go back to my old camera tomorrow.
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Day 60: Borax Snowflakes

Borax Snowflakes? I didn't quite know what to expect with these but they looked very pretty on the tutorial. The instructions were actually very easy.
All you need is boiling water, 1/3 cup Borax, a glass jar, pipe cleaner, pencil, and thread (I used a plastic ribbon).

 

We used 2 pipe cleaners, cut them and twisted them into the shape of a snowflake.

 

 

After filling the jar with boiling water, Landon helped me stir in the Borax.

 

 

We tied the snowflake pipe cleaner to the end of the ribbon and tied the other end to the pencil. Then we placed the pipe cleaner in the water and hung the pencil across the top. Ours wouldn't stay so we used a little tape too.

 

 

Then, we left it over night, and woke up to this...

 

 

HaHaHa... no one told us to use a white pipe cleaner! Y'all have been seeing the true me often lately with all of these messed up crafts but that's OK. God made me this way and we have a lot of fun laughing at all the mistakes I make.

I don't have any white pipe cleaners but I do have some colored sparkly ones maybe those would look OK.

 

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Day 59: Snow Play Dough

This snow play dough is awesome! Landon and I had a blast making it. Landon wants to make all different colors of play dough. He is hooked.
We used this recipe for the play dough. We halved the recipe and still ended up with plenty to play with.
Landon helped me combine all the ingredients.

We found this perfect white, shimmery glitter that I just happened to have from who-knows-what.

Once the dough began to thicken we added the glitter.

Our play dough turned out, as Landon would say "epic"! He made a scary little snowman for my picture. :) (lol he tried, I didn't give him much time)

This was so easy there is no reason to not do this with your kids! DO IT - and have fun! Pin It

Day 58: Sock Snowman

I thought that these Sock Snowmen looked so cute! I have tons of socks that are missing their mates and wondered if this might be a good way to use them.
I gathered up a white sock for the snowman's body and two blue socks for his clothes and hat. And, cut them accordingly.

The tutorial called for you to cut the white sock and then turn the sock inside out and rubber band the end. Then, turn the sock right side out and fill it with rice. However, in typical Leah fashion I went a little rogue. Instead of rice I used beans and stuffing and instead of rubber bands (which I couldn't find), I used zip ties.

 

 

After filling the sock and zip tying the end, I placed one of the blue socks around the belly of the snow man and tied twin around the top and bottom of the "sweater". Using the other sock for a hat I tied the top with twin.

 

 

Lastly, I picked out buttons for eyes, nose, and accessories and sewed them on.

 

 

I think this is a cute little addition to our Christmas decor.

 

 

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Day 57: Date Night Envelope

With all the hustle and bustle that is soon to be upon us I think it is very important not to lose our self or our family in all the confusion. Pete and I take time to go on a date on the anniversary of our engagement every year. So, I thought that this Date Night Envelope would be a fun thing to leave with Landon and his Aunt Dani and Uncle Haney while were are out.
This idea came from The Dating Divas. This website has really fun date ideas and awesome printables!
This kit has a printable for the front of your envelope and two games.

 

I cut the label out and glued it on the front of the envelope.

 

Then, I gathered up the supplies that needed to be include for the games. A die, some candy, plastic knives, and some plastic gloves.

 

 

Put it all in the envelope and done. I think they will have a lot of fun with this!

 

 

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Day 56: Refridgerator Snowman

OK, I know that there was supposed to be a really cool belt here, made from a bike tire. But, I was unable to find a used bike tire and cheapest new ones I found were $13. I would still really like to make that project but I will have to put it off until I am able to get my hands on a used bike tire.
So, Landon and I decided to make this rocking Refrigerator Snowman.

We started by picking out the colors of construction paper we wanted to use. Then we cut out circles for the mouth, eyes, and buttons. We cut out a hat, nose, and blocks for the scarf.

 

All that was left was to put some tape on the back of the shapes and stick them on the fridge. 

 

Our refrigerator is a hand me down that is a little beat up and had some unwashable black scratches on it. Our snowman looks a little like the "don't eat the yellow snow" poster boy. But we like him! I am afraid Landon may make him a permanent part of the family!

 

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Project List: Week 9

This week is going to be alittle tricky because we have out of town meetings to go to Monday-Wednesday. I am going to try to get some of these crafts done early and keep my blogging up while I am gone. We will see how it works!
Here are the projects for the week of Nov. 11-17.
Sock Snowman
Oatmeal Peppermint Dipped Cookies
Play Dough Snow
Borax Snowflakes
Date Night Envelope
Christmas Yarn Wreath
Chrochet Baby Elf Hat






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