I know, I've taken a little break from blogging the past few months but I have a good reason! We moved back to Texas. So as you can imagine with the holidays quickly approaching, any little free time I did have was used for packing up our house, flying to Texas and unpacking.
We LOVE Texas so the move was definitely a good one. I've had some questions regarding older kids and what as parents they can give other children in their kids class as holiday treats before Christmas break. Well, first thing people think is "oh, I'll just bake cookies or cupcakes" but come on, you can do better and not even have to cook! Another issue parents are running into is the whole "Merry Christmas is offensive" or "we're Jewish" or "we don't celebrate." So, just remember to try to keep your treats light, fun and holiday friendly!
And yes, I've come up with a few ideas for y'all out there that'll even make the most skeptical parent happy.
1.) Build your own snowman:
Super easy! Buy a bag of large marshmallows, a bag of stick pretzels, small tube of black icing, sandwich bags, and red ribbon. That's it! Do 2 large marshmallows per bag. That's when you'll take your black icing and draw a dotted-lined mouth and eyes on the face. Then a dotted line going down on another marshmallow for the buttons. Let dry. Then place them into the sandwich bag with 1 full pretzel stick and another one that's broken in half. The halves will be used as the snowmans arms. Tie the bags with a red ribbon and include a little note attached saying "Happy Holidays! Enjoy building your own snowman!" With love, (your child's name). It's easy and fun for the kids to do. You can get as creative as you'd like with it!
2.) Snowman popcorn cups:
It doesn't get much easier than this. Buy clear cups and sandwich bags. Doesn't matter the size for the cups. With a black sharpie draw the eyes, and mouth. Use an orange sharpie for the nose. Fill the sandwich bag with the freshly made popcorn, tie the bag with a red ribbon and place inside the cup. That's it! Note:try to find an organic white popcorn. It's healthier and no body likes a "yellow snowman"
3.) Snowman pops:
You'll need: Oreos, melt able white chocolate, cake pop sticks, black writable icing, orange jelly beans, wax paper, seran wrap, and red ribbon.
Place the Oreo on the stick. Dip the Oreo into the melted white chocolate and place onto wax paper. Let harden. Take the orange jelly beans and cut each one in half and set aside. I use the starburst ones. Take the small tube of black icing and create dots for the eyes and smile. Then add orange nose. Finally, wrap each one with a small square of seran wrap and tie with a red ribbon on the bottom!
3 easy and holiday friendly snacks for your kids class! I hope y'all are enjoying the holiday season with your family and friends!
Alex
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