I love to have my boys bring little gifts to our neighbours during the holiday season. Each year, I try to think of fun and inexpensive treats I can put together easily. This year I came up with this simple (yet adorable) DIY neighbour gift.
Isn't it cute? I put a package of popcorn and Jolly Rancher candies in a bag, and I added a little note that says, "Popping by to wish you a Holly Jolly Christmas!"
To download the tags I designed, right-click on the picture below, save it to your computer, and print it like a regular 4X6 photo.
Do you like to share treats with your neighbours? I think this simple neighbour gift is a fun way to share holiday spirit.
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If you read my blog on a regular basis, you know that I love DIY crafts using supplies from the dollar store, and Halloween is the perfect time time for dollar store inspired projects. Yesterday, I made these pool noodle witch legs, and I am super-happy with how they turned out.
Aren't they cute? To make your own set of pool noodle witch legs:
1) Cut a pool noodle in half and pull a dollar store sock onto each noodle.
2) Glue a witch's shoe to the foot end of each sock. (I found these ones at the dollar store.)
3) Put some floral foam in the bottom of a "dollar store caldron", and then stick two wooden skewers or dowels into the foam.
4) Stick the open end of the pool noodles over the dowels.
5) Use tissue paper to hide the foam.
6) Add a dollar store sign (if desired).
I love how simple this DIY Halloween decor project was... and it looks adorable in my hallway. What do you think of my pool noodle witch legs?
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PS - You can find OVER 50 MORE easy and inexpensive Halloween ideas here.
I wanted to make my boys a fun Halloween cake. So today, I baked my own version of one I saw at The Joy of Boys (which you can find here). I think my boys are going to love this simple eyeball cake, don't you?
To make the eyeball cake:
1) I started with a cake mix that I prepared according the directions on the box. Then, I bake the cake for 70 minutes (at 350 degrees) in a greased, oven-safe glass mixing bowl. (I would check it after 45 minutes, and then increase the cooking time by increments of 10 minutes until a wooden skewer comes out clean.)
2) I let the cake cool, and then I frosted it with pre-made white icing.
3) I added a little blue food coloring to some of the white icing, and used it to make the colored part of the eyeball.
4) I used a tube of black decorating gel to make the pupil of the eyeball.
5) I finished by adding some "veins and blood" with red decorating gel.
Didn't it turn out cute? It was easy to make, and I think it is a perfect Halloween dessert for my three little boys. Do you have a little one that would enjoy this adorable eyeball cake?
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Gina Bell (aka East Coast Mommy)
