St. Patty's Day Candy Bark

The girls loved helping me make this treat for St. Patty's Day, and it turned out sooo yummy!

Ingredients:

Pretzel sticks
Green m&ms
Grasshopper cookies (or thin mints)
2 bars of baking chocolate (I used Ghiardelli dark bittersweet)

1. Start by lining a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Break up pretzel sticks in a layer on the cookie sheet.

 

2. Next add in the M&Ms. There really aren't any measurements to this, just eyeball it and add in more or less of your favorite items. (Like I used the whole bag of M&Ms lol)

 

3. Break up the cookies and add on top of the pretzel's and m&ms. Melt the baking chocolate over low heat until smooth. Spoon over candy mixture.

4. Use a fork to make sure the melted chocolate gets all in there really good. Top with green sprinkles.

 

5. Refridgerate for an hour and then eat!

Shamrock hats

Here is another cute craft we did on craft day.

For each hat you will need two pipecleaners, 2 shamrocks cut out of construction paper and two long strips of construction paper.

Staple one end of the paper strips together, then wrap around child's head to get the correct measurement. Staple the other ends.

Next poke the pipe cleaner in one side of the base of the shamrock and out the other side. Repeat on the other shamrock. Staple the pipe cleaners to the base of the hat.

                                        The shamrocks are supposed to wiggle around.

Hehe so cute!

Texture Collage Shamrocks

I've started a "Craft Club" in my home once a week. Its pretty fun for the girls to have friends over to craft and play with them. It also gives other moms a chance to get thier kids out of the house and participate in an educational activity. We had our first craft day this week and made Texture collage shamrocks, shamrock hats and ate a rainbow fruit tray for snack.

This craft is great for toddlers and preschoolers!

 

Start by cutting a shamrock out of cardboard. I used cereal boxes. Next gather some green craft supplies of different textures. I used tissue paper, construction paper, pom poms, yarn and felt.

Let the child cut up the craft supplies using safety scissors. Then glue to the shamrock.

The finished product!

 

 

Little crafters hard at work!