DIY Gift Grads Will LOVE

With the fresh start of a new year, there are plenty of celebrations to look forward to. I'm sure they are already starting to fill the pages of your pretty new day planners. With those celebrations come gifts and with gift giving, the SEARCH...for the perfect gift!

With a bit of hot glue and a few sugary treats, this DIY candy box is as easy as one, two, three and can be filled with more sweets or other trinkets perfect for the gift receiver. 

If you'd like to use this gift as a table centerpiece for a party, add a cup or vase inside the box and fill with flowers or a balloon. You can also wrap the outside candy boxes to fit your party color scheme.

Items Needed: 

5 boxes of candy

hot glue gun/hot glue sticks

shredded paper filler

smaller candy items

a plastic cup or vase 

Directions:

1. buy your candy and anything else you'd like to add

2. match similar sized boxes together and start gluing

3. continue adding one box at a time on a flat surface

4. box is complete - stand back and smile

5. add filler and fun items for your gift receiver

Making Valentines

Another year of kid friendly Valentines and this

year with two of my little people in school, we had

double the amount.

We used acrylic paint for the hand and foot prints, then

I let the older three go crazy with glitter glue and stickers.

The perfect project to send to the Grandparents

for their Valentine wedding Anniversary!

I always keep my eye peeled for fun crafts or projects for

my kiddos. Since they see Mommy crafting all the time, they

like to get involved too. I picked up three boxes of cards at

Target and the kids stuck their Valentine greeting to the front, 

then wrote and stamped inside for their friends.

We taped candy hearts onto each card with a bit of 

Washi Tape for all the classmates. The teachers and school

staff will be getting these fun chocolate -one is a million- candy bars 

and other assortment of Valentine chocolate candies.

My daughter made her Valentine box about two weeks ago

and just jazzed up the heart banner with a bit of glitter glue.