The Magic of Spring - Dum Dums Lollipop Garden!

We LOVE Dum Dums Lollipops!

What better way to usher in SPRING than with a magical lollipop garden! Start this fun tradition with your family this year!

Sophia and I are SOOO excited to be a part of #TheMagicofSpring with Spangler Candy, the makers of Dum Dums Lollipops. 

We hope you enjoy the video tutorial we put together for you on how to make your very own Magical Spring Lollipop Garden!

Here are the basic "ingredients" we used:

1. Dum Dum Lollipops

2. Magic Jelly Beans :)

3. Cute containers

4. Crumbled up chocolate cake or brownies (I used store bought to save time). I also put some pound cake slices in the bottom of the containers so the suckers would "stick" better. 

5. Edible Grass - you can also use coconut flakes mixed with a bit of green food coloring for edible grass too!

6. Lots of Fun and Love!!!!!!!

The point is to "plant" the magic jelly beans with your kids and have them be surprised the next day as the beans have sprouted into amazing Dum Dum Suckers! HOW CUTE!! You can incorporate this into your Easter celebration or simply as a fun way to celebrate spring. 

Here are some basic step by steps - the video tutorial goes into more detail with some added fun:

1. Take your cute containers and line them with wax paper. 

2. Use some pound cake to build up the bottom if needed

3. Crumble up your store bought brownies or cake or use whatever you have that will work for edible soil! YUM

4. Let the kiddos plant the magic jelly beans in the soil and VOILA, the next morning........MAGIC!

Take this idea and run or make your own. You can also do this outside, there are MANY ways to make this your own fun tradition. There are no rules, just have fun!

DIY Holiday Snowman Beanbag Toss Game + Christmas Class Party Ideas

DIY Snowman Beanbag Toss

Actually our beanbags were 
marshmallows and looked

a little like this:

Image from Kraft Website

Supplies:

2 Large White Canvas Boards 

Scissors

Orange, Black and Pink Paint or Sharpies

How To:

We used various objects to trace the eyes, hole in center as well as for the cheeks. 

We also used a dinner plate to help guide his cheerful smile. 

I did outline him in pencil before we got started. 

It was easy to cut the center hole. I just punched

through the center of the circle and 

easily worked my way around. 

We did use a black sharpie on his mouth

rather than paint and I am glad we did. 

Easy and Fun.

You can attach some wood blocks with

glue to the back if you want to keep it propped up however, they work great just propped up with books!

This is one of the games Sophia's class

will be playing at their Christmas party. 

Here are some other fun games we will play:

1. Stack red & green solo cups into a

Christmas tree - relay game

2. Toss little stuffed elves into large 

Christmas bags  - relay game

3. "Hot Santa" (aka Hot Potato) - toss a stuffed Santa around to music and when the music stops the one who has the Santa is OUT!

4. Draw a Reindeer - Topsy Turvy - in this fun and easy game the kids place paper plates on their head and then try to draw a Reindeer face or you can have them choose something else, maybe a Snowman?

5. Christmas Pictionary - have the kids try to draw out scenes to classic Christmas songs or items from the holidays! This is always a hit!

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