Makin Waxed Easter Eggs

MakinWaxed Easter Eggs

I love the lead up to Easter… there are so many sweet crafts that Easter inspires… nests, birds, bunnies, eggs… today, we decorated eggshells.

We needed:

• broken crayons
• a few glass jars
• an old paintbrush you don't mind messing up
• clean egg shells

Step 1

I melted the wax 

K then dipped her paintbrush into the liquid wax and painted dots onto her egg shell. First blue…

Step 2

Then green and then red. She made a gorgeously speckled egg!

Step 3

I wasn’t quite so disciplined and painted wax smudges onto my egg. Here are the finished works… they look so lovely and bright and are wonderful to hold. 

Towel Animals

Towel Crab

Towel Elephant

Towel Mouse

Towel Snake

DIY Coconut Oil Lotion Bars

DIY Coconut Oil Lotion Bars

Ingredients

• 1 cup coconut oil 
• 1 cup beeswax 
• 1/2 cup shea butter
• 1/2 cup almond oil
• Essential oils of choice (lemon, Joy and lavender are all great choices)

Method:

1. Place all ingredients except essential oils in a quart mason jar. Bring a stock pot full of water to a boil with the uncapped jar sitting inside. Stir regularly until all ingredients melt completely.
2. Let cool slightly. Add oils and stir. 
3. Pour into silicone molds like these.
4. Let set completely (overnight is best). Pop out of the molds and place in mason jars, decorate and tag accordingly. :)+

Enjoy!

Drawing

Mr bearded dragons

Pen

sea girl

bearded dragons

Textile Flower

Textile Flower

I need:

• scissors
• needle
• thread
• textile

Enjoy!

MINI CHOCOLATE CHIP GREEK YOGURT COOKIES

INGREDIENTS

• ¼ cup coconut oil in solid state (not melted)
• ½ cup brown sugar or coconut sugar
• ¼ cup caster sugar/superfine sugar *
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ¼ cup full fat natural Greek yogurt**
• 1 cup + 2 tablespoons plain or all purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ⅓ cup mini chocolate chips (I used Enjoy Life), divided
• Sea salt flakes

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Using a hand mixer, beat together the oil and sugars until combined. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy. Mix in the yogurt until combined.
2. Make a well in the centre of your wet mix; add the flour, salt, and soda into the centre; mix the dry ingredients together first to combine them before mixing them through the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined (do not over beat) and fold through ¼ cup of the chocolate chips. Refrigerate until firm (minimum three hours or overnight if you can is required for the batter, as it is stickier due to the yogurt compared to normal cookie dough).
3. When you're ready to bake, preheat oven to 176ºC | 350ºF.
4. Scoop and roll ½ teaspoon of cookie dough PER COOKIE into balls and place onto a baking tray/sheet lined with baking/parchment paper. Press a few more chocolate chips over the tops of each cookie with the remaining chocolate chips (as many as you want), and bake for 8-10 minutes or until cookies are nice and golden in colour.
5. Allow to cool onto a cooling rack for 5-10 minutes. Sprinkle with sea salt flakes (optional)

NOTES

*Granulated sugar may be used, or natural granulated sweetener to reduce calories/carbs further)
**The Greek yogurt you use MUST be full fat. Non fat or reduced fat yogurts will alter the texture of your cookies!
***If your hands get sticky with dough, lightly wet your palms and fingertips with a small amount of water before moving onto the next cookie.

Heart Cupcakes

Heart Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 1 batch of cupcakes (link to red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting below)*
• 1 batch of frosting

Instructions:

1. Make cupcakes according to recipe directions. Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners. Spoon batter into liners, being careful not to fill each cupcake more than 1/2 full of batter. (If you fill them too full, they will loose their heart shape!)
2. After filling the liners, place a marble between the liner and the pan. You will see the cupcake take the shape of a heart!
3. Bake cupcakes according to recipe directions. Allow to cool completely before frosting.

DIY Valentine's day cards

DIY Valentine's day cards

Enjoy!

Simple little mouse

Simple little mouse

I need:

• scissors
• glue
• small band
• paper towel