Homemade Gifts by Our Children

Each year, we try to find gifts

that the children can make to give to others.

 

This year, my two favorite gifts they have made (with some help) are...

tree shaped crayons for young friends and cousins

and

chocolate candy including chocolate covered pretzels and

snowflake shaped peppermint bark.

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These gifts were very easy to complete

with the children doing most of the work.

(I had melting duties.  I melted the crayons in the oven,

and the chocolate and candy wafers in the microwave. 

The children did all the creative work.)

For the tree shaped crayons,

we followed directions found on line for making crayons,

but used the tree shape molds instead.

For the chocolate covered pretzel squares,

we melted vanilla candy wafers and coated one half of each pretzel,

allowed it to cool,

then coated the other half with melted chocolate wafers and allowed to cool.

For the chocolate covered peanut butter filled pretzels,

we dipped peanut butter filled pretzels in melted milk chocolate

and allowed it to cool.

For the snowflake shaped peppermint bark candy,

we crushed peppermint flavored candy canes into small pieces and

mixed them with melted vanilla candy wafers.

This was scooped into snowflake shaped molds and allowed to cool.

Then, we melted milk chocolate wafers and placed some on top.

Once it cooled, the candies could be removed and packaged.

~ Tomorrow, I will share a craft they made completely on their own. 

I only gathered the supplies for them. ~