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Edible Christmas Gifts

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Christmas, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

Homemade Edible Christmas Gifts. Last minute gift ideas that do more than sit on the shelf, they fill your belly!

Edible Christmas Gifts

We love DIY Christmas Gifts. However, often waiting to the last minute for gifts puts me in a place of purchasing and often that purchase is something not from the heart. My last minute gifts become, something I like to call, “Shelf Sitters”. Shelf sitters are gifts that take up room and don’t have a reason for use. I had a lot of these during my years of teaching elementary school.

One of the gifts I always appreciated, especially on busy winter school days, was something that filled my belly during the day. If I was feeling extra nice, those gifts made it home to share with my family. We found the tastiest recipes, some tried and true, for your Edible Christmas Gifts. Take a look at these gift ideas that do more than sit on a shelf!

Share the reason for the season with these M&Ms and free printable tag! | Frugal Coupon Living

This Pringles Potato Chip Cookie Recipe is the perfect mix of sweet and salty. Upcycle your Pringles canister into DIY Christmas Wrap for a creative Edible Christmas Gift. | Frugal Coupon Living

These cute Christmas biscuits are so easy to make and are a sweet and crumbly festive treat or pretty gift from the kitchen.| The Veg Space

These 5 minute Christmas chocolate bars make for a fun little gift that you can make with your kids. | My Life Cook Book

These are adorable and so easy for the kids – Gingerbread man cookies! | Frugal Coupon Living

Are you gifting homemade items this year? People will love these apple pie filled jars and dry crust! | The Seaside Baker

One of my favorite little snacks, Fiber One Chocolate Chex Christmas Trees! Substitute with your favorite brand of chex! | Handmade Charlotte

These adorable and easy to prepare Holiday Cornucopia Treats are the perfect gift from your kitchen. | The Pudge Factor

Guess these secret ingredients – Black pepper and maple syrup make the tastiest gingerbread cookies— crispy, spicy, and perfect for gifting! | La Peche Fraiche

These Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups made with sugar cookie dough are filled with hot chocolate ganache, have a pretzel handle and mini marshmallows on top! | The Gunny Sack

These sweet edible Christmas candles are easy to make and done in minutes. They make a perfect festive decoration or gifts. | All That Jas

If you need an Edible Christmas Gift for the kids or classroom, try making these Rudolph Reindeer Pudding Cups! | Frugal Coupon Living

Clementine marmalade – a delicious homemade marmalade using clementines, great for Christmas gifts! | Domestic Gothess

Icing, Reese Cups and a few decorations make these adorable Peanut Butter Cup Christmas Trees! | One Little Project

Easy Cookies and Cream Fudge made in the microwave or on the stove is loaded with OREO Cookies and makes a great edible gift. | How to Make Easy Fudge

Homemade Edible Christmas Gifts. Last minute gift ideas that do more than sit on the shelf, they fill your belly!

These Stained Glass Cookies Recipe are beautiful! They might be too beautiful to eat! | Evermine

These are so tasty and of course adorable – Christmas Tree Brownies. | One Little Project

These baking mixes make the perfect easy Christmas gift that you can make last minute! They include cookies, waffles and brownies. | Wakeup to Waffles

These Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookies will be the star of your Christmas cookie exchange or give as a homemade gift! | Celebrating Sweets

A cookie that will be top on Santa’s gift list, a Candied Blood Orange Shortbread cookie. | North Dixie Kitchen

We think you will love these 31 DIY Christmas Gift Ideas. Pin to Pinterest on your Christmas and Craft Boards.

Also enjoy part 2 of 31 DIY Christmas Crafts. Pin to Pinterest on your Christmas and Craft Boards.

We have so many additional ideas in our 31 days of Christmas Food Crafts. Pin to your Christmas and Recipe Boards.

WHAT’S TRENDING? Looking for a few engaging activities? Grab Minute to Win it Games – Traditional, Holiday, Group, and more! Use these fun activities in the office, classroom, or at your next birthday party.

Halloween Mason Jar Snow Globe

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

Create your own DIY Halloween Mason Jar Snow Globes. These homemade snow globes go outside the traditional winter craft and convert into a spooky Halloween Craft.

Halloween Mason Jar Snow Globe

We had so much fun with our DIY Hallwoeen Potion Bottles, that we wanted to share with you another creative craft for the October Season. Take a look at these DIY Halloween Mason Jar Snow Globes. By upcycling a few products, you likely have laying around these house, you can have this out of the box Halloween craft.

We had glue and small Halloween decor on hand and a few Mason Jars leftover from our Christmas Gifts last season. At the Dollar store we picked up glitter and clear candle holders (plastic or glass is fine, grabbing a colored or mercury glass candle stick holder could be nice too!) We picked up Vegetable glycerin online.

Below our our step by step directions to make your DIY Halloween Snow Globes. You can step it up a notch. Consider spray painting your tops black. Add some Mod Podge and dip in glitter so your top shines too. Our decor was less spooky with a spider inside, but you could also add a skull or some bones for a creepier look!

Have fun and happy crafting.

Supplies:

Mason jars of different sizes
Plastic or Glass candle holders
Metal spiders (or other Halloween decor)
Glitter
E6000 Glue
Water
Vegetable glycerin (optional)
Craft sticks

Directions:

Carefully glue your spiders to the bottom or sides of jar or glue to a craft stick and let dry.
Fill the bottom of your jars with a couple teaspoons of glitter.
Carefully glue a jar to the top of your candlestick holder and let dry.
Fill your jars with water and a tablespoon of vegetable glycerin.
Screw the lids back on tightly.
Shake and let the glitter fall.

Create your own DIY Halloween Mason Jar Snow Globes. These homemade snow globes go outside the traditional winter craft and convert into a spooky Halloween Craft.

Take a look at this other Halloween Craft – make your own DIY Hallwoeen Potion Bottles. Pin to Pinterest on your Halloween and Craft Boards.

We also love these Halloween Party Drinks. Download your free Halloween Shocktails Bottle Labels for 2-Liter Sodas. Pin to Pinterest on your Halloween and Party Boards.

You will find many creative ideas in this list of 31 Days of Halloween Hacks and Tips. Pin to Pinterest on your Home and Halloween Boards.

Handmade Terracotta Place Settings for the Holiday Table

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Home Improvement, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media, Thanksgiving

Handmade Terracotta Place Settings for your Christmas and Thanksgiving Tablescapes. This clay pot plant saucers craft is easy and add the cutest touch to the holiday table.

Handmade Terracotta Place Settings for the Holidays

I love using alternative supplies to make cute crafts for the home. This time, I challenged myself to make something functional from the terracotta pot saucers that I had left over from spring. I’ve broken the pots themselves, so I was stuck wondering what to do with the leftover saucers!

But luckily, I thought of the perfect use for them – Handmade Terracotta Place Settings!

The 4-inch pot saucers that I have are perfect for place settings or even for coasters. If you’ll be using the pots as coasters, apply a clear waterproof sealer over the paint so it doesn’t chip.

These are so versatile, they can be used to make any holiday place setting more special! And since the pot saucers are free (I also saw them for sale at a hardware store for about 50 cents each), you can make them for every member of your family or friends list for every holiday!

Supplies:

Directions:

Clean the pot saucers with a damp cloth and let dry completely.

Stick the stickers onto the center of each saucer, using either each person’s name, cute sayings, or a person’s initials. Choose an option based on the size of your stencil stickers.

Paint over the entire pot saucer with acrylic paint. Let the paint dry. If your colors are light, you may need to apply a second or third coat. Wait until the paint is completely dry before moving to the next step.

Carefully peel off the stencil stickers. You may need to use a craft knife to get the stencils to come off the pot. If you have any bleed-through on the paint, cover any drips with a paint color that matches your saucer color.

Use these place settings in your fall and winter tablescapes! I made red, green, and orange to work with both fall and winter celebrations. Use just red and green for Christmas, and red, green, and orange for the fall!

Handmade Terracotta Place Settings for your Christmas and Thanksgiving Tablescapes. This clay pot plant saucers craft is easy and add the cutest touch to the holiday table. #FrugalCouponLiving #Thanksgiving #Christmas #tablescape

Hosting for the holiday? Take a look at these Inspiring Thanksgiving Tablescapes. Pin to Pinterest on your Home and Thanksgiving Boards.

Also enjoy these Party and Hosting Tips for the Holidays. Pin to Pinterest.

Frankenstein Halloween Preschool Craft

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

A Halloween Preschool Craft perfect for the kids. Make a paper plate Frankenstein Monster with simple supplies. This is a kid-friendly, easy, October craft that can be done at home on a rainy day, in a pre-k classroom, or appropriate for any young artist – enjoy!

Frankenstein Halloween Preschool Craft

Are you a teacher of a preschool classroom or elementary school? We have an adorable, not-so-scary monster craft for you and your young artists. Chances are you have most of these supplies already on hand, just pick up some Apple Green Paper Plates. We did this craft with a glue stick but if an adult is on hand, you could use a Hot Glue Gun to ensure a stronger hold. Hang on a window or bulletin board and enjoy!

Supplies:

Directions:

Take your black foam paper and cut out Frankenstein’s Hair. This makes a perfect cutting exercise for little ones! Just have them cut out triangles. You can pre-trace with a pencil.
Once you have hair, take your glue stick and swipe it a few times on the back side of the black foam paper hair also suggest gluing around the edging of the plate where you will place the hair. To ensure a strong setting, have an adult use a glue gun.
Place the glued black foam paper hair onto your green paper plate.
Next use your glue stick (or hot glue gun) to place on your eyes. We used eyes that were the same size, but using different size eyes might create a creepier monster.
Once your eyes are set, take your black electrical tape and cut a piece long enough for Frankenstein’s mouth. Then cut that piece of electrical tape in half making a thinner mouth.
Tape the electrical tape mouth onto your green paper plate. We placed ours at an angle.
With your leftover electrical tape, cut the remaining tape into a bandage for Frankenstein’s head.

Now you have your own Paper Plate Frankenstein!

A Halloween Preschool Craft perfect for the kids. Make a paper plate Frankenstein Monster with simple supplies. Kid-friendly, easy craft for October. #FrugalCouponLiving #Frankenstein #Halloween #PreschoolCraft

Need Halloween Costume Ideas? These Baby Halloween Costumes Ideas are adorable? What’s your favorite? Pin to your Halloween Pinterest Board.

Also enjoy these 31 Days of Kid’s Halloween Food Crafts. Pin to Pinterest on your food, kids and Halloween board.

Love rock painting. Take a look at these Halloween Rock Painting Ideas. Pin to Pinterest on your kids and Halloween board.

Mouth-Watering Vampire Halloween Donuts

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media

We have the cutest Dracula food craft for you this fall season. These Vampire Halloween Donuts will have anyone craving a mouth-watering bite of this tasty Halloween doughnut. I want to suck… that icing!

Mouth-Watering Vampire Halloween Donuts

I seriously love planning Halloween for you all. I think some of my most creative posts cover Halloween (if I may pat myself on the back- ha ha!) I am not sure if it is the temperatures cooling off, the lull of creativity over summer, or the beginning of the seasons, but I love when Halloween season hits and I can come up with all these creative food crafts and Halloween decorations.

This week we wanted to bring to you these very creative Halloween Food Crafts – Dracula Donuts. Speaking of donuts, I had to do some research among my friends – how do you spell donuts? Donuts or Doughnuts? I do it both ways so you will see me interchange the words in the post, but the majority of the vote spelled it donuts – we all blame Dunkin Donuts for the evolution of the word. Dictionary.com prefers doughnuts…. I digress.

Back to our tasty Halloween treats. I especially loved this recipe, because it is easy and you can create these adorable vampires in a matter of minutes. In addition to doughnuts (we just picked up some pre-made cake doughnuts at the grocery store but Krispy Kreme would be a great idea too), you will need a few supplies. Fake vampire teeth are a must. We picked up two dozen for around $5 – a pretty good deal to me! Also grab 1 container of purple frosting, red gel icing, and black icing. I think a black gel tube or a black icing writer would be best for this, as well, to properly shape the hairline. We used black dots for the eyes because I had no candy eyes in my pantry but I have always loved the Wilton Candy Eyes when doing food crafts. They were really cute on our Halloween Jalapeno Popper Mummies.

Enjoy your tasty vampires!

Dracula Halloween Donuts | Vampire Food Craft

Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

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Ingredients

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12 donuts
1 container of purple frosting
Red gel icing
Black icing
Fake vampire teeth

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Instructions

Lay out a piece of parchment paper.
Add one cup of frosting to a small bowl and heat for 15 seconds in the microwave.
Dip the top of each doughnut into the melted frosting, let any excess drip off and place into your parchment paper.
Transfer the donuts to the freezer for 15 minutes.
Squeeze your vampire teeth together and place into the center of the donuts.
Use your red gel icing to squeeze around the teeth.
Use your black icing to draw eyes and a pointed hairline.

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We have the cutest vampire food craft for you this fall season. These Dracula Halloween Donuts will have anyone craving a mouth-watering bite of this tasty Halloween doughnut. I want to suck... that icing!

Since you are inspired, take a look at these other 31+ Days of Halloween Food Crafts. Pin to Pinterest.

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Celery Mummy Snacks for Halloween

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media

There’s a healthy alternative to your sugary kids food crafts. These Celery Mummy Snacks for Halloween are adorable and made from cheese and celery stalks.

Celery Mummy Snacks for Halloween

I really try to incorporate the season into my kids daily activities and recipes. I don’t do something every day, in fact sometimes it’s a struggle to get one thing done during the week, but I love making them feel special with creative and EASY Pinterest ideas. Easy being the key word.

In an effort to find something healthy that the kids would love, we came up with our Celery Mummy Snacks. This Kid’s Halloween Kids Food Craft is so simple you might make it as an after school snack every day! The kids can also have their hand in making it as there are a few simple ingredients and they tools are easy – use butter knife and get it all done!

We also suggest these mummies for a school party snack. Unless there is dairy allergy, you likely can feed the entire class. They are peanut free and the teacher won’t complain about the extra sugar.

Enjoy and let us know how they turn out! We love to hear from you.

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Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

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Celery
Mozzarella Shredded Cheese
Cream Cheese (Garlic and Herb or any flavor)
Edible Eyeballs

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Instructions

1. Cut celery into 3-4 inch pieces.
2. Spread the cream cheese onto each celery stick.
3. Place the mozzarella cheese one by one on top of the cream cheese. Make sure to cross them and overlap the pieces so it’ll look like a wrapped mummy.
4. Stick on 2 eyeballs and enjoy this fun treat!

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Directions:

Cut celery into 3-4 inch pieces.

Spread the cream cheese onto each celery stick.

Place the mozzarella cheese one by one on top of the cream cheese. Make sure to cross them and overlap the pieces so it’ll look like a wrapped mummy.

Stick on 2 eyeballs and enjoy this fun treat!

There's a healthy alternative to your sugary kids food crafts. These Celery Mummy Snacks for Halloween are adorable and made from cheese and celery stalks. #FrugalCouponLiving #Halloween

We have so many ideas for Halloween. Take a look at our 31 Days of Kid’s Halloween Food Crafts. Pin to Pinterest on your Halloween and Recipe boards.

Leftover Halloween Candy? Take a look at these Creative Ways to Reuse Leftover Halloween Candy. Pin to Pinterest on your Halloween and Recipe Board.

DIY Weekly Dorm Room Calendar Craft

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back To School, Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

Do it yourself Weekly Dorm Room Calendar. This easy Paint Chip Craft can be done in a matter of minutes and aids in organizing daily home and school life.

DIY Weekly Dorm Room Calendar Craft

As a former teacher and a mom of pre-teens, one of my favorite posts on Frugal Coupon Living was Dorm Room Hacks and Tips. I loved putting together ideas for the dorm room without having to send one of my girls off to school. I also loved the college organizing ideas that could easily be transformed into Teen Bedroom Ideas.

As any mom knows, keeping teens organized can be a huge challenge, particularly when they go off to college! College kids need all the help they can get when organizing their dorm rooms. Most dorms are tiny spaces with barely any room to move- much less space for organizing supplies! With this cute paint chip dorm room organizer calendar, kids will be prepared to face whatever college has to throw at them. This craft was easy. It took some of our preexisting Paint Chips and turned them into a weekly calendar for college.

Younger kids will also love this cute paint chip calendar, and after you make the first one, you just might have to make one for everyone in the family! This calendar can be placed in a home bedroom, a home command center, and maybe even inside a teen locker for school. Wherever you place your calendar, this is a super inexpensive way to stay organized, and it doubles as cute wall art at the same time!

Happy crafting.

Supplies:

Directions:

Cut the paint chips to the desired size. I rounded the corners on my paint chips to give them a softer appearance.
Place the paint chips into a laminating pocket and run through the laminating machine. Cut the paint chips out of the plastic.
Use a permanent marker to write the days of the week onto the clothespins. If your clothespins are small, use abbreviations for the days of the week. Decide if you want a 7-day or 5-day calendar.
Use a dry erase marker to write the daily tasks onto the paint chips. If your to-do list gets too long, add another paint chip to that day.
Hang the twine string somewhere in a dorm room or on a bulletin board. Use clothespins to secure the paint chips to the string in daily order.
As you complete each task, wipe it off the paint chip. The next week, you can reuse each paint chip to write that day’s tasks.

Do it yourself Weekly Dorm Room Calendar. This easy Paint Chip Craft can be done in a matter of minutes and aids in organizing daily home and school life.

We found some other helpful ideas for college life. Take a look at these Dorm Room Hacks and Tips. Pin to Pinterest.

Have extra paint chips? Take a look at these Paint Chip Crafts. Add to Pinterest on your Craft Board.

Organize yourself with these Home Command Centers (and Homework Center Ideas) – also great for college life! Pin to Pinterest on your Home and School Boards.

Milk and Cookies Popsicles

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media, Summer

Everyone’s favorite dessert, milk and cookies, twisted into a cool tasty treat – Milk and Cookies Popsicles featuring Golden OREOs.

Milk and Cookies Popsicles

We twisted everyone’s favorite dessert into a yummy treat, Milk and Cookies Popsicles! This Popsicle recipe features Golden OREOs. We did not use whole milk in this recipe, we used our secret ingredient Almond Milk. We make a lot of smoothies in our home, so Almond Milk is a pretty common staple ingredient for us. To add more flavor, we included sugar and vanilla extract. If you need a Popsicle mold, these are like the molds we used.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

2 cups Unsweetened Vanilla Almond milk
¼ cups Sugar
2 tsp. Vanilla Extract
Golden OREOs
Popsicle molds – these are like the molds we used, but they have many more options!

Directions:

Pour two cups of unsweetened vanilla almond milk into a blender.
Add in ¼ cup of sugar.
Mix in 2 teaspoons of vanilla.
Blend until the mixture is well combined.
Place one whole Golden Oreo into the bottom of each Popsicle mold.
Break another Golden Oreo into fourths, and layer it the rest of the way to the top of each Popsicle mold.
Pour your Popsicle mixture into each mold to fill it to the top.
Place the tops on each of the Popsicle molds.
Put the Popsicles in the freezer for at least 5 hours.
When ready to serve, you can loosen the Popsicle in the molds with some warm running water.

Milk and Cookies Popsicles

Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

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2 cups Unsweetened Vanilla Almond milk
¼ cups Sugar
2 tsp. Vanilla
Golden OREOs
Popsicle molds

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Instructions

Pour two cups of unsweetened vanilla almond milk into a blender.
Add in ¼ cup of sugar.
Mix in 2 teaspoons of vanilla.
Blend until the mixture is well combined.
Place one whole Golden Oreo into the bottom of each Popsicle mold.
Break another Golden Oreo into fourths, and layer it the rest of the way to the top of each Popsicle mold.
Pour your Popsicle mixture into each mold to fill it to the top.
Place the tops on each of the Popsicle molds.
Put the Popsicles in the freezer for at least 5 hours.
When ready to serve, you can loosen the Popsicle in the molds with some warm running water.