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Easy Easter Treats: Chocolate Birds Nest

chocolate birds nestEasy Easter Treats:  Birds Nest I decided to make these treat for the kids for Easter.  These are a chow main treat done loose and deconstructed.  I choose to do them more deconstructed.  Traditionally there chow main noodles are tossed in melted butterscotch chips.  I like chocolate so I make a loose nest.  My daughter helped to make these Easy Easter Treats nests.  I am not sure if they will last it to Easter.  They  are so easy I made batch in about 20 minutes.

Easy Easter Treats: Birds Nests

Makes 15 treatschow main,chocolate,cadbury eggs

Ingredients:

  • 1 bag of Chow main noodles Found in Asian section of grocery store
  • 1 bag of milk chocolate candy melting chips or 2 bags of milk chocolate chips
  • 1 bag of mini eggs  chocolate they look like robins eggs

Tools:

  • wax paper
  • 2 cookie sheets
  • Glass Pyrex measuring cup
  • pot
  • water
  1. Melt 1/2 of the bag chocolate I use a Pyrex 2 cup measuring cup, in a pot of water 1″ of water in a pot (double boiler method) or microwave chocolate in Pyrex cub starting at 30 seconds then 5 second intervalsdoubl boiler method chocolate
  2. Using a spoon drop a quarter size drop of melted chocolate on wax paperdroping chocolate on wax paper
  3. Place chow main noodles on chocolate,  pat down slightlychw main on chocolate
  4. Place a smaller dot of chocolate on top to hold eggs
  5. Place 3 mini eggs on topeggs on chocolate
  6. Repeat till tray is filled and place in refrigerator till chocolate  is hard.chocolate birds nests

This is a great Easter treat to make with the kids,  add peeps to the plate and the peeps now have a place to lay there eggs.girl helping make treat

My daughter age 9 loved make these Easy Easter Treats.  If you child is younger just have them place the eggs since the chocolate is hot.

Happy Easter!chocolate birds nest

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3 Quick Easy Kid Christmas Crafts

paper clip angel

Easy kids Christmas crafts : Here are 3 crafts that you  make with the kids.  Great to give as gifts or with cookies. I learned how to makes these crafts from our church avent fair and had to share.  I love that all diffrent age kids can make these crafts they will love hanging these on you tree.   My Daughter was so proud and was so happy to add to the holiday season in our home.  So have fun making them with your children.

Easy kids Christmas crafts:

Paperclip angel:

  • Butterfly paperclips
  • red ribbon 7-8″ lemghts
  • silver pony bead

Put the ribbon through the paperclip slide on bead and knot

christmas candles

Wrap small safety candle with wired garland and ribbon.

Place on a plate when burning and never leave unattended and watch so candle does not burn too close tot he garland.

tea candle holder

Tea light holder using Aleens glue to attach tissue paper to the out side of a shot glass or tea light holder.

  • Alleens glue
  • tissue paper
  • glass tea light holder
  • sequins

Please never leave a candle unattended and only light with adult supervision.

Have fun creating with your children.

Merry Christmas.

Be sure to check out my Post on How to make your Recycled Card Ornament easy craft for kids and a great way to use up those old holiday cards.