d refrigerate for 2 or 3 hours.
Preheat the oven to 375F and butter 2 cookie sheets. Using a teaspoon measure,
roll level teaspoons of the dough into balls and place them 2 inches apart on
the sheets. Bake for 10 to 15 mins, until cookies are puffed and surfaces
slightly dry and cracked. Cool on racks.
To make the filling, cream the butter until light. Beat in the peppermint and
powdered sugar, adding whipping cream and continuing to beat until the
consistency is like creamy frosting, add 2 or 3 droplets of red food coloring
to tint pink.
When the cookies are complete cool, spread about 1/2 tbs of filling on the
bottom of one cookie, then top with the bottom side of another cookie.
Valentine's Day Easy Crafts
Candy Craft Candle
1 York Peppermint Pattie
1 Roll Lifesavers
Ribbon for decorating
For the base, take the Peppermint Pattie
and wrap it in foil or fold the corners under and tape. Glue a bow to the top
of the Peppermint patty. Cut out the LEFT loop of the bow. Take the outer
wrapping off the Lifesavers roll. Don't remove the foil wrap. Tape a Hershey
Kiss to the end of the Lifesaver roll. This will create a candle.
You can use other types of rolled candy such as Mentos, Rolos, Spree etc. Tape
the bottom of the candle into the bow where the LEFT loop was removed. You can
decorate the candle with ribbon or stickers. Tip: Use ribbon criss-crossed
around the candy and to a red candle add a chocolate heart candy.
Craft Board 1/8 - 1/4 inch thick
lightweight foam with
cardstock-type cover on both sides
Clear, Heavy Plastic
Crayons or Markers
Misc. Craft Supplies eg. Stickers, Ribbon, Shiny Confetti
Begin by cutting the craft board with an
exacto knife to about 3 x 6 inch, or whatever size you want. Then get some
plain card stock and cut 2 pieces the same size as the board. With the knife,
cut out a heart, about 2x 2, in the LEFT of one piece, laid it on top of the
board and marked the heart, then cut it out of the board. Get a piece of clear
plastic, like from a sheet protector, and cut a piece big enough to cover the
cut-out with enough border for glue. Now it is ready for the kids.
You should have a piece of cardstock, plain; one piece of cardstock with
acut-out; one piece of clear plastic; and one piece of board with a cut-out for
each child. Let the kids decorate the 2 pieces of cardstock with crayons,
markers, stickers, lace, ribbon - whatever you have. When they are done, glue
the plastic to the wrong side of the cardstock with the cut-out, then glue the
2 cut-out pieces together, lining up the cut-outs. Put a small handfull of
metallic confetti - this one had multi-colored hearts - or anything else you
might think of in the "window". Glue the back piece on to seal it in,
and trim the edges if needed.
Fabric Paint (in tubes or bottles)
Picture of child
Cut out a bigger heart and cut a heart
out of the LEFT.Then write, I love you mom and dad or whatever you want. Use my
tubes of fabric paints to decorate them. Then when they are dry, put the
picture in the LEFT.
Two pieces of red construction paper of equal size
Pen or pencil
Decorations for front of card
(stickers, confetti, lace, buttons, sequins, etc.)
Markers, paints or crayons
- Take the two pieces of paper and fold both in half
widthwise. Set one aside.
- Place one piece with the folded edge on your
- Fold the top corner to make a large triangle.
- Fold back the triangle.
- Draw the top part of half a heart from the folded
edge to the triangle fold.
- Cut the top part of the valentine, stopping at the
triangle fold mark.
- Open the card and pull the valentine toward you.
- Press the fold lines so that the valentine points
forward and color the heart.
- Apply glue to the outside of the card and to the
paper you put aside. Do not apply glue in the area of the pop-up heart.
- Decorate the front of your card.
Red construction paper
4 Large rubber bands
- Cut two hearts of the same size from red
construction paper. Make them bigger than your hand. Cut 4 1 inch hearts from
the red paper for the puppet's hands and feet.
- Cut each of the rubber bands so that they for