We are getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day, and Clara loved making this pot of gold craft from gold foil chocolate wrappers! It’s a quick and easy no-mess craft! Added bonus — I’m giving you an excuse to eat chocolate!!
Um… Did somebody say….. CHOCOLATE???? Nom, nom, nom……..
I cut out a black pot from construction paper and attached it to a background sheet of paper. Then ran a few strips of double sided-tape above the pot.
Clara came over to rip pieces of gold foil chocolate wrappers (bars of dark chocolate are a good source for these… YUM!!!!), and bunch them into balls to press onto the double-sided tape!
She thought this was so much fun, and we snuck in a little fine-motor practice!!
“It’s so shiny, Mommy!”
What’s that?? You need more wrappers…?? Hmm… I’ll see if I can help with that. 😉
Quick, easy, festive, and frugal!
Have fun!!
Dark chocolate is the best!
Super cute pot of gold =)
You had me at chocolate. Running out to the store this afternoon to get these. Thank you!
I am trying to loose baby weight – urgh maybe next week 😉 This is GREAT!!
Cute idea! And hey, any excuse to eat chocolate, well….I’m all over that!!
I have something on my blog for ya – come see!
I’m trying to loose baby weight, too – maybe it’s all the chocolate that’s kept it on for four years…hmmm 🙂
If you get tired of eating chocolate I’ll be glad to eat some for you. 🙂
Oh, my goodness, Clara looks so much older in these photos! Perhaps it is that her hair is back; perhaps it is that she is wearing necklaces…or maybe she has just gone through one of those growth spurts. She always looks so happy when she is doing these activities. I have always thought those gold wrappers should go to some good use, but I could never figure out anything. I admire your cleverness.
Adorable!! She is looking so grown up lately!
Dear Valerie,
Wait a minute. Is that…. MY CHOCOLATE??
Love,
Mark
IDon’tKnowWhatYou’reTalkin’About…… O:-)
It’s really beautiful!! Want to try it too. Thanks for sharing.
Nice! And yummy!
Clara looks so much like Emily! Great craft!
Yummy for mom, fun for kids -win win 🙂
Awwww yeah… that’s what I’m talkin’ about!!! 😉
JDaniel would love eating the chocolates so that we could get the wrappers to craft with.
Very cute and delightfully delectable too! Thanks for a creative and delicious activity. 🙂
Clara looks so happy to be working on this project. Sugar high perhaps? hee hee
the pot of gold is cute! This is a great idea for St. Patrick’s Day and I always like an excuse to eat chocolate. I’ve included your post on my weekly favorites here: http://play2grow.blogspot.com/2011/03/weekly-favorites-for-march-6-2011.html
Great craft and great idea on munching on the chocolates to do it 🙂 hehe.
I’m excited to feature this on my weekly High Five! – but this week is a special High Ten! because I’m behind and couldn’t narrow down the choices.
High Ten! Friday
Thanks for the great idea!
Jamie @ hands on : as we grow