Back to School ... Back to School Survival Kit

The boys start school tomorrow and I wanted do something special for our new school and teachers.  Last year I did the supply cakes and even though these teachers haven't seen those that I did, I still wanted to do something new.  I was searching Pinterest and came across a Back to School Survival Kit on Funky Polkadot Giraffe.

This was yet another simple thing to do that I really hopes brings a smile to their day.  I was able to pick all the items up at the dollar store, making each basket under $20.  I hope you give this a try and make sure to say thank you to Kyla for this great idea.

What you need:

Animal Cookies

Band Aids

Chewing Gum

Crayons

Candle

Erasers

Lifesavers

Marbles

Mound Bar

Paperclips

Pencils

Hand Sanitizer

Rubber Band

Penny

Starburst

Tissues

Toothpicks

Coffee

Click the picture to see the fun sayings for each item

I added a little tissue paper to the bottom of each of my baskets to give it a little height plus it helps keeps things stable in the baskets.  I added the items by height and just played around.  When I liked the way it looked I then went to the printer.  She is kind enough to make two pdf's for you to use.  You all know how I feel about great people who make free templates, love them!!  I printed on card stock, I was able to copy and paste the front label into a word sheet so I could print two per page to save paper :).  I used my handy dandy glue gun to glue the label on the front and I slide the fun ingredients list in the back.  

I can't wait to see the teacher's faces tomorrow!  Hope you all have a fab week, thanks so much for stopping by and saying hi.

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

A Sweet Treat "Apple Oreo Cookie"

I was a greeter at school for the new parents coming in for the first day of school.  I wanted to make something fun for the parents and teachers.  I found on Pinterest a recipe where they made apples using mini oreo's on a tooth pick on The Crafting Chicks site.  I wanted to use normal size and was going to use lollipop sticks but the oreo's won't stay together so I just made them with out sticks.  I forgot to take a picture the day after when the red had set up so this picture is a little redish orange (my friend said it looks like a tomato ... LOL).  Easy to make and what a fun treat to bring to school.

Ingredients:

• Oreos (I used Full size
• Wilton Red candy melts (I buy mine at Micheal's Craft Store)
• Watermelon Airheads (for the leaves)
• Pretzel sticks broken (for the stems)
• Lollipop sticks if you can get them to work I skipped it.

I melted my red candy melts in the microwave for 1 1/2 minutes (watch them you can burn chocolate I've done it before).  Stir the chocolate to make it smooth, once smooth put a oreo in and make sure it is covered.  White the chocolate is still wet take 1/2 of a broken pretzel in the top for the stem.  Working fast (or you can do this first) cut the watermelon airheads into squares and then form with your fingers into a leaf shape.  Stick next to the pretzel to look like a leaf coming out (if you need to dip the end into the red chocolate to make it stick on the top.  I put mine in the fridge but you can wait about 20 minutes and it will be dry and ready to serve.  If I was passing them out I would put them into their own cellophane bags with a ribbon at the top.

This would be fun for the end of the first week to give to the kids.  Yes I am planning to make something for the boys to take to school.