Growing a Valentine Wish into a Treat From Cupid
Here’s a fun new tradition to start in February for the whole family, which gets the kids involvedand adds a big of tasty sugary magic to St. Valentines Day when they see what Cupid has left them! It’s a twist on the tooth fairy and Christmas excitement which brightens up this rainy month.
You’ll need:
Love Heart sweets or Jelly beans
For the Glitter Sugar - 8oz Sugar, 1 drop of Red Food Colouring
A plastic bag,
plate or bowl
Small card each
Lollipops each
Large Card (for Cupid to write on!)
1. On the night of February 13th, have everyone write down a secret Valentines wish on a small piece of card. My family used yellow card which was about 2 x 3 inches big to write their wishes on.
2. Divide out the sweets so that everyone has at least one to “plant” with their wish card. The idea is that in order for Cupid to grant your wish, it’s nice to leave him something sweet to encourage him.
3. This part is optional but it’s so much fun to learn how to make glitter sugar the kids will love helping out! To dye the sugar a pinkish red – Simply pour the sugar into a plastic bag and add the drop of food colouring. Scrunch the bag with your hands so the colouring is evenly distributed and the sugar turns pink. Just add more food colouring if you’d like your sugar to turn red.
Then get planting your wishes and the treat for Cupid. No peeking at what everyone wrote!!
5.
The next morning on St Valentines day, when the kids get up they’ll get the most wonderful surprise when they see that Cupid has left them a card and left them a treat in return for those left for him!
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Posted By Blogger to CrafTea on 2/01/2013 04:33:00 am
Growing a Valentine Wish into a Treat From Cupid
Here’s a fun new tradition to start in February for the whole family, which gets the kids involvedand adds a big of tasty sugary magic to St. Valentines Day when they see what Cupid has left them! It’s a twist on the tooth fairy and Christmas excitement which brightens up this rainy month.
You’ll need:
Love Heart sweets or Jelly beans
For the Glitter Sugar - 8oz Sugar, 1 drop of Red Food Colouring
A plastic bag,
plate or bowl
Small card each
Lollipops each
Large Card (for Cupid to write on!)
1. On the night of February 13th, have everyone write down a secret Valentines wish on a small piece of card. My family used yellow card which was about 2 x 3 inches big to write their wishes on.
2. Divide out the sweets so that everyone has at least one to “plant” with their wish card. The idea is that in order for Cupid to grant your wish, it’s nice to leave him something sweet to encourage him.
3. This part is optional but it’s so much fun to learn how to make glitter sugar the kids will love helping out! To dye the sugar a pinkish red – Simply pour the sugar into a plastic bag and add the drop of food colouring. Scrunch the bag with your hands so the colouring is evenly distributed and the sugar turns pink. Just add more food colouring if you’d like your sugar to turn red.
Then get planting your wishes and the treat for Cupid. No peeking at what everyone wrote!!
5.
The next morning on St Valentines day, when the kids get up they’ll get the most wonderful surprise when they see that Cupid has left them a card and left them a treat in return for those left for him!
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Posted By Blogger to CrafTea on 2/01/2013 04:33:00 am