Sure, other websites may have perfect little pictures, easy to follow instructions, amazing tutorials & the WOW factor. BUT…me…I prefer to show you the imperfections…the failures…the “ohmygoodnessdidatwoyearolddothat?” I like to say I help you feel better about yourself! :p
Confession: I always strive to make my party projects something Martha Stewart would be proud of. But the reality of it is…there are disasters, flops, cry-on-the-kitchen-floor-in-a-puddle-of-homemade-german-chocolate-cake-batter-that-just-cap-sized failures.
This St Patty’s day post is one of those times!
I envisioned creating a snack-type kids St Patty’s day post.
Problem # 1: I was going to make mint chocolate chip meringue four leaf clovers. Apparently, meringue is harder to make than I thought. I had made meringue cookies before but somewhere between then & now I lost the meringue mo-jo. The usual fluffy, full dollops came out flatter than me…at 9 years old when I wanted so badly to have an excuse to buy a training bra (Woah…TMI, sorry). They were pitiful looking & I SOOO wish I had taken a picture because you would’ve gotten a great laugh!
Problem # 2: Time…wasn’t on my side. I wanted to “set the stage” with a whole lot more pizazz but I ran out of time to get supplies.
Ok…so I guess that’s all the problems I ran into. Overall, it just didn’t turn out exactly how I wanted it. But let this be a lesson to us all to me that using our creative juices sometimes gives us watered down lemonade. (Ok, so maybe not the best analogy)
Here are a few ideas if you want to set up a snack station for kids for St Patty’s day:
Luck be a Lady?? Nope…not this lady, at least not tonight
First up…this is so simple, inexpensive & a fun St Patty’s day treat that won’t give anyone a hang over. Side note: I borrowed these mugs from Mike (my main squeeze) and he definitely mentioned something about his beer mugs being emasculated ;p)
Taste the rainbow! 🙂 The hardest part about this was separating the skittle colors. According to my research, the Skittles peeps really do put an equal amount of each color in the bag. Personally, I would be happy if Skittles only came in red & purple. Yes, I discriminate. :p (only with skittles people)
Can I give a shout out to my sister Meg that helped me separate these during our weekly Bachelor viewing? :p
Like my pot of gold? That is a cauldron I had left from Halloween. I placed a bowl inside, made up some pineapple jello (you could also do lemon, pineapple just looked intriguing to me), cut it into squares & voila…a pot of gold. 🙂
So…not exactly how I wanted it all to work out…but to make up for it, I’m including a couple more ideas from other sites that I thought were really cute.
Aren’t these adorable? So fun. The recipe & instructions can be found here: http://familyfun.go.com/st-patricks-day/st-patricks-day-recipes/st-patricks-day-desserts/taste-a-rainbow-cupcakes-842128/
Here is another recipe for Guinness cupcakes…yummy!
http://www.celebrations.com/article/st-patricks-day-chocolate-guinness-cupcakes
So…there it is…my semi-failure St Patty’s day post. I PROMISE you will love the idea I share next week. It is soooo simple, so inexpensive & perfect for Spring.
Sarah says
these are super cute ideas! Love 'em Heidi!
Sarah says
these are super cute ideas! Love 'em Heidi!
Sarah says
these are super cute ideas! Love 'em Heidi!