Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Bunny Bait Recipe and Free Printable Bag Toppers

For my son's preschool Easter party I made a really tasty and cute treat called "Bunny Bait." Since I decided to package the Bunny Bait in Ziploc bags for practical reasons, I felt that I needed to jazz them up a bit. So I whipped up some quick Bunny Bait bag toppers to staple to the top of the bags. Voila! A cute, yummy, and easily transported treat for the Easter Party.

To make 24 bags of Bunny Bait, I tripled the recipe, and filled each bag about 1/3 full.

Here is the recipe I used:

-1 bag popcorn
-About 6 oz. pink vanilla candy melts
-About 1 cup pretzel sticks broken into small pieces
-1 bag Easter M&M's (regular kind)
-Sparkly Easter sprinkles

Pop the popcorn, being careful not to burn it. Place in a large bowl. Break the pretzels into pieces and Mix with popcorn. Dump the bag of M&M's into the bowl. Melt the candy melts in the microwave in 30 second intervals until melted. Pour the melted candy into the popcorn and mix all together until evenly coated, being careful to mix the items that have fallen to the bottom of the bowl. Spread mixture out on a large cookie sheet or wax paper. Add sprinkles as desired. Once coating is dry, place into bags as desired or serve in a large bowl.

This was another great idea that I found via Pinterest. The recipe I used came from this great blog, where you can find more information about the recipe and variations of it.

If you would like to use my Bunny Bait Ziploc Bag toppers, you are welcome to download them here: please note that they are fairly large as they are Ziploc size. Enjoy!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

"Sprinkled with Love" Baby Shower Sprinkle.

When it was time to plan the baby shower I was throwing for my sister-in-law in honor of her 2nd baby girl, I loved the idea of a "baby sprinkle." The idea of a sprinkle is that it's a smaller, more intimate baby shower with a "sprinkling" of gifts for the 2nd baby.

I searched high and low for ideas and materials for a baby sprinkle, but didn't find much that went with what I had in mind. I did find some inspiration on Pinterest (see my idea board here.)

So I decided to go with the idea of a rain cloud raining sprinkles, and this is what I came up with:

The Logo I designed for the party.
Sprinkle cupcakes and cupcake toppers
Centerpieces for the tables.
Party favors: Tags designed by me, heart salt shakers from Beaucoup.com
Dessert table decor: "Sprinkle Rain Clouds" on chandelier: Made by me. I used a paper punch to cut out the raindrops, glued them on silver string, and tied them to the chandelier. Then I stuffed pillow fill on the chandelier to make it look like a cloud.
Desserts: Heart Palmiers from Cost Plus, Biscotti, and marshmallows dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with rainbow sprinkles. Rainbow sprinkle cupcakes from Roxy's Sweet Treats.
Sprinkle decoration made by me. For this one, I tied the strings to an embroidery hoop.
I enlarged my logo into a sign for the front door.
Close up of sprinkle cupcakes and toppers.
Close up of dessert table chandelier decoration.
Close up of desserts. The marshmallow pops were a big hit!
Food table and chandelier decoration.
I arranged the sprinkle shaker favors onto a cake stand.