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What You’ll Need:

• Wood blocks
• Acrylic paints
• Small plastic skulls
• Paint pen
• Sandpaper
• Paint brushes
• Glue

Paint two square blocks in a solid colour and then set aside to dry completely. We chose a bright green as it gives a fabulous pop of colour underneath the black overlay.

Paint three small plastic skulls black and then let dry.

While the skulls are drying, paint black on the two blocks to cover the green and let dry.

Paint the base block black and then set aside to dry.

Use some gold paint to dry brush over the skulls. Dry brushing is a painting technique where a dry paint brush is used with a minimal amount of paint. The result is brush strokes that have a scratchy look that lacks the smooth appearance regular painting commonly has.

Use sandpaper or a sanding block to remove some of the black paint to reveal the green underneath, therefore giving them a distressed look.

Stencil numbers onto the Halloween blocks. One block should have numbers 0 through 5 and the second should have 1,2,3 and 0, so every day in the calendar can be read.

On the base block, write ‘Days Til Halloween’ with the paint pen or stencil.

Lastly, glue the skulls to the side of the base in a tower.

Let the countdown begin – we hope you have fun making these Halloween Advent Blocks – happy crafting!

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Setting the jello on an angle is key to making this dessert look stunning! We do this by placing the dessert glass into a muffin tin and leaning it against a dish towel. Be sure to clear some room in the fridge in advance so you can transfer the tray easily. Once the jello is set and the custard has been added, finish with a delightful cherry and slice of lime on top.

What ingredients do you need to make a Custard Cup Dessert?

• 85g Box of Lime Jelly
• 400g (14oz) Can of Custard
• 4 Maraschino Cherries
• 1 Lime, sliced

How to make a Custard Cup Dessert

• Make the lime jelly, following the directions on the package.
• Pour the prepared jelly into dessert glasses.
• Get an angled finish by using a muffin tin and dish towel to lean the glasses onto their sides and then place into the refrigerator to set.
• When jelly is ready, top with custard. If you prefer to use fresh custard, check out Savory Experiments Creamy Vanilla Custard recipe.
• Finally, garnish with cherries and lime slices.

Easy and Delicious Custard Cup Tutorial and Recipe

Make the lime jelly, following the directions on the package.

Pour the prepared jelly into dessert glasses.

Get an angled finish by using a muffin tin and dish towel to lean the glasses onto their sides and then place into the refrigerator to set.

When jelly is ready, top with custard. If you prefer to use fresh custard, check out Savory Experiments Creamy Vanilla Custard recipe.

And garnish with cherries and lime slices.

We hope you enjoy this refreshing layered lime custard cup recipe! For a complete summer meal, check out our Ultimate List of Summer Dinner Ideas and our Peach Moscato Cocktail, delicious ideas for an awesome summer long weekend BBQ from start to finish. We have you covered!

Need some decorating ideas? Try our Easy Breezy Pineapple Garland or our poolside Flip Flop Hangers!

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Refreshing Layered Lime Custard Cups

Jelly and custard cups – one of the easiest and most nostalgic of all 80’s desserts. This combination is still popular for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it’s insanely easy to make. It takes just 10 mins – the hardest part is waiting for the jelly to set because let’s be honest, waiting for dessert is hard! And secondly, jello and custard tastes awesome together. These flavours are sure to delight your taste buds!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword custard, dessert, lime, summer

Prep Time 10 minutes

Jelly setting time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 135kcal

Author Champagne and Sugarplums

Ingredients

• 1 box Lime Jelly 85g box
• 400 g Canned Custard
• 4 Maraschino Cherries
• 1 Lime wedged

Instructions

• Make the jelly according to the package instructions.
• Pour into dessert glasses.
• Using a muffin tin and dish towel, lean the glasses to the side and put into the refrigerator to set.
• When jelly is ready, top with custard.
• Garnish with cherries and wedged lime slices.

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What You’ll Need:

• Green paper in light and dark colours
• Yellow paper
• Pink paper
• Scissors
• Yarn
• Glue
• Hole punch
• Flower punch

Begin by cutting an 8.5″ x 11″ piece of green paper in half and then folding those pieces in half again. Cut a heart shape out of the folded paper, cutting it out from the creased side.

On the curved edge of the folded heart, cut out four teardrop shapes. These should get gradually smaller the closer to the pointed tip.

Keep cutting out leaves until you have about two dozen and then make holes on the wide end of the leaves with a hole punch.

Repeat the first step with light green paper. This time cut a half football shape from the folded edge of the paper.

Almost finished this beautiful Tropical Party Decor!

This time, cut out five thin, sharp curves from the unfolded edge of the half football.

When all your leaves are ready, use the hole punch to make small circles in the bottom of the leaves.

Once more, follow the first step with yellow paper this time. Cut a half oval from the folded edge of the creased paper.

Using the scrapes left over from cutting out the leaves, make pineapple fronds by cutting out curved leaves.

To assemble the pineapples, attach two of the yellow ovals together. Add two more (four ovals per pineapple in total) and then glue the fronds onto the flat back of the pineapple.

Punch flowers from pink paper and either use a punch or scissors to make small yellow stems. Glue the stems in the centre of the flowers.

String the leaves, alternating light and dark, onto a piece of yarn. Add a pineapple on every four or five leaves. We made two dozen of each colour of the leaves and ten pineapples which gave us two 4′ garlands.

Lastly, glue the little pink flowers onto the leaves. Sprinkle them out at random in between the pineapples and then the garlands are complete!

Love our Tropical party decor, but not quite ready for your long weekend luau? Try adding our Colour Pop Coasters for extra decor and serve our Peach Moscato Cocktails.

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This craft is some much fun and we think it’s one of the cutest we’ve shared! Watching your children create their own leprechaun house is fantastic. Younger kids will enjoy finger painting their house while older children will enjoy adding unique details like windows or roof designs. A great activity for the classroom.

What do you need to make a cute Kid’s Lucky Leprechaun House?

• Miniature birdhouse
• Wood circle
• Paint
• Paper, silk or felt flowers
• Glue gun
• Gold sequins
• Black marker

How do you make a Fun Kid’s Lucky Leprechaun House?

• Paint the birdhouse
• Paint the wood circle light brown
• Attach the birdhouse
• Draw on tiny footprints with a black marker (littles might need help with this part)
• Glue on flowers and other decorations
• Glue on gold pieces (golden sequins)

Easy to Follow Photo Tutorial!

First, paint the birdhouse. Since our helper is young he used his fingers to paint the birdhouse! Finger painting is a great activity to help develop fine motor skills. It’s fun to see what each child paints, how much detail they add and what colours they choose.

Next, paint the wood circle light brown. Set it aside to dry completely then attach the birdhouse using glue.

Draw tiny footprints onto the wooden base with a black marker. Littles may need help creating the footprints.

Then, glue on the flowers. Add as many as you or your child like!

Finally, glue on the gold pieces (gold sequins!)

We hope you loved this cute Lucky Leprechaun House as much as we do! If you’re looking for more St. Patrick’s Day crafts or recipes, be sure to check out our other St. Patrick’s Day ideas!

St. Patrick’s Day Crafts and DIY:

• St. Patrick’s Day Clover Canvas Decoration
• St. Patrick’s Day Kids Crafts Ideas
• Rainbow Shamrock Finger Paint Kids Craft
• Lucky Signboard Decor

St. Patrick’s Day Recipes:

• Lucky Green Smash
• The Galway
• Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Frosting
• Rainbow Truffles Recipe

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Display this delightful decor on your mantel, entryway table, or in your dining room centrepiece. A perfect, one-of-a-kind home decor piece to add to your St. Patrick’s Day collection! We placed it with our Yarn Wrapped Green Balls.

What do you need to make a St. Patrick’s Day Home Decor?

• Wooden square
• Four small wooden hearts
• Paint – white, green
• Sandpaper
• Glue
• Green glitter
• Hot glue

How do you make a DIY Clover Hearts Home Decor?

First, paint a wooden square green. Set it aside to let it dry completely before beginning in the next step.

Next, paint a layer of white over the green. Set it aside to dry once more.

Using a fine sandpaper, sand the white paint to reveal the green underneath. Vary the pressure throughout the wooden square to create more or less green. The design is up to you!

Once the square is finished you can begin to decorate the small wooden hearts. Start by covering the hearts with glue.

Then, cover them in glitter! Be sure to press the glitter into the heart firmly.

Finally, glue the wooden, glittery hearts onto the square.

That’s it! This piece looks great on the mantel or on the table as a festive addition to your table setting. Enjoy!

We hope you liked this TITLE here! If you’re looking for more St. Patrick’s Day ideas, certainly check out our other crafts and recipes!

St. Patrick’s Day DIY and Crafts:

• St. Patrick’s Day Clover Canvas Decoration
• St. Patrick’s Day Kids Crafts Ideas
• Rainbow Shamrock Finger Paint Kids Craft
• Lucky Signboard Decor

St. Patrick’s Day Recipes:

• Lucky Green Smash
• The Galway
• Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Frosting
• Rainbow Truffles Recipe

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You Will Love This Mocktail Because It’s:

• Easy
• Light
• Delicious
• Refreshing
• Perfect for a Celebration
• Alcohol-Free

What do you need to make Lucky Lychee Mocktail?

• Lychee juice
• White cranberry juice
• Frozen limeade
• Sparkling water
• Whipping cream
• Lime gelatin powder

How to make a perfect St. Patrick’s Day Drink:

Add one tablespoon of frozen limeade to your glass.

Add two shots of white cranberry juice and one shot of lychee juice to the frozen limeade.

Top with sparkling water.

Prepare the whipped topping by whipping the cream with gelatin powder together until soft peaks form.

Top your Lucky Lychee Mocktail with green whipped cream!

We hope you loved this Lucky Lychee Mocktail as much as we do. It’s an easy mocktail to make for any celebration, but perfect for St. Patrick’s day. Make it by the glass or multiply the recipe and add it to a punch bowl. Cheers!

If you loved this St. Patrick’s Day recipe, certainly check out our other St. Patrick’s days ideas:

St. Patrick’s Day Recipes:

• Lucky Green Smash
• The Galway
• Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Frosting
• Rainbow Truffles Recipe

St. Patrick’s Day DIY and Crafts:

• St. Patrick’s Day Clover Canvas Decoration
• St. Patrick’s Day Kids Crafts Ideas
• Rainbow Shamrock Finger Paint Kids Craft
• Lucky Signboard Decor

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Lucky Lychee Mocktail

This drink is perfect for a festive party or a dinner for two and it's alcohol-free. Ditch the green beers this year and mix up a Lucky Lychee Mocktail!

Course Drinks

Cuisine Canadian

Keyword Drink, easy, festive, green drinks, lychee

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 1 glass

Calories 474kcal

Author Champagne and Sugarplums

Ingredients

• 1.5 ounces Lychee juice
• 3 ounces White cranberry juice
• 1 tbsp Frozen limeade
• 1 cup Sparkling water Enough to fill the glass
• 1 cup Whipping cream
• 1 tbsp Lime gelatin powder

Instructions

Mocktail

• Add one tablespoon of frozen limeade to your glass.
• Add the white cranberry and lychee juice to the frozen limeade.
• Top with sparkling water.

Whipped Topping

• Prepare the whipped topping by whipping the cream with gelatin powder together until soft peaks form.
• Top your Lucky Lychee Mocktail with green whipped cream!

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This felt shamrock is so easy to make, you can even get your kids to make their own! You can easily add these to a headband, hair clip or backpack for an easy and fun St. Patrick’s Day accessory.

We also used this craft to make a beautiful wreath for the front door this March 17th.

Why do we call this a shamrock and not a clover? A clover must have three leaves to be considered a shamrock. If we added one more leaf, it would not be considered a shamrock! We can say all shamrocks are clovers…but not all clovers are shamrocks. But, that doesn’t mean you can’t add an extra leaf to this felt craft. If you want to sport a little luck this March 17th, simply add another leaf.

What do you need to make a How to Make a Simple Felt Shamrock?

• FREE printable
• Green felt in 2-4 shades
• Green embroidery thread
• A needle (kid friendly if you have little ones)
• Hot glue gun with glue
• Shamrock sequin
• Pin, hair clip or headband or wreath *optional*

How do I make an easy Felt Shamrock?

• Print and cut out our FREE leaf template
• Place the large leaf template on top of some felt
• Place the small leaf template on top of a different colour of felt (you can pin these down or trace around them to make it easier to cut out)
• Cut out three large and three small leaves (or four if you prefer to make a lucky clover!)
• Fold one of the leaf pieces in half lengthwise. Next, pass the threaded embroidery needle through the bottom of the leaf.
• Continue to add all the leaves, similarly, until they are all on the needle.
• Then, pull the needle through the leaves, and tie the tails tightly into a knot, gathering each leaf tightly as you work.
• Next, hot glue the shamrock to the pin, hair clip or headband
• OR add your shamrocks to a beautiful front door wreath!

How to Make a Simple Felt Shamrock for St. Patrick’s Day – Tutorial

Print and cut out our FREE leaf template

Place the large leaf template on top of some felt and the small leaf template on a different shade of green. You can pin the template to the felt or trace around the template to make cutting easier. Keep in mind that you may see marks on the final shamrock if you choose to trace.

Cut out three large leaves and three small leaves (or four of each if you prefer to make a lucky clover!)

Fold one of the leaf pieces in half lengthwise. Next, pass the threaded embroidery needle through the bottom of the leaf.

Continue to add all the leaves, similarly, until they are all on the needle.

Then, pull the needle through the leaves, and tie the tails tightly into a knot, gathering each leaf tightly as you work.

Next, hot glue a shamrock sequin to the middle of the shamrock for some shine!

We hope you loved this How to Make a Simple Felt Shamrock tutorial! If you’re looking for more St. Patrick’s Day fun, certainly check these recipes and crafts out!

St. Patrick’s Day Recipes!

• Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Frosting
• St. Patricks Day Rainbow Truffles
• The Galway – A Cucumber Mint Cocktail
• Lucky Green Smash
• Quick and Easy Pot of Gold Pretzels for St. Patrick’s Day by Crayons and Cravings
• St. Patrick’s Day Pudding Shots by The Short Order Cook
• Copycat Shamrock Shake by Cincy Shopper

More St. Patrick’s Day Crafts!

• How to Make Yarn Wrapped Green Balls
• Shamrock Rainbow Kids Finger Paint Craft
• St. Patrick’s Day Clover Chair Sashes
• Let’s Grow a Rainbow by Lil Tigers
• Pepper Stamping: Easy Preschool Shamrock Craft by Simply Full of Delight
• Egg Carton Rainbow Craft for Kids by Lovely Indeed

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What you’ll need:

• Glitter (or plain) paper in green and gold
• Clover punch
• Heart punch
• Twine
• Stapler
• Mini Clothespins
• Canvas or wood board

Let’s make our St. Patrick’s Day Clover Canvas!

To begin, punch out (you can cut them out if you don’t have a punch) 9 shamrocks from the green paper. You can always make more or less clover, depending on the look you want and the size of your canvas.

Punch or cut out one heart from the gold paper.

Staple one end of the twine to the back of the canvas, close to the top. Wrap the twine around the front and then staple the other end to the back of the canvas, to the opposite side. Repeat this step three or four more times.

Use the mini clothespins to clip the clover onto the twine. We spaced our clover out evenly and placed them all in the same direction, but you could also switch things up hang them crooked, in different directions or bunched together! There’s no wrong way to finish this St. Patrick’s Day Clover Canvas.

Remember to add the gold heart!

We hope you have a super fun St. Patrick’s Day, happy crafting! If you’re looking for more green fun, check out our Lucky Green Smash, our Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes, and our Rainbow Kids Finger-painting Craft!

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What you’ll need:         

• Orange felt – the thicker the better
• Burlap ribbon
• Coloured thread and needle
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Green paint and sponge

Draw three carrots onto some orange felt and then cut them out.

Use the embroidery thread to make lines through the carrot, add as many lines as you like.

Glue the carrots together at the tops, overlapping slightly, so the carrots spread out. Add some burlap ribbon by piling it on top of itself to create volume.

Add a green bow.

If you like, sponge some light and dark green paint onto the burlap ribbon and let dry, in order to create some depth to the plain ribbon.

Enjoy your new Easter door decoration and Happy Crafting!

Be sure to check out some more of our Easter recipes and tutorials here.

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These little decorations are super fun, and surprisingly soothing, to make. There are a few different ways to wrap yarn, and they’re all easy! We like the look of the circular method we used for our balls. But, all the methods really work great, plus they are so, so easy and really inexpensive to put together!

What you’ll need:

• Styrofoam balls (5 or more, depending on the size you have)
• Yarn
• Glue
• Scissors
• Optional: Pins, popsicle stick, cotton swab or paint brush

Let’s Make Some Lucky Green Balls!

Start with a dollop of glue on the top of one of the Styrofoam balls.

This step is optional – but we found it helpful to add a pin to the yarn to hold it in place while the glue is still wet.

Begin twirling the yarn tightly around itself, sticking it to the glue as you go. Try not to leave any gaps in the yarn.

Add glue as you are wrapping to hold the yarn in place.

Keep wrapping until the entire ball is covered and then snip the yarn off at the top circle. Wrapping the top of the ball will be a little more difficult, you will need to gently push the yarn to keep any gaps from forming as you go.

Copy the same steps again with some white or cream yarn.

And then again with another green yarn. This technique works equally well for both thinner and thicker yarns.

To make our rainbow ball, use the exact same steps as the solid coloured balls. The difference here will be the transition between each colour.

To do this, mark on the ball where you want each colour to end with a pen. Start at the top as usual, using the glue and wrapping the yarn. When you reach the first mark, cut off the yarn and glue the end to the ball. Start the next colour by layering the new colour overtop of the cut end (blue over purple in our example).

Continue this technique with each colour to cover the entire ball.

All done!

If you need some more St. Patrick’s Day crafting ideas, check out our Rustic Rainbow Signboard and then our Shamrock Rainbow Fingerprint Painting. Happy crafting!

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