Advent Day 17: The Christmas Hat and white chocolate & peppermint spoons

Book: The Christmas Hat by A.J. Wood and illustrated by Maggie Kneen
Activity: White Chocolate & Peppermint Spoons

A little white owl is hard to see in the snowy winter time so his mother makes him a bright red hat to wear. Now he's easy to find in the snow, and the fox thinks so too! Beautiful illustrations and embossed pages make this book especially pretty and the plot is humorous and charming; there will be smiles all around after reading this story.

This book is a great jumping off place to discuss how animals use camouflage to protect themselves. Click here for arctic animals printouts and here for animals all around the world and how they use camouflage.

Activity: White Chocolate & Peppermint Spoons

Supplies:
•white chocolate candy melts or white chocolate chips
•candy canes or peppermints
•plastic spoons
•wax paper
•for packaging: cellophane bags and ribbon

Step 1: lay out wax paper

Step 2: put peppermint candy in a baggy and crush with the back of a spoon or rolling pin - nice little sprinkling size, not dust - then put in a dish for using later

Step 3: melt chocolate according to directions on the packaging

Step 4: dip spoons into melted chocolate being sure to fill the bowl of the spoon; place on wax paper

Step 5: sprinkle bits of crushed peppermint on the bowl of the spoon

Step 6: place spoons in refrigerator until hard

Step 7: use clear cellophane bags to wrap the spoons and tie with a ribbon

Step 8: to use, heat 6 - 8 ozs. of milk in a mug then stir with your chocolate spoon until all the chocolate is melted

Step 9: Enjoy!

Comments

[jonipossin]

Thanks for the idea. I've seen them in stores, but never thought of making them myself. This will be a great project to squeeze in this week.
God bless,
Joni

[vmc]

You know, you should package all these ideas in a PDF and sell it. I would buy a copy for $10 or $15. I was thinking about copying and pasting everything into a Word doc, but that wouldn't be half as good as a PDF. Amber of KidsCraftWeekly.com is selling a similar product on her site: http://www.kidscraftweekly.com
/christmas_craft.html

[Amber]

What a beautiful looking book. I'll check my library.

Great ideas, too!

[sue]

I love your blog! I started reading it a few months ago. I love all of your ideas--You are soooo creative. Thank you for sharing!!

[Elizabeth]

I am a new reader of your blog. I found you through Soulemama. I think this book and craft idea you are doing this month is fantastic! You are doing a great job with it! Thanks for all the ideas.