The Crafteteria: Paper Rose Tutorial

I found this great craft idea and thought I would share! Cute idea for easy hanemade flowers that I think look pretty real.

The Crafteteria: Paper Rose Tutorial

This is an easy summer recipe you can make to enjoy at home with your family or take with you to a party or family reunion. You can't go wrong with desert and you definitely can't go wrong with ice cream! This fudgy ice cream cake looks like you may have bought it, but make sure you let everyone know you made it yourself!!

Fudgy Ice Cream Cake:

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Fudge ice cream topping, warmed so it pours out of the jar a little easier.

1 Tub ( 8oz) Cool Whip thawed. ( I usually use the fat free kind just to eliminate a little guilt)

1 package (4 servings ) Chocolate instant pudding

8 Oreo Cookies

12 Vanillas ice cream sandwiches. ( You can also use other flavors like mint or chocolate chip. What ever flavor you like)

Directions:

1)Pour the fudge topping into a medium bowl. Stir in 1 Cup of whipped topping until it's blended well. Add in the dry pudding mix and stir for about 2 minutes. Your fudge topping should be spreadable. If it seems to be too thick add a little milk to thin the fudge.

2) Chop the Oreo Cookies into large pieces (TIP) Throw the cookies into a zip lock bag and remove all the air. Zip the top closed and start whacking away. I usually use my rolling pin. Very little clean up when you are finished! Stir crushed cookies into pudding mixture.

3)Lay 4 ice cream sandwiches side by side on a piece of aluminum foil 24" X 12". Top the ice cream sandwiches with half of the fudge mixture. Repeat the layers.

4)With the remaining Cool Whip "frost" the top and sides of the ice cream cake.

Remember: You can always add a little extra flair by topping with sprinkles or adding more decoration with frosting. If you are adding sprinkles make sure to put them on BEFORE you wrap it and freeze the cake. If you are adding decoration with frosting add this AFTER the cake has been frozen for best results!

5) Bring the sides of the foil up and around the "cake" fold and seal the top and ends of the foil.

Put the cake into the freezer for at least 4 hours. Let stand at room temperature for a few minutes before cutting and serving.

If there are any left overs, which I highly doubt... return the cake to the freezer to enjoy again later.

Homemade Camping gift idea.

It's camping season again and that mean mosquitos! I have instructions on how to make homemade citronella candles for any outdoor activity where pests may be a problem. I hate spraying myself full of stinky bug spray especially while camping because showers aren't always easy to take before we go to bed. I hate the mosquito spray smell and feeling on my skin. Yuck! I am making a bunch of these to take camping with us 4th of July weekend. I will be sure to make plenty of candles because it's always good to share. You can buy Yaley Soy Wax 1 lb through a place called CreateForLess
I like soy wax because it burns cleaner and it also burns straight to the bottom of the jar. You can also get Candle Wick with Wire Core and the Citronella Oil I found at a place called SHOP.COM Good Luck and here's to summer! Don't forget to check in at The Best Homemade Gift Ideas website for new homemade Father's Day Gift Ideas as well as more homemade summer gift ideas!

What's a good homemade summer time gift?

I was just recently asked," What's a good summer time gift?" When I think of summer, I think of watermelon. It's the official summer time fruit! These hand painted watermelon flower pots are really cute and very easy to paint. What a great gift to give someone for a housewarming or a hostess gift? In fact, my children painted these for their grandmas for Mother's Day. Both Grandmothers LOVED them! You can add whatever flowers you like to the pots. I'm a petunia girl so I made sure to put those in, but I also added some marigolds and some ivy as well.

What did you think about this project or any others! Did you try this project? Show us pictures!!!
Sometimes it's hard to find art supplies in some areas.

Click on the TERRA COTTA Pots 8" SET to purchase pots for painting. If you are looking for paints click Basic Set Acrylic Paints to be able to purchase paints and painting supplies. I get a lot of my art supplies from Dick Blick Art Materials .They ship supplies very quickly and the operators/order takers are very polite and nice to work with.

Here are a few more ideas for painting terra cotta pots:

102 Terra Cotta Projects: Pretty & Practical, Whimsical & Wonderful Ideas for Terra Cotta Pots of All Sizes!


Painting and Decorating Clay Pots: 117 Step-by-Step Projects for Making People, Animals, and Fantasy Characters on Terra-Cotta Pots


Painting and Decorating Clay Pots : 150 Step-by-Step Projects for Making People, Animals, and Fantasy Characters from Terra-Cotta Pots
Once you start painting you may find it very adictive!! Have fun!