St. Patrick's Day is on its way. I decided it would be fun to do a count down with Connor this year. The idea came to me when I found directions to make
"Dinosaur Rocks". Its a recipe using used coffee grounds, flour, salt and sand mixed with water. It turns into a paste and then you wrap it around a toy dinosaur or other toy. It can dry out on its own or you can bake it at a low tempature to dry it out.
When I saw this idea I immdiately thought of a lucky rock that holds gold coins..... The idea grew and grew..... here's how it went down....
Making the lucky rocks....
Kevin thought I was crazy when I started keeping our used coffee grounds and drying them out. When I finally had enough used coffee grounds I started the Lucky Rocks.
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| Mixed the dry ingredients together |
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| I dyed the water green and used green sand to make it St. Patricks day themed.... |
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| Plastic gold coins and shamrocks as prizes |
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| Mixed it alllllllllllllllllllllll together... gross.... |
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| Wrapped it around the trinkets..... read for the oven because I'm too impatient to let it dry out. |
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| All done!! |
Tonight I put together the whole package with the first craft! I laminated everything so I can reuse it next year! Each day our little guy Patty will leave another bag with another craft to do. There will also be a Lucky Rock to smash open.
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| Ready for tomorrow mornings count down! |
Enjoy! Any St. Patty's day traditions you do around the house?
