Healthy DIY Valentine’s Day Craft With Wonderful Halos

 Check out these Valentine Critters! Made with sweet mandarin oranges for the best Valentine's Day card.

I received the supplies from Wonderful Halos to make the craft

Valentine's Day will be here soon and the kids will be busy creating their Cards for Valentine's Day exchanges at their Valentine's Day Parties at school. Most kids head to the store with their parents and pick out a box of premade Valentine's cards. Then mom or dad grabs a bag of candy. Once at home, the process of stuffing the candy into the card and having the child sign their name begins. So the child can stuff the Valentine's Day card into a box with many similar cards.

 This year skip the store-bought Valentine's Day cards for kids and instead make a healthy homemade Valentine's Day card with the kids. This Healthy DIY Valentine’s Day Craft is so simple to make and only requires some school supplies and a bag of sweet Wonderful Halos mandarin oranges. You probably have most of the school supplies at home. If not, the craft supplies are inexpensive and easy to find at most discount stores or office supply stores. The Halos oranges can be found at the grocery store.

Grab some Wonderful Halos Oranges and let the fun begin

 This adorable Valentine's craft is so easy to make! Depending on the age of the child creating the craft, you may not even have to help them. For younger children, you might have to help with the cutting of the card shapes. Using Halos in crafts is smart and healthy! Last year I made cute Snowmen with Wonderful Halos and they were so fun to make. Of course, the best part was eating the snowmen.

 A healthy Homemade Valentine's card is a great idea for school Valentine's parties. Most school holiday parties are filled with way too much sugar, so having a healthy food option at the party is always a smart idea. That way kids can reach for a healthy snack before they load up on all that sugar.

Wonderful Halos Mandarins are

+ Delicious

+ Loaded with vitamin C

+ Healthy

+ A nutritious snack

+ Contain fiber

+ Easy to peel

+ Sweet

+ Seedless

 You might be thinking that this mandarin oranges craft card creation is too heavy for the Valentine's Day exchange box. If that is the case these cute animal cards made from sweet oranges can be placed on the holiday food table or on each child's school desk. Another idea for the DIY Halos Valentine's craft is to trace and cut out the shapes that are needed to make the animal cards. Then place them in a craft bag along with the instructions and the mandarin orange. Then the child can create the delicious craft project at home. 

Supplies needed to create the Mandarin Valentine's Day Craft 

+ Halos mandarins

+ Colored, white, and black heavy paper or cardstock

+ Scissors

+ Hole punch

+ Glue stick

+ Black marker

+ Scissors

+ Adhesive dots

Parents will love this healthy homemade Valentine's Card craft

As a parent, I would love my child to receive this healthy Valentine's card craft project. That way when my child comes home from school with a bag filled with candy, I would be able to offer them a healthy snack. We know that our children have probably already consumed way too many sweets at school. The Halos Valentine’s Day Craft will hopefully distract them from eating all that candy that was included with the other cards. 

So head to the store and buy the supplies to make the Healthy DIY Valentine’s Day Craft With Wonderful Halos. Make sure you grab an extra bag or 2 of the Halos mandarin oranges. So you can munch on the sweet orange fruit while making the animal cards. These oranges are so delicious and taste like candy but they are a healthy snack. Kids love Halos!

Diamond Art Club Is a Fun Screen Free Craft Kit For The Whole Family

A fun craft kit that the whole family can enjoy

  I received a sample from Diamond Art Club to facilitate this post.

 With millions of Americans staying home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are wondering how to keep themselves occupied. If you are like me, you are tired of everyone watching television and playing on their computers of devices. You may have brought out the board games or started a jigsaw puzzle and those are starting to get boring. I bet you are tired of the mess that kids have made with crafts like making slime or worse yet, having to get the slime out of the carpet. So how are we supposed to keep everyone entertained at a time that we can not leave the house?

A fun screen-free craft kit that protects the eyes

 All the internet surfing and binge-watching TV shows can put a considerable strain on the eyes and the body so it is good to walk away from the screen time. So have your family use their time of boredom to create a beautiful work of art that they can hang on the wall. This craft kit can keep the kids entertained and they can make a creative picture for mom while mom gets some quiet time. I don't know about you but as a mom, I am busier than ever during this stay at home time and have no clue how it feels to be bored. Between homeschooling and cleaning up the kitchen, I am worn out. So I am glad that my boys are enjoying a fun art kit that keeps them busy and keeps the house quiet so I can do my work.


  The Diamond Art Club makes affordable craft kits that you can do mess-free painting with "diamonds" and the result is a pretty picture. I selected a picture of a butterfly that was a simple art kit but so cool looking. The Diamond Art Club has a huge selection of sparkle art kits so I am sure you will find one that will please your eyes and will be a perfect work of art to hang on your wall. 

The craft kit from Diamond Art Club was easy for my boys to understand and was a perfect quarantine activity to keep my boys busy. We choose to set the "diamond" painting kit up on the dining room table so the family could join in on the fun. Like a puzzle, this kit can be enjoyed over several hours or days. Since my boys have online school in the morning, they are designing my beautiful butterfly picture a little bit each day. So I love that this crafting kit is keeping them busy every day. The boys take turns sticking the colored pieces on the canvas.

A mess-free paint by number craft kit

 If you have ever done paint by number coloring page then you will quickly learn how to apply the different colors on the painting. The kit includes everything that you need to diamond paint. The canvas has coded spaces that match the different Color-Coded Rhinestones. The process is simple as it is a process of using a special applicator to stick the rhinestones onto the canvas.


 It’s an easy craft to learn, affordable, and fun for the whole family.

 My one son told me that sticking the color pieces onto the butterfly canvas was super easy. Each day, I enjoyed seeing the progress of my work of art. My boys have decided that they will complete this picture by Mother's day and it will be my present. I am excited to see what the finished project will look like. Once they finish the butterfly picture, I might just have to order another kit so the boys can create a picture for their dad or for their bedroom wall. The Diamond Art Club has a wide selection of painting kits from beautiful portraits, landscapes, cartoon characters, and even ones that will look awesome in my kitchen.

Gramma In A Box Emojis And Minions Cookie Box

Check out this month of goodies in the Gramma in a Box

             I received a Gramma in a Box to facilitate this post.

 This month has been a busy one. We started the month with a train ride to visit my mom. That was a fun trip and we enjoyed taking the train instead of the long car ride. Then when we got back, my son went to overnight camp. The next week my middle child came home from the Merchant Marine Academy for summer break. Next week I am headed off to California for a mini vacation, without the kids, to a fitness conference.  When I come back, my daughter and her husband will be moving into their first home so we will be helping them move. My boys have also been busy doing some yard work for the neighbors. So finding time to relax and have fun has not happened much this month.




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We love when a box from Gramma comes in the mail

 When we came home from our trip, our favorite craft box subscription was waiting for us in our stack of mail. My boys were so excited and wanted to make the delicious treats and cookies right away. I looked at the pile of dirty clothes from our trip and told them not today. The next day was super busy as I was getting my son packed for camp. So I placed the Gramma in a Box in the fridge and told the boys we frost the cookies and make the treats in a week after my son got back from camp. I am so glad that the ingredients in the cookie decorating box stay fresh for some time and only needed to be placed in the fridge so the chocolate did not melt.

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Emoji's and Minions

 The theme this month for our Gramma in a Box was Emoji's and Minions and the boys thought that was awesome. The boys were excited to frost cookies that looked like those cute Minions and they loved the cool candy eyes. As usual, the youngest went to town with the frosting and put way too much on his cookies. My older son took his time decorating his cookies with the stars and mustache sprinkles. I like that this treat making box has plenty of frosting and sprinkles in it.

Emoji Pops

 The next food craft was chocolate dipped marshmallows that looked like Emojis. My son melted the yellow chocolate melts in the microwave and dipped the marshmallows into that. Then both boys had fun creating faces on the marshmallow pops.

Minion Bites

 My boys always remember to save some of the melted chocolate for the final treat project as this kid recipe is always a great way to use up the leftover melted chocolate. Blue sprinkles and cocoa crisp cereal made a delicious treat that resembled Minions.


So much fun in a box

 The monthly Gramma in a Box always includes baked cookies with frosting and sprinkles as well as two easy candy crafts to make. The monthly subscription box is always packed with enough ingredients to make up to 20 finished products. So there is always plenty of treats for the boys to share with mom and dad. I love the Step-by-step instructions with illustrations are included in the treat craft box as that makes it so easy for my boys to create the recipes without any help from mom. The box comes with almost everything that kids need to have fun cooking. The only supplies that the boys need to gather from the kitchen are usually spoons, plastic knives, and a bowl to melt the chocolate in. These boxes are so fun for everyone in the family. Gramma really puts a lot of love into these fun sweet craft boxes. These cookie craft boxes are a fun monthly activity for kids. Check out  "How it Works" for more information.

 My boys and I had always have fun creating with the Gramma In A Box! This fun box had some delicious food crafts that were all so fun to make. Every Gramma food craft box always has unique treats in it. This monthly box was so fun and we enjoyed eating the treats. I think the boys both agree that their favorite box was the Beach Party Treats one from last year. My boys always look forward to discovering the theme of the month. Last month the theme was Easter treats and the month before that was for Saint Patrick's day. The month before that it was Valentine's day treats. 

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 The Gramma in a Box subscription cookie craft boxes is so much fun. They are always a great craft activity for my boys. Each month I look forward to this special food craft time with my boys. My boys enjoy making and eating all the sweet treats. The cookies are always my favorite part of the craft boxes. The price of the subscription boxes are amazing and you can try out one box before committing to a monthly subscription. 

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Gramma In A Box Butterfly and Blossoms Cookie Box

Check out this month of goodies in the Gramma in a Box

                                I received a Gramma in a Box to facilitate this post.

 Every month my boys get a fun craft box of make and eat sweet treats from Gramma. This monthly subscription box for kids is one that my boys really enjoy. My boys love that they can decorate cookies and make other delicious treats without any help from mom. This food craft box is always so fun and of course, the treats are so fun to eat. Sometimes, the boys create the desserts by themselves and other times, I join in on the fun. Every month the box of treats has a different theme and this month the theme was Butterfly and Blossoms. When this box arrived, I opened up and got excited when I saw the butterfly cookies and all the pretty colors of frosting. I told the boys that I was going to help them decorate the cookies this month. I also told them that they would have to share the frosted butterfly cookies with me. I think cookies taste so much better when shaped like butterflies.



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 The monthly Gramma in a Box always includes baked cookies with frosting and sprinkles as well as two easy candy crafts to make. The monthly subscription box is always packed with enough ingredients to make up to 20 finished products. So there is always plenty of treats for the boys to share with mom and dad. I love the Step-by-step instructions with illustrations are included in the treat craft box as that makes it so easy for my boys to create the recipes without any help from mom. The box comes with almost everything that kids need to have fun cooking. The only supplies that the boys need to gather from the kitchen are usually spoons, plastic knives, and a bowl to melt the chocolate in. These boxes are so fun for everyone in the family. Gramma really puts a lot of love into these fun sweet craft boxes. These cookie craft boxes are a fun monthly activity for kids. Check out  "How it Works" for more information.

Gramma does all the work. You have all the fun!

 My boys and I had always have fun creating with the Gramma In A Box! This fun box had some delicious food crafts that were all so fun to make. Every Gramma food craft box always has unique treats in it. This monthly box was my favorite food craft box. I think the boys both agree that their favorite box was the Beach Party Treats one from last year. My boys always look forward to discovering the theme of the month. Last month the theme was Easter treats and the month before that was for Saint Patrick's day. The month before that it was Valentine's day treats. 

The delicious cookie craft box always has frosting and sprinkles

The best part is eating the treats

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 The Gramma in a Box subscription cookie craft boxes is so much fun. They are always a great craft activity for my boys. Each month I look forward to this special food craft time with my boys. My boys enjoy making and eating all the sweet treats. The cookies are always my favorite part of the craft boxes. The price of the subscription boxes are amazing and you can try out one box before committing to a monthly subscription. With my special coupon code 10off, you can save $10 off your first box. That makes your first box only $10.00!  

 So you need to buy one of these awesome make and eat treat boxes for that special kid. To get the Gramma in a Box for June, make sure to order by June 3rd. Head over HERE to buy one of these amazing delicious food craft boxes and have some fun cooking time with your kids in the kitchen.



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