Christmas Workshop

Here are 3 very simple crafts and recipes for Christmas! 

Crayon Pencil Holder

You need:

a ruler

a 3 inch square of cardboard

foil to cover the square

toilet paper tube

19 new crayons

newspaper to protect your area

 How to make it:

Step 1: Neatly wrap the cardboard square, with the shiny side out, and set it aside.    

Step 2: Cut the toilet paper tube so that it is a little bit shorter than the crayons.

Step 3: Glue all of the crayons on the OUTSIDE of the roll.

Step 4: Glue the bottom ends of the crayons to the foil square, and it is ready to be a gift! :)

   

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

   Finnish Christmas Stars

   What you will need:

12 ounces of dried apricots or other dried fruit

1 1/2 cups water

1/4 cup sugar

1 cup butter or margarine

2 cups flour

1/2 cup milk

1/8th teaspoon salt

1/8th teaspoon of baking powder

Steps:

1. Chop the dried fruit into pieces and place in a medium saucepan. 

2. Add the water.

3. Stir occasionally, and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until soft. 

4. Drain off the water, and mash the fruit with a potato masher, blender, or fork.

5. Add the sugar and mix well. Set aside.

6. Mix the butter or margarine and flour until crumbly.

7. Add milk and salt and baking powder.  Stir until soft.

8. Roll the dough out on a floured surface.

9. Cut the dough into 36 squares that are 3 inches.

10. Cut four diagonal slits in each square starting at the corners, and and stop halfway to the middle.

11. Spoon a mound of fruit in the center of each square.

12. Fold the dough into the center to make a pointed star.

13. Lift the stars onto a spatula and put onto a cookie sheet.

14. Bake at 400 degrees for 7-10 minutes until golden brown.  

15. Remove the stars and enjoy!

           

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 Pumpkin Fudge

What you need:

1 cup milk

3 cups of sugar

1/2 cup of canned pumpkin

3 tablespoons of corn syrup

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/4th cup of butter

1/2 cup of nuts any kind

Directions:  

1. Combine milk, sugar, pumpkin, corn syrup, and salt in a saucepan, and stir until it comes to a rolling boil.

2. Put to medium heat, and STOP stirring.  

3. Give it a good 15 min to simmer on a lower heat.

4. Get a little bit of cold water, and set it next to the pot.  Put a drop of the mix into the water, and if it dissolves, it is NOT ready.  Wait until it feels like taffy in the water.

5. Take off the heat when that happens.

6. Add in pie spice, butter, vanilla, and the nuts is you want.

7. Let the mixture sit in the pot until it becomes warm, not boiling hot.  Stir it, and pour into a pan.

8. When the fudge cools, cut into squares and enjoy!!!

 

Enjoy!

Alia :)