DIY: Edible Christmas Crafts
Every December, my twin sister, mom and I gather around the kitchen counter to create delicious edible Christmas crafts, most notably, Apple Santas, lovingly featured on The Estate of Things last December. Now in my own home, I do what I can to revisit these traditions with more modern materials and new ideas in order to create my own home grown traditions.
Rudolf Waits for Santa
This year, couple your Jolly ‘Ol Elf with his favorite pal, Rudolf the Red Nosed Rein-Pear. (He’s adorable and a fairly easy Christmas craft to make.) Here’s how.
You’ll need 1 large brown pear (try to find one whose top turns up when you lay it on its side), 6 toothpicks (for a nose, a tail and four legs), 2 pieces of grape vine (for Rudolf’s antlers – green grapes work best because of their thick vines), 2 cloves (for Rudolf’s eyes), small gum drops (for a nose, a tail, legs and hoofs – yellow, white, black and red work best).
Cupboard Crafts
Ready? Me too. Remove the pear’s stem and stick toothpicks in the location of Rudolf’s legs. Slide 2 small yellow gum drops and one black drop onto each toothpick leg (all the way to the pear – round side out). Stick a toothpick into the base (tail) of the pear and afix half a yellow gumdrop for his tail (cut the long way). On the top of the pear where you removed the stem, stick in the final toothpick and slide 1 red gumdrop on for his nose! Stick 2 clove eyes into Rudolf’s head and your masterpiece is complete!
Place Rudolf in a Winter Wonderland of Little Debbie Christmas Trees or create a forest of 3D Christmas tree cookies for him to frolic in.
Having a party? Invite the whole gang – Make Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blixen too. Send TLC your pictures. We’d love to see your work. For more Rudolf pics, click here.
December 16th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
haha.
that wasn’t our finest moment for a TEOT DIY post.. but your rein-pear is pretty D cute.