5 Genius Hot Chocolate DIYs

Going...Going...Gone!

Hello everyone! I wasn’t really sure what I was going to blog about this week, and as I was thinking about this I was drinking hot chocolate when I thought I could give you guys some DIYs to spice up your hot chocolate (even though its abnormally warm outside) Let me know what you guys think about these tricks in the comment section and I hope you enjoy!

Hot Chocolate DIY #1: Broil your hot chocolate with marshmallows on top in your oven at the lowest setting to give your marshmallows a beautiful color. I recommend doing this over microwaving it because microwaving it doesn’t give the marshmallows any crispness to it, it will just blow up the marshmallows making them look huge with no pretty color either.

Hot Chocolate DIY #2: Add some vanilla extract and hot chocolate to your french toast mix to create chocolate french toast! This honesty taste amazing! I made them a while ago for my sister’s birthday and she fell in love with them too. Hot chocolate is the best was to make chocolate french toast because the batter needs to stay thin and using other kinds of chocolate, such a chocolate syrup or melted chocolate chips will make the batter too thick for the bread.

Hot Chocolate DIY #3: Add very crushed and fine Oreos to your hot chocolate mix to bump up your Oreo hot chocolate! You have probably had Oreo hot chocolate before, where someone has cut up some Oreo junks into your drink. But if you grind the Oreos to and extremely fine consistency, you will be able to add it throughout the whole drink without all of the good stuff sinking to the bottom.

Hot Chocolate DIY #4: Add hot chocolate powder to your melted marshmallows when you're making rice crispy treats to make chocolate rice crispy treats! As I said before, hot chocolate is the best way to do this due to the consistency of it, since it wont affect the thickness of your chocolate rice crispy treats. 

Hot Chocolate DIY #5: Add hot chocolate powder to cashew butter and freeze it over night for a healthy and delicious fudge! I learned this from a nutritionist named Lindsay who came to my house and taught my sister and I some natural and healthy recipes. 

f you want to know more about Lindsay click HERE. She is an amazing nutritionist and is a very kind lady. She will come to your house and cook an amazing dinner with you and while she does it she teaches you how to cook the natural and healthier way.

Want some more hot chocolate recipes? Click HERE! This website has tons of recipes for any season and have so many more ideas than what I have come up with here. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed these and let me know what more you want to see by voting on my poll! I’ll be coming up with two more posts by the end of 3rd Quarter. 

7 Baking DIYs for Pros

Nerdy Nummies

Hello everybody! Today I have seven easy baking hacks that I came up with, with the help of my grandma, who basically taught me everything I know about cooking and baking. She and I would always cook together whenever I was at her house when I lived in Pennsylvania. So I can approve that these DIYs came from an expert when it comes to the art of food. Let me know what you think in the comment section and I hope you enjoy!

Have you ever wanted to make your own whipped cream instead of using the cheap stuff from the can? Fill a jar with heavy whipping cream, close and shake for about three minutes for homemade whipped cream! Add some sugar to the mixture to make it sweet. This version tastes much better and natural in my opinion and is better than you then the stuff you can get at the store in a can.

Decorating cupcakes? Or a fabulous cake? Add jello packet powder to icing for color and fun flavors. Doing this trick allows you to only have to get one big thing of white icing then all you have to do is split it into all of the different colors you want! This is great for whenever you are baking with younger kids. 

In desperate need for a rolling pin? Use a wine bottle! My house currently still does not have a rolling pin because we always have a wine bottle and it works just as well. Just remember to add flour onto the bottle so nothing sticks to it. 

Have no icing for cupcakes? Put a cloth with a pretty design on the cupcake and dust on some powdered sugar, you should be left with a pretty sugar design when the cloth is removed! You can also just use a regular paper and add a design to it by cutting one out. This is also another fun project you can do with kids. You can also use this trick on top of icing to make your treats look extra fancy. 

Are you in desperate need of born sugar? Combine sugar and molasses to make your very own brown sugar! Just remember, one tablespoon of molasses to every one cup of sugar. I promise you it works just as well as brown sugar.

If your own brown sugar is as hard as a rock, microwave it for about twenty seconds to make it once a soft again. I remember puling out a bag of brown sugar in my pantry that was literally a rock. My sharpest knife wouldn't even cut through it. This DIY really solved the problem. 

Use a clean syringe for easy decorating with kids! Put some colored icing into a syringe and you can use it for decorating sugar cookies or cupcakes. It’s a lot of fun to do with kids. 

Want to learn more about the basics of baking? Click HERE! I hope this helped with your baking skills and don’t forget to vote on my poll so I know what you guys would like to see!

10 DIYs For The Coolest Parents or Babysitters!

Mama and Baby Elephant

Hello everyone! Are you a parent, or a babysitter? Here are ten DIYs I have come up with to help you out with the crazy kids you might be dealing with! Let me know if these help or worked for you in the comment section, enjoy!

1.Teach your kids to hold a juice box by having them hold the side flaps that you can pull up instead of the kid squeezing the carton and spraying juice everywhere. Less messes will equal to a happier you.

2. Decorate a spray bottle with water to turn it into a "mister be gone" spray for kids that are afraid of the dark! Then just use your imagination to prove to them that the spray actually works to eliminate monsters!

3. When bathing a baby, put the baby in a laundry basket then in the tub to keep from toys floating out of reach. The holes throughout the basket let enough water in without letting any bating toys out.

4. Decorate a dollar bill with some glitter and Elmer's glue to create tooth fairy money! You can probably reuse the dollar if you are able to take it away once they forget about it. I remember my mom telling me she did that to me once!

5. Use a pool noodle on the side of the door to create a toddler jam proof door. A pool noodle, if cut in half, should be the perfect size to slide onto the side of the door, and you can choose from different colors!

6. Tie a blanket or a sheet to the bottom of the table to create a baby hammock! Please make sure the child is old enough for this and that they are not going to fall out and hurt them selves, or just use a low set table. 

7. Adding some rainbow sprinkles to healthy food will make children want to eat their greens even more! Besides, a few sprinkles won't do much and your kids will get a lot more greens into them. 

8. Have your child wrap their middle, ring and pinky finger around a wad of tissues while holding a pencil to show how to properly hold one! My mom used this trick for my younger sister who had a hard time learning this trick. 

9. Turn cleaning into a game by creating a square out of duck tape and have the child sweep everything into the square. You can have prizes at the end of the job to really motivate them to clean up!

10. Always have some bubbles with you! Bubbles are a great thing to pull out whenever a child is bored. Remember though, they will leave a residue on your wood floors if you choose to do this inside. 

Need some more everyday parenting tips? Click HERE! Thanks for reading today’s blog and I hope some of these tricks will help because let’s face it, kids are never the easiest things to deal with and everyone could use some help.

11 DIY Makeup Hacks!

"50 Shades of Makeup"

Hello everybody! This week I have spent a lot of time coming up with a total of eleven makeup DIYs that you could use in your everyday life. Feel free to let me know what you think of these and if they worked out for you in the comment section. So let’s get started!

1. Here’s a trick for people who wear lipstick. After putting lipstick on, put a tissue over your lips and put some translucent powder onto the tissue to prevent smudges.

2. Have naturally frizzy hair like my sister’s afro? Use a t-shirt instead of a towel to dry natural hair to prevent frizz.

3. Do you like perfume as much as I do? The best place to spray perfume is behind your ears, the base of your throat, inside elbow and wrist. It will last much longer like this instead of just randomly spraying all over your body like most people I know do.

4. Want to cut your own split ends? Twist all of your hair and cut the strays, you'll be able to dee your split ends better! This also works better if your hair is wet or damp. But be careful, remember that when you cut your hair wet, it will dry slightly shorter!

5. To prevent lipstick from getting on your teeth, put your mouth around your index finger and move your finger away as if you were taking a ring off with your lips. My cheer team and I always use this trick when we need to wear lipstick for tryouts, competitions and games. 

6. At the end of your products that are in a tube, cut the tube in half to get every last bit out of it! Makeup can be crazy expensive if you choose to get the high-end stuff, so don't waste a drop.

7. Keep expensive mascara brushes and use them with regular mascara after cleaning the brush. The brush will make your lashes more high-end even if you are using a cheaper mascara solution.

8. Revive old mascara by soaking the tube in warm water. Dipping the tube in warm water releases the mascara off the sides so your brush can bring it out of the tube and onto your lashes.

9. Pat your under eye concealer on instead of rubbing to prevent wrinkles and wearing of that sensitive skin in the future. Learned this tip from Michelle Phan on youtube, check her out she’s awesome.

10. Use Elmer's glue for a good base coat for your nails for easier removal later on. You wont be able to tell you used the glue after applying nail polish if you used a thin coat. 

11. Use dry shampoo before bed instead of in the morning. The tossing and turning as you sleep will help work the product in, eliminating any white powder blotches.

Want even more makeup hacks? Click HERE for this amazing blog I found. Thanks for reading and come back next Saturday for another blog!