Mom Moments

This would be a nice gift for a neighbor, sibling or cousin. 

Items needed:

• two sticks
• hat (one that is no longer “cool” from your own closet, or get one from a thrift shop, or make a black top hat out of foamy paper – - whatever you choose will look good with extra ribbon or buttons glued on it)
• scarf (or a long, thin piece of fabric is a good substitute)
• 7-10 rocks painted black (we use leftover charcoal)
• three large buttons (or large pieces of circle shaped candy, suckers work well too and the stick is handy for keeping them in place)

You could provide a plastic/ foam carrot (Crafts 2000 carries them) but I expect most people have a carrot at home.  We skip the corncob pipe/ cigar all together.  Frosty is a non-smoker at our house!

 Place items in a large ziplock bag, a plastc tote or painted coffee can (anything really).  Long sticks can be tied with a ribbon on top of container.

You might be thinking, “Is this really a gift?”  If you’ve ever dug through the snow searching blindly for buried sticks and rocks for your kids, then you’d agree this is a good gift idea!  And they do sell “real” versions of these in stores.

http://www.bronners.com/1081118.html?gdftrk=gdfV2399_a_7c470_a_7c1627_a_7c1081118

http://candy-crate.stores.yahoo.net/desnkit.html