Tomorrow my daughter will take cupcakes to pre-primary for her birthday. This is what we spent this afternoon making. Well, she spent about 4 minutes before it became too monotonous and she left to dig holes in the garden. Leaving me to finish the last 38 flower pots….
To make these little flower pots you need iced chocolate cake for the ‘dirt’. I bought a ready made one and mashed it together then spooned it into the mini shot cups. The flower is made of 5 regular sized M&M’s around 1 Mini M&M. They are fixed to the spoon with a dot of melted white chocolate. For the leaves I cut a Spearmint Leaf lolly in half. Once the children eat the flower they can use the spoon to eat the pot of cake. I’m hoping they get a kick out of eating ‘dirt’. Click here for the full recipe and instructions(Pdf)
*Tragic postscript: On the way to school this morning she dropped the entire tray of 40 flowers…For a moment we could only stare, in mute horror, at the mangled mess. As the tears began welling in her eyes, I found my voice and said “Oh well, at least they’ll still taste great!” She happily agreed and we salvaged what we could. My fault for letting her carry it…*
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What a fun idea! Thank you for linking this post up to The Sunday Showcase!
Your response probably meant more than anything else that day. Knowing that a parent loves them regardless of what they do means the world. I’m sure she’ll seriously remember that forever.
They do look delicious! Even with real flowers, winds blow, right? What a great lesson in life!
Precious! And what a great response you gave to what happened… wow, after all that HARD work. It’s not always easy to give the right response and to be that objective and “fair” when I’m sure a lot emotion was involved after spending so much time making them.
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Thanks for linking up at Menu Mondays last week! I’d love to have you come share some more of your recipes today: http://myfaithandfamily.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/menu-mondays-mini-cherry-cheesecakes/
Super cute idea – I love it! I am sure the kids will LOVE eating dirt! (I personally think that’s the coolest part). Thanks for sharing
What a cute idea! Thanks for stopping by Menu Mondays!
So cute. I can’t wait to try this.
Fantastic idea for a treat!! Sad they got dropped – but you’re right – they would still taste yummy!!
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Hope you have a great week!
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These are soooo cute…I just added them to my pinterest board so I can remember to make them!
And how sad that they got dropped, but what a great attitude you both had about it…and there are pictures to prove just how great they were!
These are really adorable. I’m going to try them myself. Kudos to you for coming up with such a clever remark after your little girl dropped the tray, because I would’ve been crying right along with her. You probably wanted to but held yourself. Don’t know that I would’ve been able to do so. They really are lovely little flower pots.
Fabulous idea, they are so bright & colourful!
Always looking for new ideas for my nieces.
They are sooo cute! What a wonderful idea!