May Love Bloom

These little flower pot treats are very simple to create. I didn’t post a tutorial before Valentine’s Day because I’m lazy I didn’t want any of the other preschool mother’s to try to out do me. I’m just kidding. It’s really the lazy thing and the fact that I waited until the absolute last minute to put these together for Zack’s classmates.

Anyway, I think these would be equally as adorable with a flower shape instead of a heart. Can you imagine them as little treats at a little girl’s tea party or garden party? You could even do a few different flower shapes – daisy, tulip, etc – and make a little bouquet. Swoon!

Let me show you how. I gathered a few supplies from the dollar store, some from the grocery store, and a few more from around the house.

I lined a cutting board with foil and sprayed it with cooking spray so the treats wouldn’t stick to the foil. I then cut out the heart shapes and inserted a lollipop sticks into them.

Next, you need to put plastic coverings over the treats so they will stay fresh. You can be all fancy and buy clear lollipop bags at the craft store, or you can be like me and cut the zipper part off of a Ziploc bag. I used the snack size baggies for mine since my hearts were small, but you may need to use a sandwich size if your shapes are larger. I gathered the excess plastic at the bottom of the heart and tied it closed with a little piece of curling ribbon.

With some craft gift tags I already had on hand, I made little “Grown with Love” tags to add to the treats. If I needed to buy some at the store, I would have bought some that were smaller than this, but I didn’t really see the need to buy more since I already had these. On the back of the tags, I wrote each child’s name and Zack drew a little picture…of a straight line, which he said was a jump rope. He cracks me up.

I tied the tags onto the sticks with some curling ribbon. In hindsight, I think it would have been super cute to use green pipe cleaners to make little leaves instead. If I ever do this with flower shapes, I think that is what I will do. The ribbon was fun, though, and I don’t think you can ever have too much curling ribbon on hand. I think I have some in every color.

Next, cut a piece of floral foam to fit inside the little pot. Yes, I am the mother who uses floral foam in a craft project for 3 year olds. I am a little over the top. Just part of Living with Lindsay.

After sticking the lollipop stick into the floral foam, I added some chocolate hearts around the foam to hide it as best I could. I wasn’t able to completely hide it, but I think I hid it well enough.

That’s all there is to it! So sweet and simple. And they trump foil Lightening McQueen valentines any day of the week. Yay me!

Happy Valentine’s Day to you and yours! I hope you get to spend the day with the people you love. Make every day count.