A Different Use for Fidget Poppers

Hello again! Wow, this is a really busy time of year here and I have missed sharing ideas with you! But here’s a really fun idea of something different to do with those fidget poppers. (Yes, the ones the kids love popping, but get on mom and dad’s nerves after a while.) The poppers are available in lots of stores, but I found this cool one at a Barnes & Noble bookstore…on clearance.

For this project, you will also need some regular size M&M candies and some chocolate. I used the chocolate melting wafers but you could also use chocolate chips and add a bit of coconut oil when melting. But I’m getting ahead of myself! Start by washing the popper and then pushing all “bumps” in the same direction.

Place 1 M&M candy in each “hole”.

Place some chocolate…I used the wafers…in a microwave safe bowl and microwave according to the package directions until they are completely melted.

Pour the melted chocolate over the M&M’s in the popper, spreading it to cover and fill the whole popper.

Place in the refrigerator until the chocolate has hardened. Once the chocolate is solid again, begin removing the entire piece of chocolate by pulling gently around the edge of the popper until the chocolate is loose around the entire popper edge. Turn the popper over onto a plate and carefully pull the chocolate out of the popper.

How cool is that?! 🙂 Now you can break the candy into strips along the lines left by the popper mold.

I also broke the strips into pieces of 1 or 2 candies. That’s all there is to it!

Wash the popper again and it’s ready for some more popping! 😉 And you can enjoy a yummy treat while popping! 😉

M&M Picture Fun for Spring!

Happy 1st Day of Spring!! 🙂

Whoohoo! I am so ready for Spring! How about you? The calendar says it is Spring, but boy, it is cold and windy outside! Let’s pretend not to notice and have some fun inside today! We can have some great fun making pictures with Mini M&M’s candy pieces! You will need a white plate or a white piece of paper and some Mini M&M’s.

And a bowl will make it easier to pick out the color of M&M that you want to use.

This project is so simple! All you do is arrange the M&M’s in such a way that it makes a cool picture. Like this simple flower…

When you are done with the picture, just dump the M&M’s back into the bowl and start over! 🙂 Here’s a more elaborate flower…

You could try a smiley face…

Or maybe a fish in water…

Or how about making a lady bug with blue antennae? 😉

The things you can make are endless! 🙂 And the best part? You can eat the M&M’s when you are finished! Super simple, but lots of fun! 🙂

Amazing M&M’s Candy Rainbow Experiment

This has got to be one of the coolest kids’ experiments that I’ve tried! (Yes, I’m easily impressed!) It’s quite simple to do and doesn’t take much to do it, but it has a lot of WOW factor! Grab a plate that slopes in towards the center a little (plain white is best if you have one), some M&M’s candies or Skittles candies and a some water. Here we go! This is the plate I used:

A few M&M’s…

Line the outside edge of the plate with the candies. I suggest alternating the colors for the best effect.

Slowly pour water into the center of the plate.

Keep pouring the water until the candies are mostly or completely covered.

The magic is beginning to happen…can you see it? Look at the red and orange candies…

Now you can see it, can’t you?! 🙂

Here comes the rainbow!!

You don’t need to touch or move anything. The rainbow happens all by itself!

Almost touching in the middle!

Ta dah!! How cool is that?!

I’m guessing you are hearing a lot of “ooo’s” and “ahh’s” about now! 🙂 It’s a very simple but quite entertaining experiment! Hope you have fun trying it! I know I did! 🙂

M&M Messages

Have you seen the new M&M Messages? They are packs of M&M’s that have cute sayings on the outside of the bag. I saw them for the first time this week and some of them are rather funny. 🙂 They would be a fun way to give someone a little treat along with a “hug”. Here’s two that I saw…

“I’d follow you anywhere in a non-creepy way.”

“I just want to apologize for whatever I do in the future.”

There are a lot more sayings to choose from. Like…

1.) “Have a great day pretending to work.”

2.) “I wish I had more friends like me.”

3.) “Friends don’t let friends eat chocolate alone.”

4.) “Emotional support candy.”

5.) “Congrats on that thing that you did.”

6.) “Miss your face.”

You can check them out and even buy some at https://www.mms.com/shop/mms-messages

Have fun! I’ll see you on Monday with some new ideas for kids playing with craft sticks! Enjoy your weekend! 🙂