These cute little handmade bowls are the perfect arts and crafts project for occupying the kids while you cook and decorate for the upcoming Christmas celebration.
If you’re thinking that you’re the one who needs some quiet, relaxing, mommy-does-arts-and-crafts-by-herself time, this incredibly simple project might just be the fix for your holiday blues.
Use your holiday bowls to hold not-too-hot finger foods, like raw veggies, tortilla chips, warm bread, or candy. They also work great for little dollar or change donation bins if your family is raising money for a charity this holiday.
If you’re not sold on them already, wait until you see how they’re made. Girls who grew up before the digital age will feel instantly nostalgic when they see these bowls. They’re made entirely out of perler beads. Yes, that’s right. These are made from those cool melting beads that you and all your friends ironed into all kinds of colorful designs, like your favorite animals, boy band crushes, and Disney characters. We bet you never thought to fashion them into something functional and 3D though!
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All you need to make this fun, home delight by The Daily Party Dish is a heat resistant mold and a glass bowl or two from your kitchenware cabinet. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit and use cooking spray to coat your glass bowls. Then, you or the kids will just need to grab some red, green, and gold or blue, white, and silver perler beads, and align them next to each other, so that your Christmas pattern is completed in a single bead layer.
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Very carefully, so the beads don’t spill, slide the bowls into the oven. Leave each bowl inside for 10-15 minutes, then remove and allow to cool. Once the beads have cooled, they will naturally begin to lift from the sides of the bowl thanks to the oil spray. You should then be able to easily pop your new handmade perler bead bowls out of the glass molds.
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We hope you enjoy the trip down memory lane and that somebody at your family gathering appreciates your brief sojourn with Kid Art!
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