Pinteresting Fridays: Christmas Cookie Cones

It's that time! Time to tell us about anything you've been cooking and crafting from Pinterest. If there's anything you've tried, we'd love to hear about it, even if it flopped.

We tried out this fun Christmas activity earlier this week where you decorate ice cream cones to look like Christmas trees.  My kids loved it, though in some ways, it didn't work out quite as I'd planned.

Isabelle decorating while wearing her Belle dress.

 

You should know that I had five kids with me that day instead of my usual three.  I'd planned on doing this activity at some point, so I decided I may as well do it on the afternoon that I kept a friend's kids so that they could join in on the fun too.  Honestly, the mess was the same as it would've been with just my kids, though the chaos was certainly heightened.  And I know that not all moms want pictures of their little ones in public places, so I will only put pictures of my own children on my blog.  But trust me, her two kids are precious.

First, you bake cookie dough in the cones.  While this made them super yummy, what I discovered is that the kids had no interest at all in eating their Christmas trees once they'd been decorated.  Only my husband and I ate the cookie cones and they were delicious.  I don't know why, but none of the kids would eat the trees.  So if I did it again, I would skip this step and let the kids decorate the cones straight out of the package.   

Otherwise, all went just as I'd planned:  It made a huge mess and the toddlers wanted to eat the candy instead of decorate the trees.

  

Andrew, trying to cram as many sprinkles and Skittles down his throat as possible.

 

 

The two pre-school kids were very intent on decorating.

 

She's in the zone.

 

L, Izzy's little 4 year old buddy, was pretty meticulous in his decorating efforts.

 

 

 

 

All in all, the kids had a blast. 

 

I picked up this little folding table and dumped everying into the sink, spraying it down with the vegetable sprayer. 

 

And then I swept the kitchen floor. 

 

Twice.

 

Have you tried anything new from Pinterest?