I love advent calendars. When I was younger I had a lovely one that my parents filled themselves. This year they kept it simple and bought me a Hotel Chocolat one when they were up visiting. It was absolutely delicious, a treat everyday, but it did have a lot of packaging! Excess packaging upsets me - Easter eggs kill me. I love them, but there's so much plastic and cardboard and it's such a waste! As I ate the last couple of chocolates before I travelled home I had a brilliant idea that meant the plastic would be kept and reused for the foreseeable future. Who fancies Christmas shaped chocolates after lunch? I think this would be a great Christmas eve activity to keep little ones entertained until the big day. Here's how I did it:
1. Pull the plastic bits out of your advent calendar and pull all of the tin foil off
2. Melt your chosen chocolate and pour into the moulds
3. Leave to set in a cool place for a few hours
4. Pop out and enjoy!
This is actually genius! I love this.
ReplyDeleteBut now have just realised I've thrown mine out already. Slightly sad that I won't get to play around and do this.
Hmm maybe...
I had this idea about five minutes after I'd thrown out last years - so this year I'd been waiting for so long!
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