Welcome to Day One of our Easter Crafts for children and the young at heart. Today we are making some chocolates for friends and families. I have been making little chocolates now with the children for birthdays and occasions for a couple of years it is a great way to theme an occasion and provide a little thoughtful sweet treat for children without overloading them with a giant egg or lolly bag. All our lolly bags at parties have a homemade chocolate instead of loads of chewy hard lollies. To make these bunny chocolates all the requirements can be found at Spotlight or specialty party shops, cake making supplies shops or My local Bread Making Shop now stocks a lot of Wiltons and other supplies also.
One Chocolate Bunny Lollipop Mould - Makes 10 bunnies at a time
Milk and white chocolate melting buttons (you cannot use baking buttons as they are too soft when set.
Lollipop sticks
Powder colours .
Rinse the Mold with warm water and polish it with a clean cloth Melt your chocolate as per bag instructions 
- I use small containers and heat for 20 sec in microwave -stir and then heat again in increments of 10 sec stirring in between until the chocolate is a nice runny consistency.
Using the powdered colours and a toothpick blend the colour in with the chocolate until you get the colours you like. Using a pristine (not used for paint) paint brush paint any details you like in the mould (we did the bow ties). 
Fill the remainder of the mold with contrasting choclate -tap to settle the chocolate and release any air bubbles. Insert the lollipop stick and turn it around in the chocolate so it is covered Allow to set (Fortunately this doesnt take long!!) 
Turn the mould over and gently tap to release it is easy if they are fully set. We then wrapp them as prettily as you can think as gifts for friend and family. Or you can poke them into the top of pretty cupcakes as decoration. Cheers 
PS Tomorrow we are going to dye some eggs.
- I use small containers and heat for 20 sec in microwave -stir and then heat again in increments of 10 sec stirring in between until the chocolate is a nice runny consistency. Using the powdered colours and a toothpick blend the colour in with the chocolate until you get the colours you like. Using a pristine (not used for paint) paint brush paint any details you like in the mould (we did the bow ties). Fill the remainder of the mold with contrasting choclate -tap to settle the chocolate and release any air bubbles. Insert the lollipop stick and turn it around in the chocolate so it is covered Allow to set (Fortunately this doesnt take long!!) Turn the mould over and gently tap to release it is easy if they are fully set. We then wrapp them as prettily as you can think as gifts for friend and family. Or you can poke them into the top of pretty cupcakes as decoration. Cheers PS Tomorrow we are going to dye some eggs.
Ok tomorrow is the day I will post my first little Tutorial - I promise everything is basic and easy, most supplies can be bought at Spotlight and found around a crafty home. For tomorrow we will be working with Chocolate - of course it is Easter after all and chocolate never goes out of fashion I will try to post early in the morning if you are watching out or in case you want to hit the shops before the children get home from school - Please join along I'd love to see what Easter fun is fashionablei n your home too. Miss B spent some time this weekend putting out our few little Easter ornaments(I had to wait till after her birthday so I could take down her cards!) We don't have a lot. A little montage of various eggs on our very messy coffee table and some hanging on our celebration tree which is ready for replacing soon. But it helps us get ready for Easter. Excuse the messy house and the child reading on the floor We are having an indoor moocing day as the weather is not great and we are all tired and fluey (is that a word) Catch you tomorrow
Cheers
