Valentine Marshmallow Mini Bear

Today I added another video to my YouTube channel "SparkedIdeas". This one is on how to make a
marshmallow mini bear for Valentine's Day! The bear is really cute and easy to make.

Here is the link to the tutorial:  Mini Bear Tutorial

 

 

Ingredients and Tools:
Marshmallows - regular size and small ones
Red Wilton Candy Melts
Tooth pick
Powdered sugar
Wilton Rainbow Crunch sprinkles
Cooking oil

Time to make one - about one hour of which about 90% is drying time.

Other links:
YouTube channel - SparkedIdeas
This blog: http://sparkedideas100.blogspot.com/
Twitter: SparkedIdeas
Facebook: Sparked Ideas

I'll be adding more tutorials in the future so please visit my blog and YouTube channel "SparkedIdeas"!

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Marshmallow Penguin Decorations

I recently made a video on how to make this marshmallow penguin decoration. The penguin can be placed on a pop stick or used to decorate cupcakes or a Birthday cake! These aren't quite as easy to make as the Valentine bear pops in my other video, but they are also a fun and creative craft project to do with kids. 

For more video tutorials please visit my YouTube channel "SparkedIdeas".  Here's the link to this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOM7EeoQcNM

List of things you'll need:
1 bag of regular size marshmallows 
1 bag of black Wilton Candy Melts
Wilton "Rainbow Crunch Sprinkles" (you'll need the dark brown pieces for the eyes) 
Popsticks (6 inches is fine)
Starburst candies (the orange and yellow pieces)
Gum paste (which can be used as glue) or
make your own frosting "glue" with 1/4 cup powdered sugar and 1 1/4 tsp water

a toothpick
a couple of small plastic bags that are water tight at the bottom

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Valentine Marshmallow Bear

Yesterday I uploaded my first tutorial to YouTube! It's about how to make a Valentine Marshmallow Bear pop (see link below). I was trying to finish the video before Valentine's Day because I wanted to offer people a gift idea for a friend, family member, or their significant other.

This photo shows how the bear pops turned out:

These bears are very easy to make and you'll probably only need about an hour to make say 5 of them.

List of things you'll need:
1 bag of regular size marshmallows
Pop sticks (6")
White Wilton Candy Melts (craft stores carry these)
Powdered sugar
Oil
For the eyes and mouth - Either a tube of Betty Crocker black gel or, if you want to make your own frosting "paint", then you'll need a bottle of black food coloring
A small paint brush (#3 in craft stores)

Red food coloring for the inside of the ears
Coffee beans for the nose
Corn Candy for the ears

or a toothpick
Paper towels and a tissue (convenient for wiping off hands or the frosting "paint" if you want to start over)
A a couple of ribbons

Recipe for frosting "glue"
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 1/4 tsp water

Recipe for the black frosting "paint" (tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyc4S5XvlxE)
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp water
1/2 tsp oil

10 drops of black food coloring (I use McCormick in my video)

In a couple of days I'm going to upload a second video on how to make a different Valentine marshmallow bear.


For more video tutorials please visiti my YouTube channel "SparkedIdeas".
The link to this tutorial is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spm-RpF_sZQ 

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Sparked Ideas Launch Day! December 23,2012

This is the first day of my new blog "Sparked Ideas 100"! The info that I post here is meant to be used together with my You Tube videos which are on my channel "SparkedIdeas".

The main concept is to provide people with short and easy tutorials on how to make creative things.
The ideas presented will spark ideas and creativity and may even make it easier to see things in a different way! Tapping into this special power that we all have can be a useful tool in life.

The first series of videos that I'm going to make are about how to make marshmallow decorations that look like characters. I think that they'll be really fun to do with kids. The decorations can be used for a variety of things such as:

Cake decorations
Cupcake decorations
Pops for parties or gifts
Ornaments or fun hanging decorations

Here are some useful addresses to remember. You may want to email them to yourself so you'll find them easily in the future:
This Blog adress: SparkedIdeas100.blogspot.com
My YouTube channel: SparkedIdeas

Direct link to YouTube videos:  http://www.youtube.com/user/SparkedIdeas?feature=mhee
To follow my posts on Twitter - SparkedIdeas
Email: SparkedIdeas@gmail.com

Have lots of fun!