BE MINE

"You light up my life"

Edible Match Sticks will do the trick with this FUN crafty craft..

I saw a picture of this most adorable Valentine. I just had to get my hands paint stained, chocolate drizzled & kiddies on board & we had a blast making & eating these delicious treats..

You will need...

*Match boxes

*Pretzels

*Candy Melts (red)

*Sprinkles if desired

*Craft Paper or Paint or both

*Sand Paper 4 Shabby look

Let your childhood imagination run wild..

 

Decorate the match box however you desire.. I love the painted shabby chic look, so that is what I did.. It is also darling if you wrap the match boxes in fun paper & Mod Podge it up..

I did the standard Pink & Red Valentine colors.. You can use the little white insert inside the box as a template to make a funky match holder out of colorful thick craft paper, or make is easy like I did & just paint the insert that is already in the box.

 

On a couple of the boxes I left the striker visible which I really love.. All I did was paint the box red or pink & then painted a simple heart on top.. I then ran sand paper over the entire box to give it that worn & used look. Hard to tell in these pictures but that really makes it yummy looking..

Speaking about yummy, now the fun part... Melt the chocolate melts & dip those little pretzels..

 

 1 small bag of pretzels fill 4 boxes.

  You can also add sprinkles after dipping pretzels in the candy melt. I prefer without the sprinkles, but I did add a couple sprinkled matches to every box just to add interest & a little good luck.

After dipping & cooling it is time to add edible matches to boxes.

                                Next I added ribbon & a

"You light up my life" tag I printed off

onto fun paper & podged it up

                 Final touch I tied 2 "real" matches on top.

 

I am so in LOVE with this Valentine..

Gather your family & let your creativity take over.

Have a "hot" Valentines Day with your "perfect match".

oxoxo