Hi Skip to My Lou readers! I am Beckie from Infarrantly Creative and Knock Off Décor. I love reusing materials many people throw away to make fun and unique gifts and décor.
Today I am going to show you a way to upcycle those Crystal Lite containers you’ve been hoarding with a sweet printable for your child’s teacher.
Inside the Crystal Lite containers are Whoopie Cookies…aka Mini Whoopie Pies. So take your Crystal Lite containers and remove the label with an Exacto knife.
Print out the Whoopie Cookie printable in the color of your choice. I have pink, yellow, light purple and blue. Each of the printables is customizable so you can type in the name you want and then print it out. Print out the Whoopie Cookie Circle printable as well.
After you print it out trim it to fit and wrap it around the container securing it with double sided adhesive.
The circles are meant to be cut out with a 2” circle punch. If you don’t have one scissors will work just fine. Secure that to the lid with double sided adhesive.
Whoopie Cookie Recipe
1/2 cup Crisco
1 cup sugar
2 egg yolks (save whites for filling)
5 tablespoons cocoa
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup milk
Cream Crisco and sugar together. Add other ingredients. Use a piping bag to squeeze out the batter into about 2” circles.
Bake for 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees.
Filling:
1 cup Crisco
4 cups confectioners sugar
4 egg whites
pinch of salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
Beat all ingredients until creamy about 2-3 minutes.
Spoon a dollop of filling on cooled cookies. Add another cookie to the top.
Refrigerate the cookies. Once the filling hardens a bit then gently place them into the container. Keep these cookies in the refrigerator until you are ready to give them to your teachers.
Thanks for having me Cindy. If you love craft projects, tutorials, DIY projects and knock offs galore come check me out!
This is great! Of course you could fill it with another sweet treat as well-teh Whoopie! works as just an exclamation.
what a cute idea! off looking for some containers;-)
I love this! I think this is my favorite TA gift I’ve seen in Blogland this week! Thanks so much for sharing Beckie! And Cindy, thanks so much for sharing so many TA ideas!
Jen
Love, love this teacher appreciation gift. I knew I was saving those containers for a reason. Thanks so much for sharing.
I use these containers for a lot of different things. For example, birthdays. I wrap them with “happy birthday” paper from the craft store (you can also use wrapping paper),fill them with candy, treats, etc. and put a bow on top with a name tag and voila. You can fill them with flowers on Mothers Day, etc. Fast and easy within minutes you have a “cheap” gift, but looks good.
I totally didn’t even catch you snooping through my cabinets to discover my Crystal Light stash — you’re good. 😉 I squealed with delight at this little idea — whoopie pies are my favorite and, as I mentioned, I have a decent sized collection of those containers that I knew would be good for something someday. My kids are homeschooled, so I’ll probably find a different purpose than “teacher appreciation” (my bathroom scale will thank me), but I just love, love, love the idea. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Cindy~
These are adorable!
I would have SMILED so BIG if a parent had brought these to me when I was teaching Kindergarten!
WHOOPIE for you!
I would LOVE to have you as a PARENT of one of my Kindergarteners! xo
Beautiful and delicious! I don’t know of a better combination. 😉 Great idea, Beckie!!!
That is too adorable!!
These are great! I have some pretty designer paper that would look so pretty!
Teachers will love getting this yummy gift.
Thank you so much Aimee that made my day!
What a fantastic and gorgeous idea!
How cute! Love this idea…and the cookies!
This is probably one of my favorites because it looks SO easy to do.