Mom To Mom – Valentine Minion

Here’s how to make a simple treat for Valentine’s Day that your kids can have at their party or just for a snack. We’re going to take Twinkies and turn them into a very recognizable character that your kids already love, and it’s really easy to make.

First, you’re going to need some Twinkies, then you’re going to need some construction paper, blue, black, and red, and then some tape. Now we’re ready to put these cute little guys together.

You just want to start with your blue construction paper and kind of cut a thicker strip out and wrap it around the Twinkie around the bottom and then that’s probably about an inch, inch and a half. And then once you’ve got that together, you can tape it in place. Then you’ll take your black construction paper and do the same.

Cut another strip a little bit smaller than the blue one. So once you have that, you will wrap it around the Twinkie as well, about an inch, inch and a half, tape that together. Then you want to make the eyes. So what you to do is take your aluminum foil and just cut a circle. It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t have to be perfect, just a little circle. Then tape that on there on the black strip. Then you can use your googly eyes and tape that on top of the aluminum foil.

Now is the fun part. You can cut some hearts out of your red construction paper, write whatever you want on there. Happy Valentine’s Day, you are one in a minion, it doesn’t matter, just have fun with it. Your kids are going to love it and you can take them, send them to school or they can just have them at home.

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• Amanda Nighbert