Ice Cream Flower Pots with Butterflies

Kaelyn and I made these for her birthday party last weekend. She didn't want a cake (or cupcakes, or giant cookie, or anything - just ice cream). So we decorated flower pots with each child's name, scooped the ice cream into pots, and put a butterfly in each one.

They were super easy, and turned out pretty cute. They definitely don't look professionally made, but I'm no professional. So I'll settle for pretty cute. We set out bowls of mini M&M's, mini chocolate chips, and a container of Halloween sprinkles and let each child top their own flower pot. I am very glad we did this outside...

So what do you need to make your very own butterflies, you ask?


Simply melt the chocolate in a double broiler (or a glass bowl over a pot of boiling water, if you are like me and don't own one)


Let your child stir (supervise of course, that's a hot stove!)


Dip (or drop an stir) pretzels - rods and twists - into melted chocolate.


Lay pretzels on cookie sheet covered in foil (for easier clean up), using one rod and two twists to make a butterfly. Let your child (either actual offspring or simply your inner child) sprinkle generously with sprinkles of their choice.


The result? Very cute butterflies chillin' on a pot of ice cream.


And the gardeners at work...