CHEAP St. Patrick's Shamrock Door Decor

You can't beat $1 and 2 minutes of your time to make this cute little shamrock for your door!  I can't believe I still don't have anything to hang on my door for St. Patrick's Day when I have something for every other holiday throughout the year. 

I was browsing the aisles at Dollar Tree when I came across this big felt shamrock and it looked like the perfect size to hang on the front door.  All I did was grab some green ribbon and a big industrial-size needle to make the hanger.  I threaded the ribbon in the needle and then made a loop at the top of the shamrock to create the little hanger.  For a minute, I wondered if any craft project could really be this easy...but it was!

I love how it looks from the street when you drive by our house.  It's a little pop of color on our white door!

Yummy St. Patrick's Day Devils Food Cookies

It's been a weekend of St. Patrick's Day preparation and festivities, so I wanted to share these yummy cookies I baked last night. They aren't the most pretty cookies, but they taste great and they were super easy to make.
Thanks to my friend Amy for the great recipe!

Ingredients:
• 1 box devil's food cake mix
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 egg
• peanut butter chips
• 1 container of frosting
• green and yellow food coloring

Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Combine cake mix, butter, water, egg, and peanut butter chips in a large bowl.

Mix well until a smooth dough forms.

Lightly grease cooking sheets with cooking spray.
Then shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on the cookie sheet.
Warning: this is very messy and sticky!

Lightly spray a spoon with cooking spray and press gently on each cookie to flatten it.

Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes. Let them cool completely before starting the frosting.

To create the green frosting, I used a container of vanilla frosting and some food coloring. These cookies would also be great with chocolate frosting, but then they wouldn't be green : )

Pour frosting into a bigger bowl. Add 5 drops of green and one drop of yellow food coloring to the frosting. Mix well until the color is uniform throughout.

After the cookies have cooled, spread frosting on each cookie. These would be really cute with green sprinkles, so maybe next time I'll add those too.

Enjoy!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!