When I asked my daughter what she wanted me to make for her class to celebrate her birthday, without hesitation she requested rainbow jello. How could I refuse? I myself had fond memories of having jello at school. My first encounter with jello
jigglers was when one mother made green jello shamrocks for the entire class. I was probably in the second grade. I was amazed with how you could hold it with your hands and of course it tasted great. The fact that I can remember it to this day shows the impact it had on me. Because honestly, that's about all I can remember from the second grade, go figure.
Anyways, there's a point to me sharing this. If you're one of those moms making treats for your child's class, it's not in vain. There are children like me who will appreciate your work even if they don't express it. So, I dedicate this rainbow jello to that mom, wherever she may be.
Rainbow Jello RecipeIngredients
1 6oz box of Jello in Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, and Blue (5 boxes total)
Water
Supplies5 bowls
glass 9 x13 baking dish
Directions:To make jello add 1 1/4 cup boiling water to one packet of jello. Mix until dissolved.
1. In two separate bowls prepare blue and green jello.
2. Pour blue jello in baking dish, and let cool in fridge. Let set for 15 minutes.
3. Pour green jello gently over blue jello. Return to fridge. Let set for 15 minutes.
4. While jello sets, in two separate bowls prepare yellow and orange jello.
5. After 15 minutes have passed pour yellow jello over green jello. Return to fridge.
6. Prepare red jello.
7. After the yellow jello has set for 15 minutes, pour orange jello over yellow jello. Let set for another 15 minutes.
8. Pour red jello over orange jello. Let set until firm.
* I find this best to make the day before.
* Also, make sure the jello you pour on the set layer is not to hot otherwise it will melt that layer.
There are a lot of different rainbow jello recipes out there so you might want to poke around the
internet for other ideas. Just today I came across a great
candy corn jello recipe on Craft. Obviously it's not a rainbow but it uses a similar technique.
Now that I've knit one of these cute little candy corns, I'm completely addicted. They're so easy and relatively quick to make. I think I'm going to whip a whole batch for my daughters play kitchen. I found the free pattern on Mochimochi Land by the talented Anna Hrachvoec. 
Cake made by the talented Auntie Susan
Left: Thai boba tea, Right: Hello Kitty Chopsticks, Bottom: Table decorations
I was up till 12:30 the night before the party making this decoration. The next day I woke up with a bunch of tape in my hair. I'm just thankful I didn't use a hot glue gun for the project!
Your eyes do not deceive, this is Hello Kitty Japanese masking tape. I found these little gems in SF Japantown.
Here are the favors we gave out to our guests. Each favor contained a little manju (Japanese dessert). I used the Hello Kitty tape to seal the bags.
Another picture of the favors.
When I asked my daughter what she wanted me to make for her class to celebrate her birthday, without hesitation she requested rainbow jello. How could I refuse? I myself had fond memories of having jello at school. My first encounter with jello jigglers was when one mother made green jello shamrocks for the entire class. I was probably in the second grade. I was amazed with how you could hold it with your hands and of course it tasted great. The fact that I can remember it to this day shows the impact it had on me. Because honestly, that's about all I can remember from the second grade, go figure.
There are a lot of different rainbow jello recipes out there so you might want to poke around the internet for other ideas. Just today I came across a great candy corn jello recipe on Craft. Obviously it's not a rainbow but it uses a similar technique.
You may have noticed I added a few new buttons to the site, "giveaways & reviews". In the past I've posted all giveaways here but I've now set up a separate page for it. So to kick off the new page, I'm giving away one roll of this cute matryoshka packing tape. Click here or on "giveaways" to go to the matryoshka packing tape giveaway.
I was flipping through the new October issue of Martha Stewart Living and was inspired by the "fine specimens section". I especially liked the idea of the fossil cookies (sorry, couldn't find a picture online). It was basically a cookie pressed with plastic bugs to make a fossil impression. Well, all those bugs got me thinking of those cheap spider rings, you know the ones. And, soon the idea of spider rings turned into spider seals. Here's what I did:
I found this 50 pack of spider rings at the dollar store. I cut off the ring part with a pair of scissors. Regular scissors work fine.
Then I just dripped some red wax from a candle onto the center of the envelope. Pushed the spider into the wax to make sure it would hold. Last, I just let it dry. Easy.
