Felt Christmas Garlands + cocoa idea

I had a bunch of red and white & green felt and wanted to do something with it for Christmas but was trying to decide what.  Then I came upon an idea I thought I would share!  I love this garland.

By the way, that bear in the picture is from 1986, my 2nd Christmas.  I love it.  I decided to display it leaned on my JOY letters since it's string broke off and I can't hang it on the tree.

Here's how I did it.  I made it more simply than the project I found:

What you need:

White Felt

Red Felt

Fabric Scissors

Hot glue gun and glue

Cut 1'' strips of felt in two colors::line up two pieces of different color and cut 2'' slits in them starting 3/4'' down (you'll end up with four slits per if you buy the sheets of felt at Michael's)::hold it vertically and take the top and flip it inside the first slit.  Do that to the rest of the slits::hot glue the ends together for a garland your desired length!

(sorry about the cell phone pictures)
I had a sheet of red left over from this one and TONS of green from the monthly shoots I would do with Hyrum.  I decided it HAD to be made into another garland.  I'll share that one later!  Felt is so great right?
I'm truly obsessed.

This time of year I drink this stuff like you wouldn't believe.  I was spooning in some cool whip to my hot chocolate one night when I thought:  I bet I can make shapes out of this stuff!  It was a little tricky- because it melts so fast (it was fine in the hot chocolate- it melted on my plate!) but I liked the end result.  As I was doing this I thought homemade marshmallow shapes might be better even- but not everyone has a husband who likes marshmallows, right mom?  I plan on making Tony some later and surprising him with his own heart.  I can practically hear his "awww" now.  haha.  It's the little things, right?  I think a star would be cute for this time of year too.

Line the base of pan with parchment and scoop the cool whip in evenly, thick enough but not too thick::pop it in the freezer 'til it's completely frozen (about an hour)::cut around the edges of the pan, lift the parchment out and set on a CHILLED plate::Cut out shapes, place on another CHILLED plate::freeze for later or add to hot chocolate! (or skip the last two, cut them out and put directly in hot chocolate.  I think stars in hot chocolate this time of year would be cute too.  The possibilities are endless, really.  My heart actually stayed in shape for a while too.

(Since my cut out & transfer plates weren't chilled they started to melt on the bottom but I was able to use toothpicks to pick up the shape and add it cleanly to my hot chocolate.  Although I had to practice a time or two to get it looking decent.)

A big THANKS to all who entered my giveaway!  If you didn't win I will have more!  Winners announced at bottom- I contacted them already!