For all of my hot cocoa lovers out there, I have the perfect cozy set up for you.
I don’t know about you, but we have been hitting the hot cocoa hard these days! Lately my sweet little babes have been on the whine-train and it has been grating on my nerves. Someone brought up that the holidays can bring out the nonstop whines in kids as they are thrown off their schedules. Such a great perspective that hadn’t crossed my mind.
So I am trying to tune out the whining and be more understanding. And I’m bribing rewarding them with a cup of hot cocoa if they don’t whine me up a wall.
Here are the details of our fun hot cocoa stand:
- Those adorable Santa/Snowman mugs and plaid plates are from Homegoods.
- The white “sweater” mugs are from Starbucks a few years back.
- The coffee spoons that can rest easily on the edge of a mug were a gift from a family friend in France.
- Those fun upside down Santa milk bottles are from Michaels. I put hot cocoa mix in one and marshmallows in the other.
- The swizzle sticks are from the dollar spot at Target. I am so obsessed with the bottle brush ones that I have stalked multiple locations for them. Come on, you’d do the same, right?!
- The container that is holding the swizzle sticks is a Starbucks frappucino ready-made drink where I tore off the label and added a burlap bow.
- We added some candy canes and Hershey kisses in containers/birchwood vase.
- The red sugar crystals were already in a cute glass container with cork stopper and I added more of the same burlap ribbon.
- I took some mini candy canes and crushed them in a ziploc bag to add on top. And also found peppermint soft cremes as a fun addition.
- Those plaid napkins are also from HomeGoods.
This is a fun way to dress up our kitchen for the holidays. Plus the incentive for good behavior is staring my kids in the face all day long!
With love,
Shahla
Love all the details here! The mugs are my fave!! You need to fill me in after if the incentives work with your kiddos! Mine has been super sassy lately so I might need to try this out as well! 🙂 – Tash
Thank you!! Haha!! I will! So far they have gone three days without hot cocoa because of sassiness. Eye roll!!
How adorable. I love this and will have to add it to my coffee bar area this year for the holidays. Thanks for the grand idea.
Yay! Thanks so much!
Ohhh this is so cute! Love it for cozy afternoons at home
Thanks so much! Totally feels cozy!! XO
perfect little station! almost too cute to touch!
Thanks so much!
I love this! What a fun way to display the mugs and all the hot chocolate fixings. The tree tower is great! Guess it is time to do some holiday shopping!
Thank you, Amanda! I love the tower because I can change it up according to the holiday!
This is super cute, I love this idea. Thank you for sharing this post.
Thanks for stopping by!
This is so so cute!! I also love how your house is all decorated for the holidays! LOVE!!!
Thank you Sally!! Trying to extend the Christmas spirit as much as we can!
This is super cute!!! We have a lot of family coming in for Christmas… this is such a great idea! DOING IT!
Yay!! Thanks so much Mary!
So cute! I love that stand! And great way to incentivize your kids. 😉
Thanks so much, Shani!
That hot cocoa station is freakin’ adorable!! Perfect for a date night in, or fun Christmas themed evening with kids.
Thanks so much, Rebecca!! XO
How CUTE is this??!!!
Aww thanks so much! XO
This is absolutely adorable and would be perfect for guests!!
I’m obsessed with this!! Where did you get the tower from? I need!
Thanks so much!! I got it from Home Decorator’s Collection!!
This is such a cute idea! I need to collect more Christmas mugs. 🙂
I am obsessing over this! It’s so cute and definitely something I try to recreate this year!
OMG this is the cutest! I’m going to work on this tomorrow!
Oh how darling! I’m a huge cocoa fan and love this idea. Really cute cups and plates too!!
This is awesome!!!
This is the cutest set up. I want to make this for my family!
Oh my gosh! This is so cute! I love how easy it might be to throw together too!