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    Home » Christmas Decorations And Crafts

    Cozy Hot Cocoa Station For The Holidays

    Published by Pam Kessler | 502 words. · About 3 minutes to read this article. - 50 Comments

    Since today is supposed to be a snowy day here in Ohio, I put together a cozy little hot cocoa station to help keep me warm. Or hot chocolate station. Not sure what the difference is?

    A vintage inspired hot cocoa station for the holidays. Cute ideas for a Christmas display! Love the old Santa mug, vintage camera and plaid school lunchbox!

    I set it up on my enamel topped cabinet in my new 1960's Aladdin plaid lunch box.

    Yes, this could have been my lunch box when I was in elementary school. If not for the fact that my mom packed my lunch in brown paper bags.

    A vintage inspired hot cocoa station for the holidays. Cute ideas for a Christmas display! Love the old Santa mug, vintage camera and plaid school lunchbox!


    I so wanted to be one of the cool kids with a lunch box though. And now I am!

    I've got your typical Nestle hot cocoa in packets (just add water) and in the little can next to the bottle brush tree is salted caramel hot cocoa.

    A vintage inspired hot cocoa station for the holidays. Cute ideas for a Christmas display! Love the old Santa mug, vintage camera and plaid school lunchbox!

    Who knew you could throw salt onto sticky caramel and create a little slice of Heaven? That stuff is to die for!

    I've got candy cane sticks to stir the cocoa with. Along with tiny chocolate chips and tiny marshmallow bits to sprinkle on top.

    The marshmallows are called Jet-Puffed Mallow Bits and are even tinier than typical mini marshmallows. And they're hard.

    Think of Lucky Charms minus the nasty Cheerios type things.

    A vintage inspired hot cocoa station for the holidays. Cute ideas for a Christmas display! Love the old Santa mug, vintage camera and plaid school lunchbox!

    The little milk bottle looking things are actually the 9.5 oz bottles of Starbucks' chilled Mocha Frappuccino that you can buy at the grocery or convenience store. I just peeled the plastic Starbucks labels off them and spray painted the caps green.

    I purchased two of these Santa mugs at the thrift store for $1 last week (you can find very authentic looking reproductions HERE, if you can't find the originals).

    Vintage Santa head mug as part of a hot cocoa station for the holidays

    The only worthwhile Christmas stuff I have found at the thrifts this year!!!

    I added my newest vintage camera to the vignette. The Kodak Duaflex III camera, manufactured from 1954-1957. It's not a super thrifty find, since I bought it at an antique mall, but I thought it was in pretty good shape for the $15 price tag.

    Vintage Kodak Duaflex III camera

    Normally I don't like to spend more than $5 on a camera.

    It's one of those cameras that you hold at your waist and look down in to. The viewfinder is folded back into the down position in this photo.

    Vintage Kodak Duaflex III camera

    I also added my car in a jar.

    Car with Christmas tree tied to top in a snow jar

    Same car, same tree, but different jar from last year's Christmas Kitchen Tour.

    Car with Christmas tree tied to top in a snow jar

    They were expecting so much snow here today that they called off school. Problem is that, as of right now, there is NO snow on the ground and I'm beginning to think they were reading the wrong forecast.

    And not to be nit-picky or anything, but I had two barn sales and one new thrift store to check out today and now I'm just sitting here getting fat on hot cocoa.

    Oops, my chocolate chips have all melted, can you pass me the bottle?

    Have a wonderful, snow free, hot cocoa filled weekend!

    A vintage inspired hot cocoa station for the holidays. Cute ideas for a Christmas display! Love the old Santa mug, vintage camera and plaid school lunchbox!

    (This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. You can read my full disclosure policy here.)


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    1. Annette K

      December 04, 2015 at 1:23 pm

      I have to tell you how much I enjoy your posts? I love all your finds and so enjoy your sense of humor! I too love old and vintage things and like to see them used throughout a home. Thanks again for all the enjoyment I get from seeing your posts.

      Reply
    2. pattt

      January 03, 2016 at 5:18 am

      Great station and I collect these type of lunchboxes, I have a GI Joe for my husband and a Candyland one for me. Will try the station in our kitchen, since we like hot chocolate and New Jersey is cold now.

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      • Pam

        January 03, 2016 at 5:24 pm

        You've probably had the weird weather that we have. The problem is that I'm normally done with the cold and snow after Christmas and I have a feeling it's just getting started. Hoping for a mild winter anyway!

        Reply
    3. Isela C.

      November 26, 2018 at 6:22 pm

      Hi, I love your Starbucks jars!
      Can I ask what the exact color of spray paint you used for the green caps?
      Thank you!

      Reply
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