A yummy, easy, colorful pupu for your Super Bowl party tomorrow! All you need are mini peppers and string cheese!

Cut the peppers in half

Cut the string cheese to the size of the pepper and stuff it in

Put in the oven on broil for about 10 mins or until the cheese melts. Enjoy your super bowl party!

Come in to Maui Thing for Maui’s own, Roselani ice cream cups! Right now we have yummy haupia flavor, we’ll have more flavors coming soon! Stay tuned for another blog post about Roselani, local ice cream made right here in Wailuku…

Heads up…Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Yes guys, thats your reminder, its soon! If you’re looking for a fun craft to do with the keiki or just some ideas for affordable, homemade decorations for your romantic Valentine’s dinner, here ya go!
All you need are these things
1. Old magazines or newspapers
2. Scissors
3. Stapler

Then cut the magazine/newspaper into 1 inch strips

Make loops with the strips, forming half-heart shapes. Staple to bottom of one straight strip.

Do the same for the other side, trying to make them the same shape and size so you don’t have a lopsided heart! Staple at bottom.

And you have lovely heart decorations!!! Put them around your house, in your windows…they’re sure to make you smile :) Come check out ours in our store!

It’s all about the community. Everyone will have the opportunity to share their ideas and creativity to design the Wailuku of tomorrow. Please help us spread the word! Tell your friends and family about reWAILUKU.com to stay in the loop or post this .jpg on your Facebook! Write your own blog post about why you’re excited about this, share this post or tweet about it too!

“Maui Boy” big leaguer, Kurt Suzuki is in town to put on a free youth clinic tomorrow at Iron Maehara Stadium. In this interview with Kanoa Leahey, he talks about sharing his experience with the next generation of aspiring baseball stars and keeping true to his roots. As you can see from his tee, he’s a fan of Maui Thing :) He and his wife, Renee have also donated money for a new batting cage at his alma mater, Baldwin High School. Now that’s what we call a “Maui Thing!”

Not done shopping yet??? Well, you have 4 shopping days left! Come in to Maui Thing on Friday, and we’ll help you with all your last minute shopping…all at 20% off!

A great DIY for the kids this year! Why order Christmas cards when you can make them with the keiki?! Click here for directions!

I’m tired of good ol’ wrapping Christmas wrapping paper. They all look the same, and no matter what you do, all your hard work of wrapping and tying bows gets lost in the clutter of gifts under the tree. Not to mention, wrapping paper is expensive and it gets torn apart and thrown away (not even recycled!) on Christmas morning!
So last year I wrapped with magazine pages which were free, cute and recycled (click here for last year’s Christmas blog entries)! This year I decided to use some extra burlap that was lying around. After a few landscaping projects, I had some natural burlap left. It’s not exactly a household material, but a large roll can be purchased at Lowe’s for $10, or any other gardening store. Here’s what you need:

It turned out to be easy and quick! All I needed was scissors and ribbon! No scotch tape necessary! Easy to open, your work won’t be torn apart or lost in the clutter of cheesy Christmas wrapping. The recipient can reuse the material too! And they looked pretty cute…try it!

Need some new ornaments to personalize your tree a bit this season? Trying to be green? On a budget? Try this idea…it will take 5 minutes and all you need are toilet paper rolls and some household supplies!

Supplies:
1. Scotch Tape
2. Scissors
3. Ribbon
4. Glue
5. Glitter (optional)
6. A round photo about 1 inch in diameter
7. Toilet paper rolls (I used 3..you can use however many you want!)

Flatten toilet paper rolls and cut in half. Tape or glue (I find tape to be easier) the rolls together as shown in the image.

If you want to add glitter, put glue on the edges and sprinkle some glitter on the front. Then cut a photo into a 1-inch circle and tape or glue onto center. Add ribbon and hang on your tree!