Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Cookie Turkeys

I saw this on Pinterest and I couldn't wait for Thanksgiving to make them!!

Here is the original post: http://7thhouseontheleft.com/2010/10/gobble-gobble-gobble/

Mine didn't come out quite as cute as the originals, but I think they are still pretty good. The differences I did: I used Mike N Ikes instead of Jelly Bellys and I used regular M&Ms instead of mini's, although, for this one I would recommend using the mini's because I think the regular sized M&Ms made their eyes too big. Also, she said to use regular Reese's PB Cups, but I used the big ones because they were more stable and provided more room to add the candy corn at the top.

Oh, and also, I just used chocolate graham crackers as the base. The blog says you can order the circle wafers online, but I thought that was a lot to go through just to get a cookie. Plus, the graham cracker gave me room to add letters so I could use them as the place cards for seating arrangements around the dinner table!

I would also recommend putting them in the fridge for a bit to set the frosting right after adding the face on the cookie. It will make things much easier. I didn't take too many pictures because putting it together is pretty self explanatory.




And here is the one from the website above. See, much better. Just need some practice I guess!

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Finger Paints!!

Yet another Pinterest find (there will be many, I promise :0) )  This one is for homemade fingerpaints! Brilliant, right? Kids are quick to put everything in their mouths (except for the real food you want them to eat, which takes careful and precise scrutiny before they even consider taking a bite).  The recipe is simple and quick and lots of fun.  I don't know how long it is good for, but I would imagine it would have a decent shelf life. And it uses up those baby food jars you don't want to get rid of but never really find a good use for them.

Sorry the pictures are sideways again. Apparently this is a weird thing with Blogger. Hopefully they will fix it soon.

 1. Gather all your ingredients. 3 Tablespoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup cornstarch, 2 cups water.
 2. Mix all the ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat until thick. This doesn't take long, so don't go far.
 3. Pour into containers. I just did each jar one spoon at a time until I was out, so they would be even. Then just add your food coloring and mix until well blended. I just used one of JJ's baby spoons because they fit so nicely into the jar.  Ta-da! Homemade finger paint!

4. Set it up and let your little one have at it!

This originally came from the following site: http://easiepeasie.blogspot.com/2010/07/homemade-finger-paints.html  (which is a great blog to check out when you have to poke around!)

Happy Crafting!!