Edible Easter Bracelet

Are you ready for Easter???  

It's just a few days away . . .

This jellybean bracelet will help keep your kids busy between now and then . . . or you can make one after Easter to help use up all the candy the Easter bunny brought.

I love the Starbust jellybeans.  Definitely my favorite.  They work well for this project because they're pretty soft as far as jellybeans go.

First you're going to want to thread a needle and tie a knot at the end.  Ideally you would want to use elastic thread but since I didn't have any I just used regular thread.  It worked just as well.

Press your needled through each jellybean and slide it to the end of your string.  Keep going until you get the desired length you want.

Once you're done tie a knot to form a circle.  Now try on your new edible jewelry and then have fun eating it.

Happy Easter!

Bird's Nest Treat

Last night for our treat we had bird's nests.  I've seen several ideas like this around the internet . . . but no exact amounts for the ingredients.  I think it will take some trial and error.  Next year I'll use a little less chocolate.

Here is what you will need:

*crunchy chow mein noodles
*milk chocolate chips (I used an entire bag)
*peanut butter
*jelly beans or other colorful egg shaped candy
*marshmallow peeps

I melted the chocolate over low heat over the stove and then added a few scoops of peanut butter (because who doesn't like the chocolate/peanut butter combination?)  Once that was all melted, I added nearly the entire can of noodles (I probably would have put the whole thing in, but I needed some for a dinner I had planned later in the week).  Then stir until the noodles are all coated.  Next, I put piles of the mixture on a cookie sheet covered in wax paper.  Shape into little nests.  I found that after I had shaped them it was good to put them in the freezer for a bit so that they set.

Once they were all hardened I let the boys put eggs and a bird into their nest.  The boys thought this was pretty neat . . . and delicious (as evidenced by the chocolate covering my 3-year-old's face.)

**I have seen all different versions of this.  Some use the chow mein noodles but make them like rice crispy treats.  Others just make rice crispy treats shaped like nests.  None put the peanut butter in the chocolate mixture . . . so you could leave that out.  Just experiment and have fun with it!  Your kids will thank you!

Marble Run

My daughter has been faithfully helping me save the paper towel rolls for probably the last year.  We were going to use them to make a cardboard castle but somewhere along the way lost our motivation (okay maybe it was just me . . . ).  But when I saw this I knew just what to do with all those paper towel tubes.

Make a marble run.

We gathered some paper towel tubes, some scissors and magnets.

I cut widows into the tubes while my daughter stayed busy decorating them.

Apply some magnetic strips . . .

And you're ready to set up your marble run and have some fun.  Arrange the tubes on your refrigerator doors and experiment to see which arrangement works best.  The lighter the marble and the stronger the magnet the better off you'll be. Make sure you put a box a the bottom to catch your marbles.

What a great rainy day activity . . .

Dino Brownies

 
Sunday I was in the mood for some chocolate.  I asked my daughter if she wanted to help me make brownies or cookies.  She told me, "Brownies.  Dinosaur Brownies!"  Dinosaur Brownies???  I don't know where she came up with that.  I thought that maybe if  we had a dinosaur cookie cutter then we could make dinosaur brownie cut outs--but we don't.

So I started thinking . . . and came up with this:

They're super simple to make.  Here's how I did it . . .


After cooking your brownies let them cool and cut a slice.

I found this outline of a dinosaur here.  I printed and cut it out.

I then placed the cut out dino on top of the brownie . . .

And after sprinkling on a little powdered sugar through a sieve remove the dino pattern and you have one yummy dino brownie.

My daughter was thrilled with her dinosaur brownie.  I asked her if she liked it and she said, "Yes.  I want a dinosaur on my brownie everyday."  A brownie everyday???  Sounds good to me!

Spring Has Sprung

Is anyone else as happy as I am that Spring is here?

And it's here early this year . . .

I guess I have nothing to complain about . . .

I'm in the mood for some spring crafts.  Are you?

This fun spring kid craft helps you recycle too.

First you need to track down an old phone book or newspaper.

Pull out your markers and get coloring.

Trace and cut out different size circles.

Now this is the fun part . . . crinkle up your circles.

Then smooth out the circles and layer them on top of each other to make your flowers.

Happy Spring!

Sport Princess

How many of you out there have a sport princess?

I just found out about this new series of books that are due to come out this summer.

I just know my daughter will love them and had to spread the word.

Learn all about them here.

I can't wait!

Rainbow Cupcakes

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I hope you're wearing green.

Of course we had to do something to celebrate.

My daughter loves kitchen crafts so when I saw this in the Family Fun magazine I knew we would be making them.

We had a lot of fun making these tasty little rainbows . . . but they are a little time consuming.


After mixing up our cake mix we divided the frosting into six bowls.  Then we added the food coloring as follows:

Purple: 9 red & 6 blue drops
Blue: 12 drops
Green: 12 drops
Yellow: 12 drops
Orange: 12 yellow & 4 red drops
Red: 18 drops

We then layered the colors in each muffin cup (this was the time consuming part) and ta-da . . .

Rainbow Cupcakes!

Be sure to swirl a frosting cloud on top before you eat them.

. . . And because I really don't want us eating all of them we wrapped some up to take to a few of my daughters friends for a St. Patrick's Day treat.

Happy wearin' O' the green day!

And the winner is . . .

It's time to select the winners from the Peaden Scott Designs Giveaway.

And the lucky winners are:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

26
40

Timestamp: 2010-03-16 22:59:02 UTC

Who is #26?

Nola said...

I think I would want the 5 special occasion mini-cards, but I also love the temple cards!

March 11, 2010 10:49 AM

Who is #40?

Heidi said...

I want to be part of the giveaway!

March 15, 2010 2:52 PM

Congratulations Nola and Heidi.

I'll be contacting you shortly.

Thanks to everyone who participated, and thanks again to Rebecca for sponsoring this giveaway. 

Remember to visit Peaden Scott Designs the next time you're in the need of a card for any special occasion.

 

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I love this set of mini cards.  There's something for every occasion here.  They are sooooo cute!

 

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Banishing the Winter Doldrums

Can you believe it's March already?

It seems like winter just started since we didn't get hardly any snow until February this year.

My kids are itching for winter to be over and to go outside and do something new.  

My daughter begged me the other day to do bubbles.  Of course it's been months since we've done anything like that.  I couldn't resist her pleas--and also realized that my son probably doesn't even know what bubbles are.  It's been too long.

So to make everyone happy we laid out a big picnic blanket.  The kids sat on the blanket and had fun blowing and popping bubbles and the blanket caught all the drips.  Everyone had a great time and when we were done I just threw the blanket into the washer.

Super easy clean-up, lots of much needed fun.

Grocery Sack

My kids got this fun little register for Christmas from their grandparents and have loved going shopping and playing store.

But they were missing something.  They needed a bag to put all their groceries in.  I finally got around to making one--now that it's March.

Here's how I made it . . .

First I cut out my felt:

1- 3" x 5

2- 3" x 7"

2- 5" x 7"

4- 11 1/2" x 1"

Pin your 5x7 pieces to the 3x5 piece.

Then sew them together about 1/8 of an inch from the edge.  This is what I love about felt--no edges to finish and edges that don't fray.  It makes everything so easy.

Once you've done that pin on your 3x7 pieces to each side to form the bag and sew the edges.

Now you've got the bag part done and are ready for the handles. 

I placed mine about 3/4 of an inch from the edge and 1 1/2 inches down.  There are two pieces to each handle.  Where the handle overlaps with the bag, one piece of the handle will go on the outside, while the other goes on the inside.  Does that make sense?

Once you've pinned the handle on sew around the edges at a 1/8 of an inch.

Then repeat, pinning and sewing the handle on the other side--and you're finished.
I was going to cut around the top edge with my pinking shears to make it zig-zagged, but forgot.  Oh well, for next time.

Super easy and simple.  Now my kids can buy all the groceries they want without having to fill their hands.