Bubble Art with Kids. I was thrilled a couple weeks back when Toni from Design Dazzle asked me to share a fun summer activity with kids.
This is what we came up with... If you're a thrifter like me, then you're always on the lookout for a good frame. I happened to snag this one up for $3 at my thrift store. I took the picture out and spray painted both the canvas and the frame white. The hidden talents of a highlighter. As part of my research on making things look glowingly magical in an upcoming music video I’m being asked to direct, I was told that highlighters have the hidden ability to glow in the dark when graced with the presence of a blacklight .
Jell-O Cookies. Jello Cookies…Lemon, Orange, Lime and Raspberry.
Rolled in sugar and then sprinkled with more chunky, colored sugar before baking. These are the sugariest of sugar cookies. Tangy, sweet, soft and yummy. Frozen Yogurt Dots. Here it is…another installment of Jillee’s Favorite Frozen Treats!
Drumsticks. Blue Velvet Cupcakes. I made these cupcakes for a friend's birthday.
She is a huge University of Kentucky fan and I thought these would be perfect for her. Same as a red velvet cake, these cupcakes have a fine, delicate crumb and a nice tang from the buttermilk. I'll definitely make these again, but maybe in a different color, as in, orange! :) Blue Velvet Cupcakesrecipe from Sprinkle Bakes and One Particular Kitchen 2 C sugar 2 sticks butter, at room temperature 2 eggs 1 T cocoa powder 1 T Wilton royal blue gel food coloring 1 small dab of Wilton violet gel food coloring 2½ C cake flour 1 tsp salt 1 C buttermilk 1 tsp vanilla extract ½ tsp baking soda 1 T vinegar Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter, mix until light and fluffy. Pour batter into cupcake papers. For the cream cheese frosting, I used my old standby recipe. Almond Cream Cheese Frosting 1 8oz. cream cheese, softened 1/2 stick of butter, softened 1/2 tsp. almond extract 1 box powdered sugar. Cinco de Mayo piñata cookies.
Video how-to: Pinata Cookies Ingredients: 1 cup sugar1 cup powdered sugar1 cup butter1 cup vegetable oil2 eggs1 teaspoon cream of tartar1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon almond extract1 teaspoon baking soda5 cups flour1 tablespoon vanillaMini M&M candies1/2 cup powdered sugar (frosting)2 teaspoons milk (frosting) Directions to make piñata sugar cookies: Cream sugars with butter.
Split dough into five, even-sized balls and one smaller ball (this will be the black one). Use a container the same approximate width of your donkey/burro piñata cookie cutter, and line it with plastic food wrap. Cover the layered dough and freeze for four hours or overnight. Remove the dough from the container and unwrap from the plastic. Immediately after you take them out of the oven, use your burro piñata cookie cutter to cut the cookie shapes.
Create the hidden pocket. Peanut Butter Sushi. [Photographs: Peanut Butter & Co] You Will Need Your favorite breadPeanut butterSliced fruits and veggiesJam (optional)Mini marshmallows and crispy rice (also optional)Honey (again, optional) Peanut butter and raw fish—two things that sound like they should never go together.
Maybe I'll challenge that notion someday, but for now, here are some fun ways to eat peanut butter inspired by the Japanese art of maki rolls, minus the actual fish. How to Create Emergency Kits for your Average Workday. People create emergency kits for car problems and bad weather, but few create kits to deal with more common but less urgent situations.
In particular, misplacing a wallet or forgetting a work laptop at home can play havoc with a person’s workday. With a little bit of planning, you can create emergency kits that will let you deal with these types of situations in a calm and productive manner. Creating a backup kit for your wallet Besides your keys, your wallet is probably your most important daily companion. Without it, you lack identification, money or the ability to access any of your financial services. No money, means you are unable to buy the essential products that gets you through a workday, like gas, lunch or even a coffee.
Luckily, there are so many prepaid cards options available today that creating a wallet backup kit is an easy task. Options MasterCard and Visa both make prepaid cards that are accepted anywhere normal credit cards are accepted. Other Options. Play Dough. Homemade playdough – If ever there was a quintessential DIY this is it!
Parents and children have been happily cooking up this stuff at home for decades. Today our newest contributor Kaley is sharing her favorite play dough recipe using another kid classic: Jell-O (because it just wouldn’t be an MPMK post without some sort of twist). I think you’re going to love this recipe. Kaley promises it comes out silky smooth and I could practically smell the fruity scents wafting form my computer as I read her post. What kid doesn’t love play dough? It’s super easy, inexpensive, and a perfect project for the kids to help with. 3D Hand Drawings.
{Valentines day} pixelated popup card. I‘ve been scratching my head trying to come up with a card for my hubby {AKA the non-romantic type}.
I finally decided to make this pixely popup heart card! They are really minimal (which I love) and take about 20 minutes to make (that includes the card, insert and envelope). You can even make some pixely confetti to put inside the card (if you are a big kid like me!). Full instructions and printable templates below! (BTW I remember seeing something similar in a popup book years ago. How to 1. (If you have a cutting machine then see note at end of post!) Cut along the black lines and score the grey lines. 3. 5. 7. Edited to add: The lovely Kayla from saynotsweetanne has send me a .dfx file of the card which you can use if you have a cutting machine.