Food, Crafts and Fun
I'm always looking for fun gift ideas for my kid's teachers or my co-workers. This one is adorable. And the best part? I didn't even have to make it. It was on my desk when I came to school (work) this morning. What a treat! You can fill it with whatever you would like. Customize it if you know what kinds of candy they like or even coordinate colored candy. I'm thinking red and green for Christmas and even orange and black for Halloween. … [Continue reading...]
These just might be my new favorite cookies! My friend said "these are the best cookies I've had in my entire life!" Seriously! She said that. They have a slight crisp around the edges and are super soft in the middle. Just they way I like my cookies. The white chocolate also adds the perfect touch. We also made these for Valentine's Day last year. (And every other holiday!) Ginger cookies seem like the perfect Holiday cookie. They spices scream Christmas! These cookies have all … [Continue reading...]
Show of hands… who’s ready for Christmas? I don’t mean ready, ready. I mean ready for the fun to begin? I am! I love, love, love Christmas time. But before we get to Christmas we have to have Thanksgiving. I don’t really love this holiday. I love the time. My kids and I go to […]
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Last year both of my kids were in middle school. Between the two of them, they had 12 teachers. Twelve! Needless to say, Teacher Appreciation Week was a tad stressful for us, trying to come up with ideas that were cute but didn’t break the bank. I thought this idea was perfect! You could make […]
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I am always looking for great teacher gift ideas to give to my kid’s teachers and my co-workers. I believe that it’s important to say thanks to the people who are teaching our children. Don’t you? Teacher Appreciation Week begins May 7th. Have you thought about gift ideas yet? I saw this idea over on […]
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I’m kind of in love with the magazine Family Fun. For years it’s been delivered to my door and I love looking through all the crafts and recipes. As my kids get older I’m finding most of the crafts are for younger kids, but the recipes? I don’t care how old my kids are. Fun […]
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Have you ever heard of Seafoam Candy? It seems like a beach thing here in Oregon. Everytime we go to the beach and to the candy store, we buy Seafoam. It’s delicious and crunchy and, if made right, melts in your mouth. We decided we wanted to give it a try and I’m super glad […]
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Chocolate, peanut butter and butterscotch makes this dessert one of our favorites! This recipe is similar to the Chex Scotcharoos we made a while back. We decided to use crispy cereal rather than Chex cereal and we dipped them in the chocolate mixture. (You can never have too much chocolate. Am I right?!) We found […]
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We made these delicious cookies at Christmas tine but I forgot to post about them. Oops. They were so good and everyone loved them. So why not change the sprinkles and make them for Valentine’s Day. Right? I mean really, any excuse to make cookies! These cookies are surprisingly delicious. And by surprisingly I mean, people […]
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Chips and Dips are one of my weaknesses. They are comfort food to me and if I let myself, I could eat them everyday for lunch or dinner. I don’t, of course. That would be crazy. But sometimes I wish I could. A co-worker brought this delicious dip to one of our potlucks and I […]
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We had so much fun making our Turkey Cookies with Nutter Butters that we wanted to make another Thanksgiving cookie. I think this one turned out much cuter than the other Turkey Cookies! I mean seriously, look at these little guys. too cute! I used the candy eyes which are my new favorite thing to […]
I’m beginning to get a little tired of the rain around here. It’s May for heaven’s sake and it’s pouring outside. I want summer! I want to be able to open up my windows and smell the fresh air. I want to wear sandals and capris and not feel like I’m frozen. I want to […]
The weather here in Oregon has been really off the past couple of months. It was stinkin’ hot for awhile and then summer kind of disappeared the end of August. I’m not real happy about it. I LOVE the nice weather. Well, let me rephrase that. I love wearing flip flops and shorts. My wardrobe […]
We made cookies like this years ago and I remember my kids loved it. It’s like playing with play doh but the end result isn’t cleaning everything up and putting it away. The end result here is eating them! What kid (or adult) wouldn’t be pleased with that outcome? The kids had so much fun […]
My son wanted a Nerf birthday party. Do you know how hard it is to find Nerf party things out there??? It’s darn near impossible. Tiffanee over at One Crazy Cookie made our Nerf Birthday Party Invitations which were a giant hit! I don’t know how she does it but she is a computer […]
Oh, the pressure. My son’s request to make “fun food” every Saturday night for dinner is already getting to me. How do people come up with all these ideas??? Well, however they do it, I’m just grateful they do. That way I can copy them and my kids think I’m amazing =o) Jill over at […]
I pinned this recipe quite some time ago and put it into my “Fun Food Ideas” board. I mean, seriously, of course I was going to make it. They are adorable! And with the movie Turbo coming out, I figured it was the perfect time to surprise my kids. My son wants to see Turbo badly. […]
I think I should just rename my blog “All the ideas I steal from Family Fun”. Seriously. Because whenever we get the magazine we all look through it and say “Oh, we have to make that!” about a million times. This was no exception. We had to make this, of course. I mean really… hot […]