fun summer treats ideas
SUMMER! Can anyone exclaim "summer!" anymore without thinking of Olaf singing "SHUMMER!"? I sure can't. Even though I'm all about Fall and Winter and the cold, the number of Summer treats on my blog belies this. It looks like I actually like summer. But ...
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Fun campfire trail mix for summer snacking.
campfire trail mix
It's well established in my family that I don't camp. At all. Ever.
But my husband and daughter do. (Except for that time last weekend when they were heading off to go camping, and got stuck in traffic for 2 hours, ...
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I have a confession. I'm overwhelmed. I can barely look at pinterest anymore. I pin my own stuff, I hop on to look at the recipes I want to try, and then I hop off as fast as I can. Same with the rest of the e-world. Whenever I see a brilliant idea, an interesting article, a quiz I have to take ...
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4th of July treats roundup
Seems like summer is a busy time for me on the blog. I have loads in the archives to share with you. How about a little red, white and blue? Here are some 4th of July treats from the archives, and one for Memorial Day.
Just for Memorial Day.
Camo ...
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How to decorate cookies with food writers: Make hand-drawn flower cookies for Mother's Day.
Mother's day flower cookies
I think these may be my favorite Mother's Day cookies thus far.
Every year my mom gets cookies, because cookies don't clutter up her house. That's why they are ...
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Super STAR cookies for the teacher.
star cookies
It's teacher appreciation week! Have you thanked a teacher yet? The teachers and staff at my daughter's school are true superstars (hence why they get these super sparkly star cookies).
The school is only in it's third ...
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How to make a fruit flower bouquet, a fun food idea for Spring or Mother's Day.
fruit bouquet
You know those expensive fruit flower bouquets? Turns out it's pretty easy to make them.
Plus, the cereal in the mason jar works really, really well to hold the sticks, so you don't ...
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dinner recipes
Given the name of this blog, I'm clearly a baker. But I also love to simply cook dinner. I experiment with stove-top, the slow cooker, the Instant Pot, the oven. I'm always looking for new dinner recipes to try.
So I started pinning recipes, and in the past few ...
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How to use edible writers to make 25 flowers drawn on marshmallows.
flower marshmallows
Flowers! Lots and lots of flowers. All different types of flowers. These are in honor of Spring. And Earth Day. Or Mother's Day. Or whatever floats your boat. Flower ...
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A roundup of sweet Earth Day treats
A collection of 8 Earth Day treats for celebrating.
In honor of Earth Day, this post is dedicated to things that grow. And it's sort of ridiculous that I post about things that grow when in real life I can't make ANYTHING grow. It's terribly sad, ...
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princess cookies
While I have my own princesses, I made these sparkly pink pedestal princess cookies for two other special princesses. I joined 14 other bloggers to throw a virtual baby shower for two wonderfully talented bakers and cookie artists, or cookie "queens," as it were, both ...
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How to make chick candy pops for an Easter treat with candy melts.
Easter chick candy pops
These chick candy pops are Easter heroes.
They are easy to make (mere minutes), are kid-friendly, and pretty basic, so picky eaters shouldn't have a problem. You can serve chick candy pops ...
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milestone birthday cookies
So, my sister turned 40. I don't feel the least bit bad for her seeing as she looks about 25 and my brother and I are already in our 40s ahead of her. (Grumble, grumble.) But she does deserve 40 bites of cookies. And so I made my "all about you," or, "this is your ...
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A roundup of Easter egg decorating ideas.
I created these Easter egg decorating ideas FIVE years ago for Reader's Digest. Five years. In blog years, that's like twenty.
And yet, I still feel like the old fogy blogger who has no clue how this whole interwebs thing works.
But I've seen ...
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How to make super-easy bunny breadsticks for Easter dinner.
I feel confident declaring these the world's easiest bunny breadsticks to make, because I can't fathom any less steps. In fact, I don't even really know what to say about them, because they are so ...
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When I first made this "bring the outdoors in" cereal box sandbox it was snowing outside, I think. Now, spring is a little closer, but it's still too chilly to run around the backyard barefooted.
Learn to make a sandbox from a cereal box HERE at Kix Cereal. ...
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Try some April Fool's Day food tricks such as blue cereal, and mock "chicken nuggets."
You really kind of have to see these April Fools' Day food tricks to play on kids. Cereal that fills up with blue milk. And even better, "chicken nuggets with ketchup" that are really cereal treats. Snicker, ...
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This one I'm hoping you get. You see, that (yummy, bold) white cheddar coated Kix snack in these cups is supposed to be the bunny tails.
And those bunnies sit on the side of the cups. So at least one of the tails belongs to the perched bunny.
That's clear, right? I hope so.
Even if a cup ...
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April Fools' Day "lollipops," a food prank for kids. Disguise broccoli as candy!
April Fools' Day food idea
Hey, Maeve. Darling, precious 6 year old love of mine. Have a lollipop. Yes, you may unwrap it. AND have it before dinner. Oh look what's inside! Broccoli. ...
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Humility be darned, I'm telling you: I love these walking cereal box animals. So cute and awesome and yes, I made them. And they were easy to make, too. And I may have just pulled a muscle patting myself on the back. By the way, my hardware store didn't have those brass fastener things that make ...
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