Since the stores have had Christmas stuff out since before Halloween, I suppose I can update my SEASONAL button and share all these winter and Christmas-themed sweets and treats from archives. I not-so-secretly don't mind the early arrival of Christmas, by the way, seeing as it's my all-time ...
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Thanksgiving planning
Time for some Thanksgiving planning!
This year for Thanksgiving we have 13. That's the most I've ever had for Thanksgiving. I should note that two of those 13 are babies, but my "baby" eats everything, so she counts as a mouth to feed.
There are four cousins, ...
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It's not as easy working in miniature as you think. All those little details are hard to recreate. But gosh, mini versions of things are cute. Find the how-tos to make mini Kix treats, mini birthday cakes, mini donuts, mini cookies and mini s'mores
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Simple Thanksgiving cookie decorating: Turkey cookie sticks.
turkey cookies
These turkey cookie sticks are cookies for everyone.
I'd say I have a history of striving for perfection. I was the stressball high school kid that pulled all-nighters for her AP Calculus exam. I feel anxiety ...
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Paper bag snack favors for Thanksgiving -- kid's table idea for Thanksgiving
Inevitably, Thanksgiving dinner is always served one to two hours after I plan to serve Thanksgiving dinner. I never time things perfectly. So having a small, won't fill-you-up snack like this just might ...
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chalkboard canisters
I made these chalkboard canisters for a totally un-sweet reason: To contain my daughter's ever-growing collection of junk jewelry.
But they took minutes to make, and since I thought some of you with collections of things that need containing might appreciate this idea, ...
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Now, a rock solid self-esteem is not something I know well, but I'm pretty much patting myself on the back for this one, my latest for Kix Cereal. Kix Cereal box miniature golf. And the Kix are the golf balls. This one is freakin' awesome, the way it all came together and worked so well from a ...
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Wizard of Oz marshmallows
You know what I haven't done in awhile? Marshmallow art. Good old fashioned marshmallow art. "Old fashioned," because I started this marshmallow art thing, here, and here, a whole four-plus years ago, which in blogspeak means it is now "old fashioned." I've long been ...
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Use your leftover Halloween candy to make chocolate bark!
leftover Halloween candy chocolate bark
Two days after Halloween, we went to a friend's for dinner. Our mission: The dessert. I admit sighing at the bag of my daughter's Halloween candy and wondering if I could just bring ...
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surprise inside corn muffins
What would be your surprise-inside corn muffin combo? I put broccoli, hot dogs, tomatoes, cheese and zucchini pieces in mind. Something sweet. That's what I missed. Maybe a chocolate kiss. Or a strawberry. Yeah, a strawberry.
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Let alone that I've been remiss in posting any "Wednesday Roundups" or "Flashback Fridays," but now I'm even mixing them all up and going for a flashback. I blame any missed posts or mix-ups or "just get it up there when I can" blogging on her:
She needs stuff ALL day. Like food. And bottles. ...
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Fuzzy chocolate monsters pops for a cute Halloween treat!
fuzzy chocolate monsters
I don't know at what point we, as a collective imagination, decided monsters needed to be fuzzy. Oh wait, yes I do. Good call, Jim. The fuzzy part makes monsters decidedly less scary and infinitely ...
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chocolate cereal monster pops for Kix
Pretty decidedly UNscary, huh? You just can't make cereal scary. To make cute, cereal and chocolate monster pops, all you need is some monster cereal, a black edible marker, some candy melts and lollipop sticks.
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cereal box haunted house
What scary fun to transform a cereal box into a dark and gloomy haunted house. Plus, I made Kix treats-on-sticks turned ghosts complete the ominous cereal box haunted house scene. This was a trial run I did for my gig at Kix Cereal. And you get it instead.
This haunted ...
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A healthy Halloween food idea: Vegetable monsters!
vegetable monsters
Attack of the vegetables! For as crazy picky as my kid is, I consider myself lucky she likes vegetables. Now, mind you, that means broccoli steamed in the microwave for 4 1/2 minutes, Brussels Sprouts of a ...
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Halloween game idea: Make gross and creepy Halloween "mystery" cans for a fun Halloween game idea.
Halloween mystery cans
Sorry folks. Nothing sweet this week. Why? Because I'm consumed by this school Fall Festival I'm co-planning on Saturday. You know the one. I made this Decorate-a-Pumpkin ...
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Fall Festival Idea for a Halloween Game: a "Decorate Me" pumpkin craft for little kids (or big kids).
pumpkin craft Halloween game
Did I mention I got roped into, I mean, not roped into, no, I volunteered to help run the Fall Festival at my daughter's school? Well, I'm spending way ...
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Halloween cupcakes: Make full moon cupcakes with fondant and food coloring pens.
full moon cupcakes
And to end the week of Halloween cupcakes, an ominous full moon. Well, not so gloomy or menacing. Maybe a little. These full moon cupcakes are so easy to make but so ...
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fun party food idea: crime scene cupcakes for Halloween
crime scene cupcakes
How did crime scenes ever get linked with Halloween? I think CSI has freaked us out enough to make the eerie association happen. Or it's just all the bloggers like me making crime scene Halloween ...
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Easy Halloween cupcake idea: Make spider cupcakes.
spider cupcakes
I've said it before (here, in fact, with these Oreo Cakester spiders). I'll say it again. You want your spiders to be creepy? Long legs. That's the secret. Short legs are way too cute. So I made some creepy ...
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