tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75936385101210656162024-03-13T07:47:17.269-07:00Last Minute MelLast Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593638510121065616.post-81372621112015527212011-05-05T12:20:00.000-07:002011-05-05T12:20:48.125-07:00Photo Candle for Mother's DayI've been away, and have just realized that Sunday is Mother's Day! Luckily I found this super easy project on the web last night via <a href="http://www.bhg.com/holidays/mothers-day/gifts/mothers-day-photo-gifts/?page=7">bhg</a> - personalized photo candles - and whipped it out in no time...the perfect solution for a Last Minute Mother's Day gift.<br />
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You don't need much for this project and I had everything on hand, so it didn't cost anything. Gotta love heartfelt gifts that are thrifty, too. :)<br />
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<b> All you need is:</b><br />
Candle (I had a vanilla one, which smells heavenly)<br />
White Tissue Paper<br />
Printer<br />
Glue/Hot Gun<br />
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<b>Directions:</b><br />
1. Find a photo you want to use. I converted mine to sepia tone, and dragged it onto a Word Document to print.<br />
2. Tape a single layer of tissue paper onto a piece of printer paper. See below. Make sure the tissue paper stretches tightly across the paper so you don't run into printing issues. I just taped a large piece onto the paper, and then made sure that the photo was lined up on the page on my computer so that it printed onto the patch of tissue paper.<br />
3. Print<br />
4. Cut out carefully<br />
5. Because I wanted to play around with the positioning of the photo on the candle, I used a glue stick to glue the photo onto the candle. BHG recommends using a heat gun. I will probably do this later as I am now happy with my placement of the photo. I am going to use a hairdryer. The heat is supposed to melt the wax enough to adhere the photo to the candle. Pretty Cool.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is the end result: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Below, I added some raffia </div><br />
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</div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">x0x</span></div><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Mel</span></span>Last Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593638510121065616.post-33161883861483046602011-04-20T12:28:00.000-07:002011-04-20T12:28:40.118-07:00Marshmallow Bunnies<div style="text-align: center;">A quick, fun Marshmallow Bunny treat...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and all you need is marshmallows, scissors, food pen!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(inspiration from <a href="http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/fluffer-bunnies-687521/?CMP=NLC-NL_FFUN_Wkdr_041311_fluffer-bunnies">Family Fun</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">1. Marshmallow</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. Cut with scissors just less than half way through marshmallow.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(horizontal cut as shown) </div><div style="text-align: center;">3. Make another cut to form ears.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(vertical cut as shown) </div><div style="text-align: center;">4. Gently push the body part of the marshmallow towards the ears to cover the gap made by the cut.</div><div style="text-align: center;">5. Add tail by cutting a new marshmallow into little squares and rolling into a ball shape.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Attach to marshmallow bunny by the sticky part of the tail, or with a small amount of icing.)</div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">the more I started laughing hysterically </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(a trait I have inherited from my mother)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">at the fact that I am actually posting these awful photographs...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">but I have 4 kids and little time, and the kids have already eaten these treats! so NoCanDo on the re-photographing option...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">but note to self...horizon lines!!!...and <span style="color: magenta;">Take Photography Lessons ASAP!!! </span>;)</span><br />
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<div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">xox </span></div><div style="color: magenta; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Mel</span></span></div></div>Last Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593638510121065616.post-85876054245939898402011-04-19T11:00:00.000-07:002011-04-19T11:00:50.786-07:00Bunny Crackers<div style="text-align: center;">A fun snack for kids using cheese sliced and cut out with a cookie cutter; </div><div style="text-align: center;">ritz crackers and some lettuce and carrots. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Mayo eyes and lettuce-piece smiles!</div><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">xox</span></div><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Mel</span></span>Last Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593638510121065616.post-10707451804107474612011-04-18T18:22:00.000-07:002011-04-19T09:23:29.764-07:00Easter Bunny Placecards and Banner<div style="text-align: center;">On the weekend I made some Easter Bunny Placecards...</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I just used some heavy card-stock scrap paper and cotton balls<br />
(and some yarn for bunny necklaces.)</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Glue a cotton ball close to the base of the bunny so that it can support the weight of the cardstock.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mine cooperated, but they do fall over pretty easily so I made a little support<br />
(pic on left) </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is just a strip of card stock taped on along the base for the bunny to lean on. </div><div style="text-align: center;">If you add the support, just place the cotton ball around it, to hide it.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's what they look like from the back...</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">View from back and front<br />
(I made little yarn necklaces and cut out a flower from cardstock scrap.)</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I will probably personalize them later, by adding names across the bottom</div><br />
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<a href="http://www.parents.com/recipes/familyrecipes/fill-your-cookie-jar/?page=4">{recipe</a> from <a href="http://parents.com/">parents.com</a>.}<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">ps. I know I am a not the world's greatest photographer, but I just could not stop photographing these things ;)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">* Chicken nuggets</div><div style="text-align: center;">* Carrot</div><div style="text-align: center;">* Cheese</div><div style="text-align: center;">* Fruit Leather</div><div style="text-align: center;">* Pasta</div><div style="text-align: center;">* And probably more patience than me ;) </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peel carrot and cut a little bit off the top. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cut a v-shaped groove into one end. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cut a hole into nugget to hold carrot in place. (I used the end of an apple peeler)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Using kitchen scissors, cut a small slice of cheese into a heart shape with a "stem"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cut a round hole into the top of the nugget and insert stem of cheese.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Using kitchen scissors, cut out eye shapes from fruit leather.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="color: magenta; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">xox</span></div><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Mel</span></span>Last Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593638510121065616.post-86170985946127145572011-04-13T15:38:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:25:51.654-07:00Free Printable Quote<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I came across this quote today on <a href="http://mojocapsule.tumblr.com/">tumblr</a> and really loved it so I whipped up my own version to put on my desk...</div><br />
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Here it is in my dining room </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYqMFL-iK5Z0XUzv3c19ChlZ3i1BCQ3l6xUo7WbMoGG_xdTqV8sRlVVs9vRB8QuIKGhtQmAcLzvt3y6GnY9SYh04dJWrayjZjjEV4Aqj9q7ein7Ix0ohf-2ZAAhRsCHOhfQtzDmNm3bL8/s1600/lmmblog-150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYqMFL-iK5Z0XUzv3c19ChlZ3i1BCQ3l6xUo7WbMoGG_xdTqV8sRlVVs9vRB8QuIKGhtQmAcLzvt3y6GnY9SYh04dJWrayjZjjEV4Aqj9q7ein7Ix0ohf-2ZAAhRsCHOhfQtzDmNm3bL8/s1600/lmmblog-150.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br />
* * * you can print your own by double clicking on the quote and saving it to your desktop. Then drag the file into Word. I made the quote to fit inside a 4 x 6 frame but you can resize by clicking on the image in Word and dragging the handles. Hit Print and you're done!<br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Mel </span></span>Last Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593638510121065616.post-70424272964716286842011-04-11T22:08:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:19:56.629-07:00No Bake Marshmallow Lamb CookiesWhile flipping through a magazine a while back, I saw some really cute lamb cookies made with meringue. I am quite aware of my shortcomings in the kitchen, and so I know that meringue is something that I should never even think about baking...so I felt a little sad that the cute little cookies were not in my future until last weekend, when I was looking through the pantry and spotted some graham crackers and mini marshmallows.<br />
Hello, lamb cookies....<br />
No bake "anything" is the perfect match for me!<br />
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All the ingredients were already in my kitchen:<br />
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*Graham Crackers<br />
*Mini Marshmallows<br />
*1 T Confectioners Sugar (and a drop of milk to make icing)<br />
*Blueberry Craisins (although raisins should work fine)<br />
*Black edible pen<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">To get the shape below, cut the graham cracker gently in a sawing motion with a serrated knife </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The icing acts like glue so that the marshmallows stick to the graham cracker</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fill the graham cracker with the marshmallows...in terms of number or order...whatever works is my style, I just made sure the marshmallows slightly overlapped the edge.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Microwave for approximately 10 seconds on high...the marshmallows should be just slightly puffed up and look like this...</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Gently push the marshmallows together and flatten slightly...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Becareful because they could be very hot.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Add your blueberry craisin and draw in an eye and maybe a smile :)</div><br />
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The kids absolutely loved these and thought that the blueberry craisin was a perfect complement to the overall taste. However, after eating about three of them, one of my children remarked: "Mom, these are SO GOOD...what are they? Little Fishies?<br />
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So much for my little spring lambs...but I guess at least they tasted good ;)<br />
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update: linking <a href="http://lastminutemel.blogspot.com/2009/10/link-parties.html">here </a>Last Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593638510121065616.post-45158103892755260072011-04-11T14:45:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:24:20.315-07:00Painting with Bob The BuilderMy little guy loves Bob the Builder and is always playing with his "Bob and the team" toys. He either spends hours playing with all the vehicles (especially in the dirt outside) or he dons his Bob toolbelt and <strike>destroys</strike> fixes the house for me... such a helpful little chap ;)<br />
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So I thought he would really enjoy painting with Dizzy, Muck, Scoop and Rolly <br />
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The great thing about this project is that it uses supplies on hand:<br />
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*Paper (I have a jumbo roll which I am always using for kid related fun)<br />
*Paint<br />
*Apron <br />
*Paper Plates<br />
*Bob the Builder's Team<br />
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(I just used paint colors I had on hand, but if I had had yellow and green paint, I would have co-ordinated the paint with the vehicles.) <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">He really had a lot of fun with this, but I think the funnest part was cleaning up...</div><div style="text-align: center;">(which is <i>always</i> a good thing for us mothers)</div><br />
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Surprisingly, this project did not make a lot of mess...maybe due to the large roll of paper...we will definitely do this again.<br />
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update: linking <a href="http://lastminutemel.blogspot.com/2009/10/link-parties.html">here </a>Last Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593638510121065616.post-2915906649116915722011-04-06T19:40:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:24:20.316-07:00Easter chick cookiesInspired by the very talented <a href="http://www.cuteobento.com/2010/07/tiny-chicky-cookies.html">Maki Ogawa</a>'s cute little chick cookies, I decided to make my own version, and we all know how that goes....<br />
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While searching for a ball shaped cookie recipe, I found a recipe for Snowball Cookies at <a href="http://thebakerwhocooks.blogspot.com/2005/12/snowball-cookies.html">The Baker Who Cooks</a> and thought the kids would love the surprise of the chocolate inside. However, I wanted to make mini-cookies, so I exchanged the Hershey Kiss for butterscotch chips.<br />
(I also made some non-chick cookies with white and milk chocolate chips inside).<br />
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<i>Some notes on the process: </i><br />
* As I was rolling the dough into balls, I realized that I could use the pointed end of the butterscotch chip as the chicks beak.<br />
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* For the eyes, I melted some semi-sweet chocolate chips in a bowl, and used a ziplock bag as a pastry bag to dot on the eyes...not the greatest method, but it worked okay.<br />
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* To make the nest, I just used the left over melted chocolate to scribble onto the plate in a nest shape. I then put it in the freezer for a half hour or so to harden. Very easy!<br />
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* Maki used chocolate pens to decorate the eyes and beaks...but I had never heard of such a thing...so I looked on Amazon and found this cool product - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cuisipro-747122-Food-Decorating-Pen/dp/B0018Z02T0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1302142068&sr=1-1">Cuisipro Food Decorating Pen</a><span id="btAsinTitle">, which looked like it could be very useful.</span><br />
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<span id="btAsinTitle">* The cookie recipe calls for nuts, which I didn't have, so I just omitted them. (I don't get too hung up on the details when baking, but luckily it worked out this time.) </span><br />
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<span id="btAsinTitle">* The recipe also does not use eggs, which makes it a good one to remember late at night when you have a sudden craving for something sweet but don't have any eggs...and let's be honest, how often does a lack of eggs in the house thwart all plans of making a decadent midnight treat. </span><br />
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<span id="btAsinTitle">The kids loved the little chicks, and devoured the entire batch in about an hour. I think it was partly because I obviously wasn't monitoring them too closely and partly because the cookies were so small it made them very more-ish and hard to keep track of how many you had actually eaten. </span><br />
<span id="btAsinTitle">Oh well, that just means no cookies for me for breakfast tomorrow ;)</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Below is the step-by-step process:</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. Divide up the cookie dough</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. Roll into ball shape</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. Push butterscotch chip into the center</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. Roll the dough around the chip</div><div style="text-align: center;">5. Make sure the top end of the chip sticks out slightly to form the beak<br />
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I made some plain ones, too, with chocolate chips and white chocolate chips<br />
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update: linking <a href="http://lastminutemel.blogspot.com/2009/10/link-parties.html">here</a>Last Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593638510121065616.post-86023467717396347932011-04-04T20:43:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:18:23.368-07:00April Fool's Day Fun for kidsI know April Fool's Day has been and gone, and I am just getting around to downloading my photos...<br />
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We had a fun day, and at dinner time, my husband commented on the fact that April Fool's Day seems to be my favorite holiday! It made me chuckle, because I have never really thought much about how into it I get each year. April Fool's Day is the perfect day for spur of the moment tricks and general silliness and it doesn't require too much foresight and planning. And because "on the fly" is how I roll, this is a match made in heaven for me.<br />
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Also, I think I enjoy it because right now, I am the one in charge of all the tricks...but soon it will be the other way around and I will be subjected to goodness <i>knows</i> what, with three cunning and creative little boys in the house. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">They started off with JUMBO bowls of Cocoa Crispies...</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">...only to discover that when they dug their spoons in, there was a huge chunk of ice in the bowl and in fact, they were only getting their usual serving size of cereal. But they were so happy to be allowed to eat cereal on a weekday, that they weren't too bothered about the reduced portion.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">For lunch, I just mixed up all the packaging</div><div style="text-align: center;">(fruit cocktail trick inspired by <a href="http://cometogetherkids.blogspot.com/">Come Together Kids</a>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">At snack time, I told them I was making fried eggs, and they actually got really excited about it. I think the yogurt and half a canned peach (inspired by the very clever <a href="http://meetthedubiens.blogspot.com/">Meet the Dubiens</a>) was a bit of a let down! </div><div style="text-align: center;">But I let them have two gummy worms, and they were happy :)</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">For dinner I made the usual meatloaf and potato frosting cake...which didn't fool the older boys, but the youngest one was super excited to get "cake" for dinner. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They all loved the jello "juice" trick (from <a href="http://www.ivillage.com/">ivillage</a>)- especially since they were actually allowed to eat the jello before the meal!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Chicken Pot Pie dessert idea was from <a href="http://familyfun.com/april-fools-day-recipes/">Family Fun</a> and I must say, I didn't think it was going to come out as well as it did..but it really did look like Chicken Pot Pie and the kids loved it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And to top it all off...a little bit of "raisin in the toothpaste" trickery. <br />
After they went into the bathroom to brush their teeth, I hovered outside and overheared the older boys in a heated discussion about it...<br />
"I think there's a booger in the toothpaste....wait, its a....a....a RAISIN!!!"<br />
And then they proceeded to put the toothpaste on their toothbrushes and brushed away happily as if it was the most usual thing in the world for a raisin to pop out of their toothpaste!<br />
BOYS!!!<br />
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A perfect cupcake from <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/holidays-and-parties/cutest-ever-easter-cupcakes/pictures/page-3.html">Food Network</a><br />
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Here are some ideas we have done in past years...all inspired by <a href="http://familyfun.go.com/">Family Fun</a>...<br />
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I always start by sneaking into their rooms while they are still asleep and drawing on eyeliner moustaches...this is becoming trickier as they get older, though.<br />
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<b>For Breakfast:</b><br />
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We have frozen water in cereal bowls (about half full) overnight and then placed a thin layer of cereal on top. The kids were so excited to get sugar cereal for breakfast (sugared cereal is a HUGE treat around here ;) )...only to discover that in fact, they were only getting a very thin "layer" of cereal.<br />
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Another year, we tried the "turn the milk blue" trick, which involves putting a few drops of blue food coloring in the bottom of the cereal bowl and covering it with cereal. When the kids pour the milk, it magically turns blue! They loved this one.<br />
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<b>For Lunch:</b><br />
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I always put a gummy worm in their apples.<br />
Last year, I saved a MacDonald's wrapper from lunch a few days before. MacDonald's is also a huge treat in our family because we are more health food inclined, but my oldest had somehow convinced me to buy them a burger and since I had this trick in the back of my mind, I consented. They were so excited when I told them they were having MacDonald's again for lunch....bet that PB&J sandwich that was hiding inside the wrapper was a huge let-down. All this trickery can be quite disappointing sometimes ;)<br />
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<b>For Dinner:</b><br />
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We have made meat loaf cupcakes (dyeing the potato pink with beet juice) and served grilled cheese sandwiches for dessert (yellow cake with yellow frosting).<br />
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We have also made meat loaf cupcakes with mashed potato and chocolate sprinkles to make it look sweet instead of savory. For dessert, we did the "spagetti and meatballs" - with spagetti frosting, strawberry sauce pasta sauce and maltball meatballs. I think this has been the biggest hit so far.<br />
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...what have been your best kiddy April Fool's Day tricks?<br />
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{update: linking <a href="http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/2011/03/aprils-fool-day-ideas.html">here </a>}Last Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593638510121065616.post-46123294843352442272011-03-30T10:28:00.000-07:002011-03-30T10:28:26.096-07:00This is how I feel today...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0hYtlJQjd3shr50_01ghBhpXDdWx-l46RDnXoyWjsk7Xh9FtsUFDc_g8hO-j7nQQOGsuVfSBFBiU9clwMgaAa0JN8x5HvEwM6f0w2ODk677x341vGrkr1YjNBRFCvZi6LCoCF_kzQcE/s1600/lmmblog+-+061.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0hYtlJQjd3shr50_01ghBhpXDdWx-l46RDnXoyWjsk7Xh9FtsUFDc_g8hO-j7nQQOGsuVfSBFBiU9clwMgaAa0JN8x5HvEwM6f0w2ODk677x341vGrkr1YjNBRFCvZi6LCoCF_kzQcE/s400/lmmblog+-+061.png" width="400" /></a></div>This made me laugh...does anyone else feel like they spend a large part of each week cleaning their house, only to have their house almost instantaneously unclean itself?<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">{But since we are a chocolate loving family, I added white and milk chocolate chips.} </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">***The key to this recipe is in making sure the mixture is very tightly packed before baking. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next time I am going to add a layer of melted chocolate to the top instead of the chocolate chips inside...mmmm, yum.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">...my little side kick was waiting on the sidelines, hoping to score some crumbs...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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as was my other little sidekick, who it appears had built himself the world's smallest train track<br />
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Last weekend they had grand visions of transforming our living room into a ski resort, with Lego Ski Guys and chair lifts and gondolas strung across the living room. When their vision included large sheets of cardboard and vast paper backgrounds, <strike>I </strike>we decided that it would be a much better idea to make the ski resort in their bedroom, where they could make their resort as large as they wanted to, and could keep it up as long as they wanted. And it is always a bonus when one can enter the living room without unsuspectingly being half decapitated by barely visible string hanging from wall to wall to wall!<br />
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It was a very easy project - all you need is:<br />
Cardboard<br />
Tape<br />
Large roll of paper<br />
Paint<br />
String<br />
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We had all the supplies on hand, except for cardboard, which required a quick trip to the recycle center. We cut the cardboard into two ski runs and covered them in the paper - since ski runs are white, that was all that needed to be done. Except, of course both ski runs had to have ski jumps, which were playmobile bike ramps that the kids taped on.<br />
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Then we rolled out the paper and painted a mountain landscape for the background. We taped this to the shelving in the kid's bedroom and left a little shelf space for the catwalk! Lastly, we hung the string across the mountain peak background for the gondola and chair lifts to move along. <br />
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The kids spent hours making the gondola and chair lifts and putting together the skiers and snowboarders, which is always a good thing for a mother of four :)<br />
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update: Linking up <a href="http://lastminutemel.blogspot.com/2009/10/link-parties.html">here</a>Last Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593638510121065616.post-83939373789295313872011-03-27T17:55:00.001-07:002011-04-14T08:26:26.289-07:00Make Your Own Lego Mini-FiguresA little while ago <a href="http://ashleyannphotography.com/blog/2011/02/24/diy-katie-daisy-monogram-homeade-lego-men/">AshleyAnn</a> did a <a href="http://www.gracelaced.com/2011/02/24/raising-boys-who-love-to-craft/">post</a> about making lego mini figures with her kids... and since my boys are equally as lego-obsessed, I thought that they would love to do this too.<br />
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The boys had so much fun deciding on what characters to make. However, we used modeling clay instead of salt dough, and I just assumed that all modeling clay hardenend, but apparently we had the non-hardening kind, and so ours never hardened completely. Next time we will try modeling clay that hardens, but the softer counterparts have held up remarkably well.<br />
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Anyway, this is a great project to have in your back pocket for a rainy day.<br />
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All you need is:<br />
Salt dough<br />
<a href="http://shop.lego.com/ByCategory/Product.aspx?p=852771&cn=13">Lego Mini-figure tray</a><br />
Sharpie (to draw faces and details)<br />
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Today I am having serious studio envy after seeing these pictures of Suzanne Kasler's design studio over <a href="http://www.atlantahomesmag.com/article/bright-star">here</a>. I love the neutral palette with pops of color, the spring blossoms and mini eiffel towers...sigh...bliss.<br />
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So the other day, when I noticed the organic mac and cheese on sale at the grocery store, I started loading up my grocery cart, thinking that it would be a healthy and filling snack alternative. But by the time I reached the checkout, I realized that it would be just as easy for me to boil pasta from the cupboard and just add butter and parmesan cheese. DUH?! Why have I never thought of this before? Seriously?!<br />
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I use the organic pasta from Costco, which is really tasty and comes in a pack of 6. I think each bag costs just over a dollar. I have been making a full bag's worth of pasta on Mondays. I cook the pasta, add a few tablespoons of butter and freshly grated parmesan cheese and a little salt. It keeps well in the fridge for a few days and I change it up, adding hotdogs or microwave bacon occassionally. I keep the servings smallish, so that it is more of a snack than a meal. It's also great if we are having a super busy day and I don't feel like cooking at the end of the day... then I just use the pasta base and add to it for a quick dinner. In our family, the one bag I make on Monday, usually gets around three days worth of snacks, so I usually offer it every second day and when the batch is finished, I wait at least a week or two, to make more, so the kids don't get sick of it.<br />
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Also, I buy a big block of parmigiano-Reggiano at Costco, and cut it into smallish blocks. I cover them with cling wrap, ziplock them and freeze them until I need to use them. Freezing cheese is great, especially if its a type of cheese that you buy specifically for a recipe, but then don't want to use the rest of it right away. Although I have only tried freezing hard cheeses, not sure about the soft ones.<br />
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And if all this pink isn't enough to clearly identify my child as female, then these pink headbands ought to do the trick!<br />
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For the dark pink headband, I followed this tutorial <a href="http://icandyhandmade.blogspot.com/2011/03/tutorial-box-fold-felt-flower-tutorial.html">here</a> but as I was hotglueing it all together, mine got a bit out of hand and I ended up with this instead. I do still want to go back at some point and try to get the same effect as icandy's very cute one.<br />
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The light pink headband was very simple and only required a hot gluegun, needle and thread, and some felt. I had a pearl bead in my craft drawer which I sewed on at the end. <br />
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1. Cut out your small petals (9) and large petals (9) - my diagram has a different amount for both, but I ended up using 9 each! <br />
2. Pinch the ends, and then hot glue together as shown. <br />
3. Cut out a small circle of felt (not shown) to use as a base to hot glue the large petals together in a circle. Hot glue the smaller petals together (not on a circular base, though). <br />
4. Hot glue the smaller petals (now one piece) onto the larger petals (which are also now one piece).<br />
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Lastly, either hot glue or sew the flower onto an alligator clip or a headband.<br />
The whole project took me less than 10 minutes!<br />
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She didn't mind having her photo taken with the first headband, but was totally over it when I tried to put the second one on!!!<br />
The color of the second flower is a bright pink, but it looks red in this picture for some reason.Last Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593638510121065616.post-62721565165904448642011-03-23T14:25:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:19:56.632-07:00Spring!With the first week of spring upon us, we decided to get into a flower theme around here...<br />
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First up, a flower inspired lunch (although the older boys did NOT want to eat flower shaped food...apparently it is way to girly!), but the youngest boy demolished his, so at least my efforts weren't all in vain.<br />
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Tomorrow I am going to attempt to make flower headbands for my little <strike>live doll</strike> daughter ;)Last Minute Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434402241118144774noreply@blogger.com0