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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Cheerios Christmas Trees

When I was a little girl, I remember my Mom making these super cute Cheerios Christmas Tree treats for me to take into school and share with my class. Now I am the Mom and I knew these would be a big hit in my son's Kindergarten class this holiday season.

Cheerios Christmas Trees

Ingredients:

6 cups of Cheerios (can use regular or honey nut)
4 1/2 Cups Mini Marshmallows
6 T Salted Butter
Green Food Coloring
Gumdrops
Cooking Oil Spray

Directions:

In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and marshmallows over low heat, stirring constantly, until fully melted and smooth.
Add green food coloring until desired shade is reached.
Place Cheerios cereal in a bowl and add the marshmallow mixture, stirring until all the cereal is thoroughly coated.
Place a sheet of parchment or wax paper on a cookie sheet.
Spray your hands with the cooking oil and take a handful of the Cheerios mixture and form into a Christmas tree shape. Be sure to press it firmly together so the tree doesn't collapse.
When you are finished forming each tree, set it on the cookie sheet.
Once all of your trees are formed, slice your gumdrops and just stick the little circles on the trees as ornaments.
Place the trees in the refrigerator to set for about an hour, then take them out and cover them up until they are ready to be served!

Enjoy!

-Blythe

http://cherishedbliss.com/2012/12/a-crafty-christmas-link-party.html

www.thenymelrosefamily.com

$Lil\'Luna$

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Jitters Pillow

When I was a little girl at summer camp, I used fabric crayons to make a special pillowcase for my Mom. Whenever my son has a sleepover at Grandma's house, he always wants that pillowcase. When my Mom came to visit recently, she brought a white pillowcase and fabric markers for my son to make his own.

At our "Meet the Teacher" night, my son's new Kindergarten teacher gave each student a small bag of blue "Jitter Glitter" to sprinkle on their pillows the night before school started so they would sleep well and not have "jitters" about starting Kindergarten.
So we decided to make a "Jitters Pillow" with the "Jitter Glitter" sprinkled inside.
(Bonus: keeps the glitter contained)

What You Need:

Pillowcase
Fabric markers
Stencils (we used cookie cutters and shapes cut from cardboard)
Glitter

How To Make It:

Let your child use his/her imagination and color away!! My son wanted a pillowcase to make his dreams come true, so he wanted the word "DREAM" with a moon and stars. I drew the "DREAM" and he colored it in. He used my starfish cookie cutter and a moon shape I cut out of cardboard to outline

Let the marker dry and at bedtime, sprinkle in the magic "Jitter Glitter" so your child will not have any jitters!

SWEET DREAMS!!

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Salt Dough Flower Magnets

Back in March when I was making my Salt Dough Easter Egg Garland, I had a little leftover dough and decided I would attempt to make a little flower to see how it held up to baking. It turned out really cute and now I wish I had made more than one! But there is always more salt dough in my future.....

What You Need:

Flour, Salt, Water
Acrylic Paint
Glue
Magnet
Mod Podge or Sealer

How To Make It:

Make salt dough: mix 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt, and approximately 1 cup of water
To form each petal, make a small ball of dough and press down with thumb to form a flattened oval. Next take one end of the oval and pinch ends together to form petal shape.
Gather the individual petals into a circle and place another small ball of dough in the middle. Press down gently to form center of flower.
Place flower on cookie sheet and bake at 200 degrees for several hours until dough is hard and dry.
Allow to cool completely.
Paint with acrylic paint as desired.
Mod Podge to seal paint and glue magnet on back.