Over The Rainbow Copycat Shamrock Shake Recipe If you are on the hunt for a little extra Luck 'O the Irish this St. Patty's Day, this quick and easy Shamrock Shake Recipe should do the trick! My kids LOVE these and they are so easy to make. Ingredients: 2 cups Vanilla Ice Cream 1 Cup of Milk Mint Extract Green Food Coloring Whipped Crème Air Heads Rainbow Candy (optional) In a blender add 2 cups of vanilla Ice Cream. Add 1 cup … [Read more...]
Hidden Kisses | Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
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Hidden Kisses | Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe With Valentines Day right around the corner, I thought I would dig through my recipe box and see what I could find. I ran across this recipe that I had clipped from a magazine probably 20+ years ago... and never made. So I gave it a chance... it combines chocolate chip cookies and Hershey’s Kisses... how could you go wrong, right? The ingredients are super simple... 1 bag (9 oz) … [Read more...]
10 Black Eyed Pea Recipes For The New Years Day
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10 Black Eyed Pea Recipes For The New Years Day If you are celebrating New Years in the southeast or have a family history from that area, chances are you will be partaking in black eyed peas in some form or another. These flavorful legumes are said to bring luck and prosperity throughout the coming year when they are the first food eaten on New Year’s Day. On our search for a delicious option we ran across many that I thought you might … [Read more...]
25 New Years Eve Party Ideas | Décor, Activites and Food
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25 New Years Eve Party Ideas | Décor, Activites and Food So you’ve decided to host the New Years Eve party for your friends and family... or maybe you just need a few ideas for a quiet night at home with the kids... now what? It’s time to start making your list of decorations, food and activities to keep the festivities going! Never fear... we’ve scoured the web in search of some fun, inviting, easy and entertaining ways to … [Read more...]
25 New Years Crafts for Kids
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25 New Years Crafts for Kids The kids are home from school, the gifts are unwrapped and already forgotten and a few “I’m bored”s have been heard. It’s time to break out the craft items and give the littles something to do! New Year Eve/Day celebrations are fun to craft for. Girls love the sparkle, boys love the noisemakers... and I love spending the time with them at the kitchen table creating memories and fun crafts to … [Read more...]
How To | Bottlecap Reindeer Magnet
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How To | Bottlecap Reindeer Magnet I'm always looking for cute and easy crafts to do with the kids. This little bottlecap reindeer magnet is an easy craft for older kids to make/share/gift this holiday season. Make one or several to represent Santa's entire team. You Will Need: 1 bottle cap for each magnet black and white paint paint brush 2 brown pipe cleaners 2 strong magnets that fit inside a bottle cap Red pompoms hot glue … [Read more...]
How To | Salt Dough Footprint Olaf Christmas Ornament
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Salt Dough Footprint Olaf Christmas Ornament Christmas is coming and it's craft time in my house. I love to have a new craft/ornament for the kids each year and this year's craft I saw was way too cute idea on Pinterest to pass up doing. Salt Dough Foot Print Olaf. Start off by making up a batch of salt dough, this is the recipe I used: 2 Cups Flour 1 Cup Salt 1 Cup warm water Kneed your dough until it's a soft texture, the longer … [Read more...]
Guacamole Pita Christmas Tree Appetizer
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Guacamole Pita Christmas Tree Appetizer With holiday parties right around the corner, the hunt is on for healthier party foods that are still festive and fun. This snack uses pita, which you can purchase in whole grains. Guacamole is fabulous for fiber, potassium, vitamin E, niacin and good fats.Cherry tomatoes are great for vitamin B-6 and A. These are super easy to whip up and oh! so cute! 1 6 Pack of Pita Bread 1 8oz Container … [Read more...]
Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies Recipe | How to Turn a Cookie Man into Rudolph
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Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies Recipe Gingerbread cookies have been a holiday staple for as far back as I can remember. Typically these spicy little tidbits come in the shape of "men"... but upon further examination we found that if you turn the men upside down... you can make reindeer! If you don't especially like gingerbread... consider making a sugar cookie man and decorating it this way! So, if you have your own gingerbread … [Read more...]
Rudolph Peanut Butter Cookies
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Peanut butter cookies are a constant favorite in our house... holidays or not. This year we decided to jazz them up a little bit and make them a little more fun. We think they are cute enough to put out as an offering for Santa... what do you think? NGREDIENTS 1/2 cup Peanut Butter 1/2 cup Butter 1/2 cup Sugar 1/2 cup Brown Sugar 1 tsp Vanilla 1 Egg 1 1/3 cup Flour 1 tsp Baking Soda 1/2 tsp Salt 48 Red M&M's 96 mini … [Read more...]
