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(SCROLL DOWN TO PRINT RECIPE for Banana Hazelnut Burritos) I’m happy to be partnering with Old El Paso in bringing you a super easy snack for busy families, especially now that it’s back to school. Head over to your local Safeway or Albertsons to find Old El Paso fixin’s for your family. They have all kinds of ingredients to make a quick and easy meal. You’re going to love these Easy Chicken Enchiladas we’ve shared before that are a big family favorite as well!...

Baymax and his fist bump is the best part, ba-la-la-la-la! For the party, I highly suggest you greet all your guests with an official Baymax fist bump as they come in the door! Decorations With invitations and name tags, you’ll start the party off right with the Big Hero 6 theme. And add a few balloons to your decor to bring the character of Baymax to life! Baymax Balloon Decorations: buy white and red helium balloons....

I’m sure all your friends and family would love to receive this card in the mail, such a fun gift to get! Here is a tutorial for a project using seed paper. Supplies: craft or art paper blender water – enough to cover the paper inside the blender flower seeds stirring spoon colander or cloth towel piece of felt white paper card folded glue or tape pens or colored pencils...

These books are about a group of middle school students, one of which is the extremely weird origami master, Dwight. Dwight, with his Jedi-wise finger puppet, Origami Yoda, strive to change the school. They meet a series of obstacles ranging from a sarcastic non-believer to a break dancing dictionary. These books are silly, interesting, and tons of fun to read. There are now 5 books, and also a drawing guide, that are part of the series:...

(SCROLL DOWN TO PRINT RECIPE) Ingredients for Chocolate Drop Cookies: First, melt your chocolate. I cut it up a little first, then heated it up in the microwave for 1 minute at a time. (This is “unsweetened” chocolate, remember. My daughter and I thought we’d taste it, I never have before. I knew it wasn’t going to be good, but it tasted like paper. We had to spit it out and drink a big glass of milk, ack....

Download christmas picture puzzles This pdf may be displayed differently than shown depending on which pdf viewer is installed on your device. If you do not have Adobe Reader on your computer or laptop, it can be downloaded for free here. There are also many differing pdf viewers available for your tablets and phones. The free versions will probably not show the buttons, but you can still scroll from page to page....

And since I already have a few picnics lined up this summer, I’d love to know what your favorite item is to bring. What’s always a hit at your summer potluck parties?

Guest post by Erica of Caught on a Whim One of the things I love most about crochet is how easy it is to make unique and stylish accessories. This sweet bunting necklace uses only a couple crochet stitches and can be made in no time at all. That means you can easily make a few of these gems for yourself, and even some more to give as thoughtful gifts!...

This year I’m taking Thanksgiving back. I’m all about simplicity this year. I want good-quality ingredients prepared simply with as little stress as possible. I’m trading in those time-consuming sides (with too many steps and endless ingredients) for the basics done well. A few Thanksgivings ago, I made Braised Carrots with Shallots, Thyme and Sage from Gourmet Magazine. They were incredible. INCREDIBLE. Because I usually run out of burners on the stove, I’m trading the 20 minutes on the stove for 20 minutes in the oven....

We all have those plastic Easter eggs lying around, well how about stringing them together to make a garland?! Then once all strung together, you can make them look like bunting. Easter Bunting with Plastic Eggs Supplies for Easter Egg Bunting: plastic Easter eggs – I found these pearlized plastic eggs at Big Lots, but I bet you could find them all over. string – thread or fishing line small plastic bead...

These little egg puppets are a blast to decorate, thanks to our printable designer Juliann Law. You can make these into pretty designs or silly characters. Put funny faces on these eggs or maybe even Humpty Dumpty. My oldest daughter created good ol’ Humpty Dumpty, as well as the Golden Goose, pictured above! The goose is just coming out if it’s shell :) Easter Egg Finger Puppets Printable Supplies: Download printable: Easter Egg Puppet Printable crayons, markers, or coloring pencils scissors...

Embroidery Hoop Ghosts for Halloween Supplies to make the Embroidery Hoop Ghosts: Embroidery Hoops buy essay online Embroidery Floss (pink and black or dark gray) Embroider Needles A pencil Sharp Scissors Flour Sack Towels Instructions: To make the hoop invisible, I did it a little backwards. I put the hoop on the underside of the towel, near one corner. I tucked the close edges around the hoop and held it in place....

There is no better way to end a feast on St. Patrick’s Day than with a selection of vibrant green desserts! Think Green Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies and include them on your list. To make this recipe you’ll only need soft butter, white sugar, eggs, flour, chocolate chips and of course green food coloring. It is more or less a regular chocolate chip cookie recipe where I have added peppermint extract and green food coloring....

It’s almost Easter again. Every year, I save so many plastic eggs to put in storage for next years family egg hunt and to craft with. We can make Plastic Easter Egg Flower Bouquets, Plastic Easter Egg Bunny Craft, even some Silly Alien Easter Egg Creatures. This year we decided to reuse the eggs to make some colorful Yarn Wrapped Plastic Eggs instead. Hanging Yarn Wrapped Plastic Eggs The plastic eggs come in a huge variety of colors and sizes and can be decoupaged, painted over or glued to, and recycled into silly and beautiful crafts year round....

Here is the down-loadable pattern for the Heart Stitched Card: heart-stitched-card-pattern.pdf. Please visit my Basic Instructions Post for complete instructions on how to punch, stitch, and glue this card together.

Ingredients for Gingerbread Pizzas: pizza base – we used Naan bread, but pita, homemade or store-bought pizza crust, or even toast would work pizza sauce mozzarella cheese toppings, diced and sliced into various shapes Cut your crust into boy and girl shapes, or use a large cookie cutter if you have one. I just winged it, and my girls certainly didn’t mind my imperfect shapes! Set out your sauce, cheese and assorted toppings and let the kids go to town....

Seasoned baked potato wedges These seasoned baked potato wedges are so easy to make that it’s the perfect project to get the kids into the kitchen to help with. They can make the spice blend, wash the potatoes, and older kids can help by slicing the potatoes (with supervision, of course). Best potatoes to make wedges Russet potatoes Yukon gold (which we used for this recipe) Red potatoes I went with Yukon gold potatoes for this recipe because they don’t take quite as much work as Russet potatoes which you really need to wash and scrub with a brush to get all of the dirt off them....

Hey friends! I’m Jamie of hands on : as we grow where I share tons of fun things to do with the kids (just for fun and learning as well)! I’m so excited to take part in Make & Take’s Get Out and Play summer series! Today I’m sharing a fun art activity to do outside because it can get messy. The kids love this one because they feel like they’re breaking the rules, just a little bit....

But… there’s something so magical about really good wool yarn! There’s definitely a difference and I’m starting to invest in the good stuff. I’ve purchased several yarn hanks at my local yarn shop, Seattle Yarn, and they have such a fun selection. I’ve learned the yarn pictured above is called a “hank”. And when you open it up, it’s not in it’s right form for using. You have to wind it into a ball or otherwise it’s just going to get all tangled up....