Today I want to share with you another favorite chocolate chip recipe, after making these mint chocolate chip cookies These choc chip cookies are a little crisp around the edges and soft and chewy towards the center. Like any perfect homemade cookie should be. They are everything you would expect and much more! The recipe is simple and it is probably my all time favorite when it comes to chocolate chip cookie recipes...
Supplies for Coloring Pasta: Dried Pasta – any pasta works, but for stringing you will need tubed pasta. I used macaroni, penne, and wheels. Food coloring Rubbing alcohol – optional, it helps dry the coloring faster Plastic baggies Paper towels & Trays String or Yarn How-To Video Coloring Pasta: Instructions: Place your dried pasta in a zip plastic baggie. Pour in 3-4 drops of your food coloring. Pour in 1 Tablespoon of Rubbing Alcohol....
These super easy tortilla chips can be done using the leftover corn tortilla you have used for soft tacos. You can also make them using flour tortillas but I have to say I totally prefer the corn ones because they are more crispier than the flour ones. If you’re looking for a gluten free homemade tortilla chips, the corn tortilla is definitely the option. Making super crunchy tortilla chips at home is easier than you think!...
Donuts and Chocolate at the Winter Olympic Medal Ceremony For one event, I placed a donut Gold medal on the winner! I looped a piece of yard through the middle hole of a donut and tied it together. Then carefully placed it around the athlete’s neck! I was the proud Mother of an Olympian! For another event, I awarded the athletes with chocolate medals. I bought Rolo chocolate candies and took them out of the foil....
S’mores dessert cups These yummy s’mores dessert cups made with chocolate pudding and toasted marshmallows are so easy to make. They can be made gluten-free too. Ingredients You can find our full list of ingredients in the printable recipe card below, but the key items you need are: Pudding mix – our favorite is Dove Bourbon Vanilla Dark Chocolate Graham crackers – buy gluten-free if needed Large s’mores marshmallows Chocolate pieces...
My twins’ have been obsessed with LEGO for as long as I can remember. They are 11 now, and the entire front room of our house is now a LEGO room. We have a giant table where they’ve been building a town, and don’t even get me started on the tubs of LEGO that have been tipped all over the floor. So, I’m always looking for creative ways to use it and make fun decor they will love for decorating their bedrooms....
I am excited to try this Easter Lilies Recipe again and hope that my cooking skills have improved over the last year. My sister makes them with a bright red strawberry garnish, perfect for the season. Enjoy.
Embroidery Hoop Valentine Art Supplies for Embroidery Hoop Art: Embroidery hoop, any size (mine was 8″) Piece of fabric just larger than hoop (I used muslin) Scraps of paper Scissors or heart punch Sewing machine & contrasting thread Instructions: Punch or cut 3-4 hearts from scraps of patterned paper. I cut my hearts free hand, but you could trace a template or cookie cutter. Iron your fabric if you want (I left mine wrinkled for more of an antique effect)....
Supplies for Sugared Marshmallow Cupcake Toppers: frosted cupcakes mini marshmallows kitchen scissors sugar crystals (aka sprinkles, the really fine kind) Cut your marshmallows in half with a pair of clean kitchen scissors, not the junk drawer kind. There are two ways to cut these marshmallows in half. I like them cut in a circle/diamond shape, rather than the fatter rectangle shape. But you decide. Dip the sticky part of your marshmallow into your sprinkles....
Supplies for Hanging Paper Pockets: long rectangle paper, any size or style (this paper is from the lovely Adorn It girls) adhesive – glue stick, double sided tape, or a glue roller (this roller is from American Crafts) scissors glue dots ribbon or ric rac stickers – optional Fold your long rectangle paper in half to get a crease. Add glue to either side of your paper, on one half of the paper....
These hearts are cheering up the place, especially in our gray clouded Seattle! Nothing like a sparkly heart pipe cleaner to spread some love! I’m sharing the full tutorial over at Family Crafts. Head over to see the step-by-step instructions. Here are a few more pipe cleaner heart ideas: Pipe Cleaner Heart Shaped Rings Pipe Cleaner LOVE Goggles Cupid’s Pipe Cleaner Bow and Arrow
Create these fun and easy paper jack-o’-lanterns to wrap around a tissue box. Instant Halloween decor! Supplies: Cube-shaped tissue box Orange construction paper, cut to 6″x18″ Black and green construction paper (scraps are fine!) Glue stick Double-sided tape Scissors Measure around your tissue box, as well as the height, to make sure the orange paper will fit around. For my box, 6-inches by 18-inches worked perfectly. The paper should above the top of the box about a half-inch or so....
This craft would be a good parent/child project, and the sewing is just right for a beginner. Felt and embroidery floss are inexpensive, so you can afford to make a whole stack of frames for decorating your refrigerator and gifting to friends and family. Supplies for Felt Frame Magnets: felt embroidery floss & needle plastic sheet (we used a sheet protector) glue gun embellishments: buttons, chipboard shapes, felt or fabric flowers, etc....
Supplies for Mini Pot of Gold: small terra cotta pots black paint and brush pipe cleaners in rainbow colors scissors gold wrapped candies Paint each terra cotta pot black and let them dry. Cut each pipe cleaner in half. Bend them slightly and slide them into the pot, one on top of the other. Fill them to the top with gold colored candies. Place these mini pots at your table and they’re ready for the party....
To celebrate this book, we chose to plant a rainbow of flowers in our own garden. We went to the local garden nursery and searched for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple flowers. My kids loved helping find the colorful flowers. Blue and green were a little bit harder to find. For blue, we found a large perennial plant called Lithidora. For green, I decided to plant the herb Parsley....
Supplies for Grocery Bag Snowman: plastic grocery bags – 10-15 or even more for a bigger snoman black & orange marker tape or rubber bands Open one bag and stuff all the rest of the bags inside, save one for a scarf! Then tie a knot holding them in. Now section them off with your fingers into 3 sizes and secure each section with tape or a rubberband, fold the tied end towards the back....
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I love to use real tools and common household items to offer open-ended math and science explorations from an early age. This simple thermometer investigation gets kids moving around the house, collecting data, and thinking about how temperature and thermometers work. This STEAM activity for temperature-recording is a fun way to explore simple math and science concepts, and it is easily adaptable for little and big kids. Younger kids can experiment with reading a thermometer and coloring in the temperatures, while a parent or older sibling record the words and numbers....
Welcome to Camp! Yeah, it’s Summer Camp here at Make and Takes. But at our house? We’ve been having Toy Camp! And just what is Toy Camp? And what do do we do there? Well, let’s have a look around, shall we? First, we’ll begin with a welcome picnic. We set it up in a 9×13 pan filled with some leftover sandbox sand. Added a leaf blanket (you can’t tell, but the edges are frayed!...
Supplies for Sewing Football Toys: fabric – I used a flannel football fabric football pattern – 8in x 3in, with points at both ends scissors sewing machine stuffing – fiber fill or polyester filling sewing needle and thread white embroidery floss Sew Your Own Soft Football Toy: Cut out a paper pattern of your football piece. Cut out 4 of these shapes with your fabric. I folded my fabric twice and cut all 4 pieces out at once....
