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  • Bunny Patch Cake Recipes


    Ingredients:

    1 package (10 3/4 oz.)  Pound Cake, frozen, cut into 10 slices

    1 can (21 oz.) Pie filling, any flavor

    1 tub (12 oz.) Whipped Topping,

    1 cup Baker’s Angel Flake Coconut

    Green food coloring

    Colorful jelly beans and marshmallow bunnies

    Directions:

    Line bottom of 12×8-inch baking dish with cake slices.

    Top with pie filling and all of the whipped topping.

    Refrigerate 1 hour or until ready to serve.

    Tint coconut pale green with food coloring. Sprinkle over center of whipped
    topping.

    Decorate with Easter candies and marshmallow bunnies.

  • Worms in Dirt Recipe

    This makes a great Spring recipe, especially for the
    boys!


    Ingredients:

    1 16-ounce package Oreo type cookies

    2 cups cold milk

    1 pkg. small  Chocolate Instant
    Pudding

    1 tub (8 oz.)  Whipped Topping
    , thawed slightly

    individual serving cups

    Gummy worms

    Directions:

    CRUSH cookies in zipper-style
    plastic bag with rolling pin or use a food processor.

    POUR cold milk into large bowl. Add
    pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir in
    whipped topping and 1/2 of the crushed cookies.

    PLACE about 1 tablespoon crushed
    cookies into each cup. Fill cups about 3/4 full with pudding mixture. Top with
    remaining crushed cookies.

    REFRIGERATE until ready to serve.
    Garnish with gummy worms just before serving. Yields about 8 servings




  • Big Dipper Star Poster


    Materials:

    Black construction paper

    A glow-in-the-dark marker

    Stick-on glow-in-the-dark stars (optional)

    Directions:

    Check picture below to see what the Big Dipper looks like.

    Copy the shape onto your construction paper. Mark each of the major stars
    with the glowing marker, or stick a star on them.

    Trace a thin line connecting each of your points.

    The end product should look like this:

  • Candy Cane Reindeer

    “Cane”deer
    -Rudolph never looked so good!
    by Belinda
    Mooney


    My kids make these
    every year for Christmas. As soon as they spot the candy canes out in the stores
    they start asking when we can get started on this years batch. We hang these on
    the tree and put them on packages. They even sell them from door to door to make
    their own Christmas money. Last year they earned $5.00!

    These
    are nice for allowing guests to take one from your tree and take it home to
    theirs. Our Scouts group has made these. They are simple and quick and very
    inexpensive.

    CANDY
    CANE
    REINDEER

    You will need:

    1 candy cane
    1 pipe cleaner ( brown or colors to match your candy cane, we use red and green)
    2 small wiggly eyes
    1 tiny pompom for the nose (we use red)

    First cut your pipe
    cleaner in half. Now lay the two halves side by side in front of you on the
    table. Slide one down a little so that when you grasp it in the middle you have
    a long and short end on either side.

    Now wrap the pipe
    cleaner around the hook part of the candy cane and twist together on top. Bend
    the pipe cleaners into antler shapes.

    Glue you eyes on just
    below the antlers. ( I recommend craft or tacky glue, it holds instantly and
    they don’t fall off.)

    Glue your nose on the
    tip of the candy cane!

    You can also tie small
    ribbons with jingle bells on. We also use the multi-colored candy canes as well
    as the flavored ones and make antlers to match!!




  • Coffee Filter Butterflies

    This
    project is a wonderful way to teach the blending of colors. The results
    can be beautiful, yet this is simple enough for the smallest of hands.     Perfect as a Spring craft idea.


    Materials Needed:

    • Wooden Clothes Pins

    • Round Coffee Filters

    • Black Acrylic Paint

    • Watercolor Paints

    • Black Pipe Cleaner
    • Magnetic Strip (optional)

    Instructions:


    • Paint your clothespins black first.
    • Fold the pipe cleaners into V shapes
      the size you want your antenna to be, cut and glue to the clothes pins
      at the flat end. 
    • Take the coffee filters and spray them with water till
      they lay flat but aren’t drenched (it should only take a few short
      sprays, use warm water. Now, dab the watercolors on the wet
      coffee filters, it will run and smear but that’s ok . You can also use
      markers for this. 
    • When you are happy with your design on one, repeat
      this process with another coffee filter. 
    • Put the wet filters in a safe
      place to dry.
    • When they are dry gather up the coffee filter
      in the middle, trying to keep the outside edges flat, and clip it into
      the clothespin. 
    • Spread the wings out and you are done.

    For fridge magnets:
     
    Put a strip of magnet on the underside of
    clothespin and stick them on the fridge.

  • Shamrock Parfaits Recipes

    by
    Cassie


    Another
    St. Patrick’s Day treat.

    ***Shamrock Parfaits***

    2 cups cold milk

    1 (4-serving) package Jell-O Pistachio flavor Instant Pudding and Pie Filling

    Chocolate Sauce

    2 cups thawed Cool Whip whipped topping

    Chocolate shamrock cutouts (optional)

    Pour milk into large bowl. Add pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 1 to 2
    minutes.

    Layer pudding, chocolate sauce and 1 cup topping alternately in 4 parfait
    glasses. Garnish with remaining whipped topping and chocolate sauce and
    chocolate shamrock cutouts. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

    Makes 4 servings

  • Orange Sherbert Salad Recipes

    Use these holiday
    dishes as a way not only to teach children how to cook but to teach them how to
    serve guests, use proper table manners and etiquette


    • 2 small pkgs orange Jello
    • 1-1/4 cup boiling water
    • 1 pint orange sherbet
    • 1 cup mandarin oranges
    • 1 small can crushed pineapple, drained
    • 1 cup nuts
    • 1 (9 ounce) Cool Whip

    Dissolve Jello in water. Stir in sherbet, and rest of ingredients. Pour into
    a 9X 13 inch pan/dish. Refrigerate overnight.

    A beautiful holiday dish.

    More Holiday Fun:

    Candy Cane Reindeer Kits
    Everything you need to make 2 Candy Cane Reindeer Ornaments except the Candy
    Canes!
    $1.50 plus .75 postage and handling.
    Email to order!

  • Homemade Taffy Recipes


    Materials:

    • 1 cup sugar 

    • 1 cup brown sugar 

    • 2 cups molasses 

    • 3/4 cup water 

    • 1/4 cup butter (best flavor) or margarine 

    • 1/8 tsp soda 

    • 1/4 tsp salt 

    • 2 drops of peppermint oil (optional) or vanilla

    Instructions:

    Put sugars, molasses and water in a large pan.  Stir until sugar is
    dissolved.

    Boil until a thermometer registers 265’F.

    Cook the syrup slowly. Towards the end, when it is nearly done,
    stir frequently to prevent
    burning. 


    Remove from the stove and add butter, soda, salt and flavoring. 


    Stir ONLY enough to mix. 


    Pour candy out onto greased platters or shallow
    pans to cool.


    When the candy begins to stiffen at the edges, form the mass
    into a ball with a spatula.


    Take up into hands (buttered) and pull between
    the thumbs and fingertips- this is a “short stretch action”.


    Continue until the candy is light colored and porous. 


    Then stretch into a
    long rope not larger than one inch in diameter. Twist before cutting into
    pieces with scissors. 


    Pieces should be fairly small. If the candy is not to
    be eaten right away, wrap in waxed paper.

    CAUTION:
    Boiling sugar solution is extremely hot and dangerous, keep it away from kids.
    In the event that any does get on the skin, hold the affected part under running
    water for at least five minutes. If the skin blisters or breaks seek medical
    attention.

    Belinda Mooney
    For more fun recipes:
    Cooking with Kids

  • Reindeer Sandwiches Recipes

    This is a delightful treat
    for a Christmas party, skating gathering or even lunch at home!


    Ingredients:

    a.. Pieces of square brown bread
    b.. fillings
    c.. stick pretzels
    d.. maraschino cherries
    e.. raisins

    Make your favorite sandwich between two slices of square shaped brown
    bread. Trim off the crusts and cut the sandwich in two diagonally. With
    the longest cut side across the top, and one tip facing you, decorate
    the sandwich with two stick pretzels on each side of the top for
    antlers, two raisins for eyes and a half maraschino cherry for the nose.

    These disappear fast — best make up a plate or two of them to serve
    with hot cocoa on sledding and skating days .

    More holiday fun!

    Pasta
    Angel Ornament

    Pomander
    Balls

    Cute
    Reindeer Magnets

    Cane
    Deer

    Jingle
    Bell Napkin Holders

    Chubby
    Cotton Wreaths

    Pinecone
    Angel

    Crochet
    Snowflake

    Belinda Mooney is a homeschool mom with 7 children. She has
    been homeschooling for over 16 years. She manages several
    websites including Learning Treasures, Kid’s Kreate, Dinner’s
    in the Freezer and Cooking with Kids. She also manages the
    Unit Study and Preserving & Canning Sites at     www.WZ.com.
    Belinda is also a published author of homeschool curriculum
    and un-t studies. In her spare time she likes to read, do
    crafts and share her love of the Lord with others    –

  • Kris Kringle Punch Recipes



    1 qt. grape juice
    1 1/2 cups sugar syrup
    2 qts. cold water
    1 qt. ginger ale
    Juice of 4 lemons
    Juice of 4 oranges

    1 cup each:

    • pineapple
    • seeded raisins
    • grapes
    • bananas

     

    1. Slice the bananas

    2. Cut the grapes in half

    3. Cut the pineapple in small chunks!

    4. Mix and chill in the refrigerator.

    5. Serve in punch bowl with thin slices of orange and lemon floating on top.