One of the things that I like a lot is how creative people are when it comes to dressing up food for kids. Some people are just super creative and talented. Sometimes I just wish I had that talent and creativity. Here are some creative kid foods that I like: A Solar System Plate by…
I got a fun toy for my birthday! It was a cricut for fondant…so I can cut out pieces to decorate cakes. And, I wanted to use it for a staff treat for our Harry Potter Yule Ball. It had a silver, blue, snowflake theme. Here is what I came up with. It was loads…
Rah, Rah, Radishes!: A Vegetable Chant by April Pulley Sayre Beach Lane Books, 2011 ISBN: 978-1-4424-2141-7 FORMAT: Nonfiction, Picture Book AGES: Preschool 5 Stars! Who knew that talking about vegetables could be so much fun? This is a fun chant with a great beat. But instead of being about fictional animals doing human-like things, it…
Yesterday I showed you some of the activities we had for Star Wars Reads Day. Today I want to show you what my coworkers put together for the food. I will say, I had nothing to do with deciding what we did for the food. But I totally thought it was BRILLIANT so I wanted…
Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin Illustrated by Daniel Salmieri Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-8037-3680-1 FORMAT: Picture Book AGES: 3-6 3 Stars One boy learns that dragons love tacos. At one point the question is asked “Hey dragon, why do you guys love tacos so much?” But there is no answer given.…
So I made another beehive cake for a friend’s birthday (who happens to love beehives). This time I used her pan which was in the shape of a beehive. Since I wanted it to be 3D and the two pieces could fall apart, I needed to cook the cake, frost the inside and freeze it…
While in New Zealand Randy, Debora, Natalia and I went to the Pacifica Festival. There Randy bought one of the most wonderful things. A half of a small watermelon with a few scoops of vanilla ice cream on it. I tell you what, it was the perfect thing on such a hot day. This afternoon…
So like on any good vacation part of the fun is eating some really good food. Natalia even was sad that she missed the chili festival in Jo’burg because we were going on safari. (But she did get her picture taken in this chili festival photo op…isn’t she cute with her sombraro?) Anyway, so we…
There once was a Prince called Henrik who wanted to make sure he married the right person. He saw that his brother married a “real” princess because he did this test where you put a pea under a bunch of mattresses. Well, he sure didn’t want the same type of girl that his brother married,…
So here is the Scout Camp Cake that I made for the church auction to raise money for girls camp and scout camp. This one was for all the boys. I got the idea from about a dozen different scouts and camping cakes that I saw images for online. Then I put the parts I…