Posts tagged crafts

Independence Week – Recipe: Red, White, and Blue Jell-O Cups

Jul2nd
2012 2 Comments

Written by cooking4mykids

After finishing my classes and exam, I have realized that I have so much more time in the day that I had thought before I jumped into my teacher certification. I could not wait to put that time to good use this week by spending time crafting and cooking with/for my littles, my family. A quick look at my Pinterest boards for 4th of July food and crafts, let me know that I did not have that much time in a day. I was a little over-zealous when I pinned some of the things. But, I did know Continue…

Dessert, Family, holidays, Recipes 4th of July, dessert, jello

Summer Fun: Decorating Water Bottles

Jun6th
2012 2 Comments

Written by cooking4mykids

Luckily, my littles always drink a lot of water. Since they were all breastfed babies, water was the first thing that they drank out of their sippy cups when they were tiny. I remember thinking that they would only want milk or juice when I weaned them. I was wrong. They loved drinking water then, and they still do. When Summer and I found these cute water bottles at Michaels in their colors of blue, green, and pink, I knew that we would decorate them as part of our summer fun. Yesterday, Continue…

Crafts, Family, Summer Fun Summer, water

Teacher Appreciation 2012: Day 4

May10th
2012 5 Comments

Written by cooking4mykids

When I made the bubble gum machines for Summer’s birthday, I knew that I wanted to somehow incorporate them into Teacher Appreciation week. Then, I saw these cute little Smarties bags on Pinterest, and I knew exactly how to incorporate the bubble gum machines. I made them, put Smarties inside, tied a ribbon around them, and added a tag that said, “Thank you for helping me become a Smartie this year.” They were simple, fun, cute, and perfect for Teacher Appreciation. Continue…

Crafts, Teacher Appreciation teacher appreciation