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I saw this genius idea in "The Mailbox" Magazine where you make your own coconut tree, attach it to a baking sheet, and use magnetic lowercase letters to reinact the story with your child. Materials you will need: -Metal baking sheet (the tree isn't permanently attached so will have your pan back for baking, I promise!) -green sheet of card stock paper -brown sheet of card stock paper -pencil -scissors -tape -magnetic lowercase letters (I had a hard time finding these in my local stores so I ended up purchasing them on ebay for cheap) Directions: 1. Take the green sheet of card stock paper and use your pencil to sketch the top of a coconut tree. See my picture below. If you have a difficult time with this, you could always do a google search for "coconut tree clip art", print one out and trace it on your paper. 2. Cut out your sketch of the top of the coconut tree. 3. Use your brown sheet of card stock paper and cut out a rectangle piece

  Goldfish Cheddar Crackers 1 cup(s) all-purpose flour 4 tablespoon(s) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces (I used salted butter, but didn’t add any salt afterward) 8 ounce(s) grated extra-sharp Cheddar cheese (around 2 cups). Note: you can experiment with other cheeses. Some people have tried this and loved the results! 3/4 teaspoon(s) salt 1/8 teaspoon onion powder ( note: this is optional since it isn’t part of the original recipe, but I decided to add anyway since I used it) 1/2 teaspoon(s) fresh-ground pepper 1 teaspoon baking powder Directions Pulse the flour,onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper together using a food processor. Add the butter and cheese, and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Pulse in 3 to 4 tablespoons of water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and only enough so that the dough forms a ball and rides the blade. Remove, wrap in plastic, and chill for 20 minutes (I put it in the freezer for 20 minutes and

1. Put on nail polish and let dry. 2. Dip fingernail in alcohol-basically any will do, vodka is suggested. 3. Press a strip of newspaper big enough to cover the whole nail on to your alcohol soaked nail. 4. Pull off slowly and be really impressed with yourself. 5. Paint top coat if desired.

Because roasting a marshmallow isn't always an option... I decided I would try to make some S'mores Popcorn.     Ingredients: 1/2 box of Golden Graham cereal 1/2 bag of miniature marshmallows 1 & 1/2 bags of Tender White Orville Redenbacher Popcorn a whole bag (of course ;) of chocolate chips - melted meaning = that's only 4 ingredients to a salty, sweet, very chocolaty treat.           Pop your popcorn. Blend your cereal, popcorn & marshmallows in a bowl.  If you're like me, you wont have a bowl big enough for all the dry goods - so I blended the dry ingredients twice. Melt your chocolate in a microwaveable bowl.        

It's completely different from any store-bought or restaurant cherry pies I've ever tried. I really hate cherry pie, actually, except for this one! So if you usually steer clear of sour, gooey, thick kinds of pie, you should give this a try. If you like that kind of thing, you might hate this. But I doubt anyone could hate this pie! It's phenomenal when it's warm from the oven, or perfect for breakfast straight out of the fridge. If it survives that long! And it takes like two minutes to throw together. I usually don't even measure the ingredients. Just toss 'em in there and bake. If you decide to do a fancy lattice crust on top or the little mini ones like I show here, it will take a while for construction. But so worth it! Cherry Pie Two 9-inch pie crusts (I love Pillsbury!) Two cans of tart red cherries in water (Get these in the canned fruit aisle, not like the pie filling in the baking aisle. The store brand is just as good as the one in

INGREDIENTS 1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated chocolate chip cookies 16 large marshmallows 8 oz chocolate-flavored candy coating, chopped DIRECTIONS 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Shape cookie dough into 36 (1-inch) balls; on ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. 2 Bake 9 to 13 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Meanwhile, with kitchen scissors, cut each marshmallow in half crosswise. Immediately place 1 marshmallow half, cut side down, on top of each hot cookie. 3 Bake 1 to 2 minutes longer or just until marshmallows begin to puff. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets. With fingers, gently flatten marshmallows. 4

Alice In Wonderland Party Theme This is a theme you can make very fun and playful or very elegant and fun. The stuff featured in this blog post come mostly from shops I browsed around on Etsy.  None of these pictures are mine and belong to the shop owners.  I will make sure I leave the link so you can click and buy or print the things you need for the parties you see featured here. THE INVITES Click here for Etsy shop.       Click here for the Etsy shop     The Decor     Click here for 'This way, that way' signs. Colorful paper lanterns are a great idea! Don't forget your teacups! They don't have to be from the same set.  The good thing about Alice in Wonderland is it is very unique and very mismatched and colorful.   The Food     Water Bottle Labels We all know I am queen of themed water bottle labels!  A lot of people sell these but how hard can they really be to make? I'm sure you can even have a local bakery do them for you.  Click here for 'Dr