Look What I Made

No one likes to eat fruit that is brown from being exposed to the air.  So I loved this simple and thrifty tip to keep you apples pretty looking and easy to share.  Perfect for picnics or car trips with the family.  When you cut up an apple cut it into 9 parts like a cube.  To keep it from turning brown use a  rubber band to hold it together in its original apple shape.

Thanks to Home With Real Food for the photo and tip

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Thanks to  Party Craft’n Mommy for passing along this idea for thrifty Valentines decorations/ gift idea.  If you still need a last minute idea these are super cute!

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What you will need:

• Valentines Day scrapbook paper
• Pale pink scrapbook paper
• Gray or silver scrapbook paper
• Lifesavers (or any cylinder shaped candy)
• Hershey’s Kisses
• Double sided tape

Instructions: (based on Lifesavers measurements)

Cut Valentines Day scrapbook paper 3-1/4? by 3?, which will act as the body of the pencil. The pink scrapbook paper, 3-1/4? by 1/2? will act as the eraser and the silver scrapbook paper, 3-1/4? by 3/4? will act as the metal that binds the pencil and eraser together. After all your pieces are cut, apply your double sided tape to the back of each piece. Begin wrapping the paper around the Lifesavers starting with the larger piece for the body, then the eraser, and finally the silver piece goes on last and overlaps both pieces, just as a pencil. Take your Hershey’s kisses and apply double sided tape to the bottom (or use a glue gun) and apply to the end of the Lifesavers with the Valentines Day paper. Voila, your pencil is complete. Attach favor tags with ribbon, and personalize to your child’s teacher or to the entire class

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Thanks to  Thrifty Decor Mom for passing along this idea for thrifty Valentines decorations

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I just love someone who can take a silly little mailbox from the dollar spot at Target …. think outside the box.   Take  two old ugly candle sticks painted them white, added them to the top.  Making it into this adorable Valentines decoration to hold a few little love notes.

Makes me say…. Why didn’t I think of that!

Super Cute

What you need:

1/2 c. sour cream

1 c. granulated sugar

3 large eggs

pinch salt

1 1/2 tbsp. lime zest

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 1/2 c. flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 c. vegetable oil

1 1/2 c. fresh or frozen and thawed cranberries

extra sugar for topping (I used raw sugar)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix sour cream, sugar, eggs and salt together in a large bowl. Add lime zest and vanilla extract.

In a separate bowl, sift together flour and baking powder. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and combine until moistened. Add oil. Stir until batter is smooth and combined. Fold in cranberries. 

Put batter in lined muffin cups. Sprinkle sugar on top.

Bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. 

Note: You have enough batter for a 12 muffin tin and a small loaf pan. I baked the load for about 10 minutes longer than the muffins. Enjoy!!

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Thanks to Bright Starts of CNY for sharing this Letter Road Idea.

All you need to make this project is

• Black poster board
• small white lables
• contact paper
• scissors

Take black posterboard and cut in the shape of letters.  Each poster board will give you 1-2 letters, depending on the way each letter fits.  Use small white labels as the dashers and covered with contact paper.   Each child can play with just one letter or hook the letters and form longer roads.

It would be fun to make all the letters of your little ones name, to help them learn to spell and play at the same time.