Snow Day Playgroup

I've actually done a Snow Day twice for playgroup now. The first time we made marshmallow snowmen for our craft. We put frosting in between the marshmallows to hold them together but it didn't work that well. I would've used toothpicks but didn't since we have such a young group. I also brought Pull-n-Peels to use as scarves for the snowmen.

Then, we had a marshmallow snowball fight! Always, always, always a success! I've done this at two different playgroups (one with a really small group and one with a large group), at home for a family activity, and once when my son had a friend over for a play date. It doesn't matter how many or how few people you have, it's always fun!

The second time we had a Snow Day playgroup, I skipped the marshmallow snowmen and we made paper plate snowmen instead. I brought tape, little black pom-poms, glue, and big & small paper plates. This was fun and not as messy as the frosting!

Valentine's Day Banner

I had to do things a little differently with this banner otherwise it would've have been about 15 feet long! I put two letters on each heart so it was a more manageable size.

Kiss the Cook Apron

I made a few aprons for Christmas this year. One for each of my in-laws with our kids' handprints on them, and this one for my husband. I cut everything out with my cricut (Oh how I love that thing) and ironed it on the apron. Eventually I hope to sew the apron, too!

Little Chick Activity

My son loves chicks, as in baby chickens. I mean loves them! So, we had a fun night with chicks!I ordered this super cute book and brought it out after dinner one night. We read the book together as a family (and by "as a family" I mean I read it to my son while my 1 year old made a huge mess of the house and my husband played Angry Birds on the iPhone). After we read all three stories in the book I pulled out...

...our dessert of dirt and worms! We had to pretend that we were chicks digging for worms in the dirt. Fun, easy, and delicious!

New Year Cupcakes

I received a Cricut Cake for Christmas this year (yay!) and this was my first project with it. The numbers and the stars were the only things I cut out with the Cricut Cake.For the confetti I just rolled out the fondant and sliced it into thin strips.

I made these white chocolate fireworks by melting the chocolate and mixing in the food coloring, piping the melted chocolate onto a piece of wax paper, sprinkling it with sugar, and putting it it in the freezer to set. In retrospect, I should have either done just the chocolate or just the fondant. I got a little too excited and was trying to do too many things at once!

Forever Family Banner

This is my second vertical banner (the other one that I made for my friend with the great ideas)!

Love At Home Banner

I made two banners for a friend of mine and she had the awesome idea to have them hang vertical instead of horizontal. I feel like a whole new world has been opened up for me!

Classroom Banner

As part of a gift basket for my son's teachers, I made this banner for them to (hopefully) use in their classroom. At his school, each classroom has an animal assigned to it and his classroom is the Bear Room!

New Year Banner

Happy New Year to anyone who actually reads this blog!!

Christmas Party Playgroup

For our playgroup Christmas party we had a few different activities. I made these little "Jingle Bells" (with popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, and bells) that we passed out to the kids so we could sing some Christmas songs. Can you guess what the first song was that we sang?Our craft was making Christmas tree ornaments out of homemade playdough! I added a tiny bit of mint extract to the playdough so it smelled better than a big handful of salt!

Roll out the dough, cut out your shapes with the cookie cutters, poke a hole with a straw for the string, and then let it dry for a day or two on a piece of wax paper. Merry Christmas!