November 23, 2011 7 Comments

DIY turkey cello bag treats

Thanksgiving is only a day away and I’m still planning and crafting. Yesterday I made these favors for our Thanksgiving kid’s table (I also made Halloween monster cello bag treats last month)!

So simple to make. Cut feathers, beak and eyes out of card stock.

Select your candy. I chose REESE’S Pieces. They’re the perfect color for a turkey and super simple to find. I picked this box up at Target for $1 and used the entire box for one turkey.

Fill a pretzel cello bag and tie it off with ribbon. I picked the cellos and the ribbon up at JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores.

Arrange your feathers and glue them together with a glue stick.

Attach eyes and beak with another dot of glue.

Gobble! Gobble!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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November 22, 2011 3 Comments

Thanksgiving placecard ideas

I love placecards at Thanksgiving dinner. Mostly because that way I can make sure I’m the closest person to my mom’s cornbread dressing! {wink} Here are a few simple and lovely ideas for your adult Thanksgiving table:

And the kiddos have to have some fun too!

I hope your planning is going well and as always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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November 7, 2011 15 Comments

Thanksgiving turkey treats

This weekend my boys and I made a test run of the Thanksgiving turkey treats that will grace our kid table this year.

They’re super simple to make. I have an entire box of Rice Krispies Treats left over from my oldest son’s robot birthday party treats, so we started there. Next we rooted through our Halloween candy and came up with just the right color Starbursts and mini REESE’S cups.

For my youngest son, with dairy and egg allergies, I’ll make the Rice Krispies Treats from scratch using Smart Balance Original Light Butter, the Original Light part is important because some of the others have dairy, and substitute the REESE’S cup for another Starburst. And I always use Pillsbury white frosting.

Ever heated and molded Starbursts before?! I have! And you can make so many fun things in a ton of colors. So first, heat each individual square in the microwave (on its wrapper) for eight seconds. Lightly (you don’t want it wet because it will take the candy forever to dry) dampen your wax paper and your roller with water so that the candy doesn’t stick, then roll the candy out. 

I used one of my snowflake cookie cutter tips to make the feathers.

 Now assemble:

  • Insert a lollipop stick in your Rice Krispies Treats,
  • Attach your turkey’s face (aka REESE’S cup) with a dot of icing,
  • Add two dots of icing and two black sprinkle dots (from my Halloween mix) for the eyes,
  • Pipe on a triangle for the beak and little feet,
  • Attach the Starburst feathers and
  • Twist a small piece of the leftover Starburst to make the turkey’s gobbler

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create! Happy Monday!

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November 3, 2011 7 Comments

our harvest party featured on Parents!

Very excited this morning to share that several of my harvest party ideas are featured on Parents.com in a 15 image slideshow!

It showcases our pumpkin patch printable collection designs, a few of  my sweet treats ideas like my acorn cookies and hoot owl donuts, plus my DIY paper and pumpkin apples and more. Hop over to see the full article including some fabulously creative ideas from the editors at Parents magazine.

And if you like the story, it would be lovely if you gave it a like on facebook, a tweet, a pin, a comment… anything! {huge thankful grin} 

As always, I hope you’re inspired!

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October 6, 2011 6 Comments

hoot owl donut treat

I made these little hoot owl donuts a few months ago, in the aftermath of designing our pumpkin patch harvest party collection that features a cute little owl and this argyle pattern (see full collection in the shoppe).

He’s super easy to pull together and no baking required! I personally LOVE that part! Here’s what you’ll need:

That same weekend I also made back to school owls with glasses and these super simple acorn cookie/candy treats.

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