Target Store Christmas Scavenger Hunt + Christmas Lights I Spy Links!

Christmas Lights Scavenger Hunt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last Friday, I took Sophia and a few friends

out for dinner and to look at Christmas lights. 

They had a BLAST!

We started out at Target for the girls to pick out an item for Toys for Tots. 

They were also surprised to find out that I created a Target Store Christmas Scavenger Hunt!

Just Copy and Paste into Word Document or email me for image. 

Rules:

1. No running and/or screaming :)

2. Be polite

3. Must take photo with item - "Christmas Selfie"

4. Alternate who is in the picture each time. 

5. Have FUN!

6. On your mark......get set..........GO!

I gave them about 30 minutes & set the timer on Sophia's phone. It was a blast to watch them, they did a great job and had a lot of fun! 

OFF THEY GO!!

Next, we went around the cities looking at the best holiday light displays. I found some great ideas for Christmas light scavenger hunts on Pinterest and included the links here below:

The Taylor House

Link to Layers of Learning and Download

There are TONS on Pinterest as well!

I thought maybe as 5th graders, they might be "too cool" for something like this, but honestly it was a great time! We sang songs, drank hot chocolate and made some great memories. 

Amazing Synchronized Light Show - Clearwater, MN Lights

Great Synchronized Lights in Eden Prairie, MN

You can find us these great parties: HERE!

Snowman Nose Cookies in a Jar

Snowman Noses 

Cookies in a Jar!!

 We were inspired Disney's Olaf and the 

scene where he loses his NOSE:

And going back through my past
posts one of the most popular of ALL time
were my GRINCH PILLS in a jar!

LINK TO POST CLICK HERE

So we merged the idea!

In an effort to keep things

fast & easy, I used store bought

mini round sugar cookies and I

cut them with a sharp knife into 
little triangle shapes. 

These cookies would work great!

We then used Betty Crocker cookie icing

in white and colored some orange.

Photo Credit: WalMart

It worked great!
~EASY ~

Using a Wilton tip #2, we piped

out the noses and covered them 

with some orange sugar to add sparkle!

We decided to add a cute

Snowman cookie face 

at the top of jar!

The cookie face was made with the
same Betty Crocker Icing in White. 
The nose was made from the orange icing
left over from making all the little noses.
Once dry, we added the eyes and mouth with an Americolor Edible food writer in black. 

You could easily add a orange tic tac for the nose
and food coloring applied with a toothpick. 

The link to the printable we

used can be found by clicking 

HERE - Our Best Bites

Hope you like this fun idea!

Making Sweet Memories,

Sophia & Mom 
Read About Us Here!

Linking up to some GREAT parties HERE!
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Pumpkin Poop!! Easy Halloween Treat + Printables

PUMPKIN POOP!!

Here is the EASIEST and QUICKEST

Halloween "appetizer" that everyone will love!

I mean...who doesn't LOVE cheeseballs??!!

Silence.  Thought so. 

The poem is not my creation but the printable sure is, so if you

want a copy of the file email me (better to print in my opinion) or right click on the image below and copy/paste into word. 

Sophia will be handing out these little Pumpkin Poop 

goodie bags at school this week. HILARIOUS!!

I have a generic bag topper for use as well, so let me know!

I tried to find the original person who created this clever poem but was unable to pin it down, so if anyone has the credit - let me know!!!!!   

Looking for some other FUN and EASY Halloween Treats and Crafts?  Check out my previous posts!

Googley Eyed Monster Cupcakes

POST HERE

No Bake Skeleton Puzzle Cookie

POST HERE

Starlight Mint Eyeballs

POST HERE

Mint Oreo Witch Legs

POST HERE

Brains in a Jar Halloween Dinner

(aka cornbread, meatloaf and mashed potatoes) 

POST HERE

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Brain Sprinkles ~ Cookies in a Jar + Printable Tag

Who doesn't need an extra dose 

of SMART every now and then, huh?

Especially when your going BACK TO SCHOOL!! 

Brain Sprinkles ~ Cookies in a Jar!

With my sweet girl, Sophia Rose,

going back to school next week and 

now entering into the THIRD GRADE (gasp!)

I had a feeling she would require

a little brain power as she transitions

from summer's lazy pace, to school's crazy race!

How about your kiddo?

I saw an idea for brain sprinkles made of 

glitter on pinterest HERE and immediately 

knew I could make it into a fun edible craft!

These were super easy. I actually took premade

snickerdoodle cookies from our local bakery and used

a wilton 1M tip to cut out the little round circles -- or you can

use a little round cookie cutter and your own cut-out

recipe if you like! I am all for FAST and FANCY!

I used the Wilton Cookie Icing in white and fun

rainbow jimmies to decorate the cookies.

I am going to give them out to the
neighbor kids too. YUM! 

Here is the Tag in JPEG for you to cut and

paste if you like!! So easy, fun and cute! 

I also have a word document for this

if you prefer, just email me.

On another note, I just had to mention that

this past weekend marked a 10 year

landmark for me with my brain tumor. 10 years

ago last week I entered into a research study at the Mayo

clinic to track patients with brain tumors. At that time

my 10 year survival was estimated to be 20%. Yikes.

Hmmmm. Guess I beat the odds.

To celebrate, I ate some of these 

brain sprinkles and prayed for another 10 years.

Life is short, add the sprinkles.

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Fancy Nancy Cupcakes

FANCY NANCY CUPCAKES

I was asked by a good friend to make some

fun "Fancy Nancy" inspired cupcakes for her

sweet daughter's 5th birthday.

Having not really done much "cupcaking" lately,

this request was perfect to pull me out of my slump.

Although the designs were not elaborate, unique or made

following many hours of painstakingly molding 

individual fondant works of sculpted art, 

I was still VERY pleased with how they turned out.  

As a matter of fact, they were a ton of

FUN to make! Plus, this family is pretty awesome too!

I purchased the printable cupcake toppers

on Etsy, for cheap HERE!

The other embellishments came from either the dollar store

or the dollar bin at Target or Wal-Mart in the party aisle. 

The cupcakes were old fashioned chocolate but the

FROSTING was nothing else but...

PINK BUBBLEGUM BUTTERCREAM!! 

This was the first time I used the Duncan Hines

flavor add-ins and I was very pleased at this flavor.

I love Fancy Nancy, part of me feels we are

"sisters from another mister"....HA!

As always, recipes can be found on my recipes 

page by clicking right HERE!

Take Care!!!

Teacher Appreciation Ideas

Teacher Appreciation Ideas

May7th - May 11th 

We are lucky that Sophia attends a 

wonderful school and so far, her teachers

have been OUTSTANDING! 

Here are some of the ideas I put

together for Teacher Appreciation Week with

links to the original credit and printable if applicable. 

Monday:

A Teacher like YOU is worth 

her weight in GOLD

I made my own printable for this. (I miss Picnik)

That I put with: 

You were MINT to TEACH!

Cute printable over a box of Altoids. 

Genius.

I am also going to put this printable on some

York Peppermint Patties to put in the teachers lounge.

You can find the printable @ Nothing but Country Here! 

 Tuesday:

Thank you for helping Sophia BLOOM!

Find the cute printable at Skip to my Lou HERE!

Wednesday:

You make the best teacher because you are well

aware that the difference between ordinary and

extraordinary is that little EXTRA!

Thursday:

Here is the SCOOP, Teachers ROCK!

I put together an ice cream basket with

an ice cream scoop, fun dishes, sprinkles and chocolate syrup!

The fun printable can be found by clicking HERE! 

 Friday:

"Olive" that YOU were my Teacher this year! 

This is what I made for Sophia's Teacher

last year. I used the printable from Skip to my Lou above.

I made cupcakes with cookie toppers! 

A big THANK YOU to all the wonderful

educators out there!! 

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St Patrick's Day Tea Party with a SUGARLICIOUS GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to a CRAZY fun St Patrick's Day

Inspired Tea Party Tuesday!

I will be sharing some fun things from blogland

and a few ideas of my own and a 

SUGARLICIOUS giveaway so read on friends.

First up, let's start the tea party with some out of this world neat Shamrock Tea Sandwiches!

When I saw these amazing cucumber sandwiches my 

jaw hit the floor, I was in LOVE!

Photo used with permission

Please visit Will Cook For Smiles and tell her how great this is!

I am bringing these St Patty's Cupcakes to tea this week.

I used my edible printer and backed the image to fondant.

..........easy, whimsical and so fun.  

I downloaded the images from Hopscotch Studios.

Next, let's DECORATE for our Tea Party with some fun St Patty's Printables. Check out these awesome designs I purchased

from Wants and Wishes Design Etsy Store

for Sophia's Birthday Party this weekend.

I thought this set was amazing and quite a DEAL!

Photos via Etsy

Get them for yourself right Here!

I also personally think I need to get this 

fun Shamrock Tea Set from Tea Pots & More Online Store.  

I LOVE THIS SET!

And last but not least for our St Patty's Tea

this week, Sophia and I made some decorated 

St Patty's Marshmallows this weekend using edible food writers.

Inspired as ALWAYS by Meaghan 

@ The Decorated Cookie Blog

That is a purple butterfly sticker on her face to match her purple coat!!

Meaghan recently released her book, Sugarlicious

which you can buy HERE.

It is FULL of great and easy to do sweet ideas.

I will be GIVING AWAY a copy this week in honor

of Sophia who is a HUGE decorated cookie blog fan

and LOVES to use edible writers on marshies!!

We have made many a memory and had many laughs

doing these easy, quick and fun edible crafts.  

Thanks Meaghan.

Just leave a comment if you want to enter.

If you follow on Facebook or Twitter, let me know

in a separate comment for an additional entry!
Please leave your email if you are a no-reply blogger.
I will announce the winner next week and post
it on my Facebook Page!

US Residents Only Please 

WHEW!

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