Lego Jello

Look what I am making for Master O and baby sister this weekend.

Lego Jello, fun colorful, tasty, jiggly, wiggly, yet best of all, an easy peasy treat.

Watching baby sister squish it through her little fingers should put smiles on all of our faces, right Betsy? (and a mess on the floor no doubt)

Since we have been playing matching games lately, the plan is to match the Jello boxes with his Duplos.

Instructions

Have the Lego/Duplo blocks washed and ready to go. Choose your favorite flavor Jellos, or in our case, favorite colors. Master O will be matching the colors of red, blue, green and yellow; aka: cherry, blueberry, lime and lemon in Jello speak.

Prepare the Jello as directed on the package. This time, before filling the Duplo molds I am going to first spray them with Pam cooking spray. Hopefully the un-molding will be a snap. Place the molds in a cake pan before filing and then place the pan in the refrigerator until set.

There’s always room for Lego Jello, this week’s Recipe For Fun..

Get Crack’n

Your kids will love these eggs when they peel away the egg shell and discover cake hidden inside! The Cupcake Project will show you how you can have this special surprise treat for Easter morning.

 Oh Happy Day! has a cracked egg recipe for Easter too. Give it a try or save it for an April Fools Day trick next week. There’s always room for Jello.

Here’s looking at you! With their googley eyes and a full head of cress, who wouldn’t love these cracked eggs.  Nurture Store has the pictorial for those want to grow their very own Eggheads.

Get Crack’n; Easter is just around the corner.

Recipe For Fun

Last year we collected a basket full of those ever plentiful, colorful little plastic Easter Eggs and turned them into our favorite treats. This was voted the most favorite cook together. Round up your kiddos and give it a try.  This time, we are changing it up a bit and hiding some M&Ms in the centers of the Rice Krispies as we shape them into eggs.

Tried and True Easter Egg Stuffing Recipe

• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 package (10 oz., about 40) regular marshmallows
• - OR -
• 4 cups miniature marshmallows
• 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal

Direction
1. In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add the marshmallows and stir until they are completely melted. Remove from heat.

2. Add Rice Krispies and stir until well coated.

3. Using a buttered spatula, stuff  the mixture into your little plastic eggs which you will see are perfect molds.

WARNING: Two batches may be necessary to fill your eggs. At our house, the stuffing disappears quickly before making it to stuff the eggs.

We’re hoping your family enjoys This Week’s Recipe For Fun!

Recipe for Fun

A picture is worth a thousand words in creating this Eggs-tra Special Easter Egg Bunny. The pictorial inspires and offers instructions for a surprising easy Recipe for Fun. We are having a practice run this weekend. Cute – cute!

More Gingerbread

This Gingerbread Man game is not only fun but educational at the same time. Just have the kiddos roll the die and mark the number on their recording sheet with a bingo dot marker. This activity is available in the Gingerbread Math Packet located in the printables section at pre-kpages.

We always like to have Gingerbread Man cookies to nibble (dismember) on as we play the fast moving game.

A not too spicy recipe for the Gingerbread Man is available at Homemade Mamas.

Eggheads

Over the years many an egg salad sandwich has been found  in our school lunch boxes.  Now this cute Eggheads  project will make use of a few left-over eggshells; re-purposing of  both the eggshells and egg cartons – yay! Nurture Store inspired us and in just a few days there is the bonus of cress that can be added to your next batch of egg salad.

Thank you Nurture Store for this great idea! For detailed instructions, pop on over to their website.

Recipe for Fun

We all know that pencils are an essential for back to school and have them on our lists. Why not add  this cheesey pencil idea from Moneywise Moms to your list too? Hop on over and learn how to make these funky fun pencils.

Liz has done it again making back to school pencils a little sweeter. Try her Recipe for Fun. Here is all that you need, but for a beautiful how to pictorial hop over to Hoosier Homemade.

Back to School Candy Pencil Supplies

• Rolo Candy
• Hershey Chocolate Kisses
• Yellow scrapbook paper
• Pink scrapbook paper
• Paper cutter {optional, but it’s really handy}
• Black and Blue Marker
• Aluminum Foil
• Adhesive – we used tape, Elmer’s Extreme Glue Stick, Tape Runner
• Scissors
• Tags – string, paper and erasers

If any of you have great back to school surprise recipes, send them on over.

Recipe for Fun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watermelon that’s too cute to eat! Plus it’s a cool cook together for the entire  family. This week’s Recipe for Fun is from Dine and Dish and we suggest making a double recipe so you and the kiddos can eat as you create.

All that you will need for this watermelon treat  is Rice Krispies, marshmallows, raisins and flavored Kool Aid.

It would be perfect to bring to your next pool party or BBQ!

Dine and Dish has complete instructions for this simple kid friendly recipe, hop on over to get the 411.

Sail Into Summer

Sail into Summer with this week’s Recipe for Fun: Deviled Egg Sailboats.

Instructions from Family Fun

1. Peel the eggs, then slice each one in half to make boats. Place the yolks in a medium-sized bowl and mash them with a fork. Add the mustard and the vinegar, then add the mayonnaise, stirring until the consistency is smooth but not soupy.
2. Next, make the sails. To do this, cut each pepper into 1-inch-wide strips, then cut the strips into 1-inch squares and slice each square in half diagonally.
3. Fill the egg-white halves with the yolk mixture. Stick the sail upright into the filling and sprinkle with paprika. Makes two dozen.

Recipe for Fun

Lego lovers listen up! Wash out your legos, fill them up with Jello and look what you will have; Jello Jlegos.

What an easy Recipe for Fun!