Family Ties

I think my craftiness is starting to rub off on my kids because they insisted on making something for their Dad this Father's Day. Normally I'd be cool with this suggestion, but we're on vacation and away from all of my goodies - no hot glue, no cutting board, no nothing. So I decided the best thing to do was to make something edible. I'm no baker, but I make a mean tray of rice krispie treats. So after a brief meeting with my guys we decided on this design...any guesses?


Shocker - it's a necktie! We just used the basic rice krispie treat recipe, added food color and topped it with icing.


As nice as the tie came out, I really wanted to make something else to complete the presentation. So I gave into temptation, found a craft store and bought a couple of supplies to make matching "ties" for my little guys...



Hope you all have a fantastic Father's Day!





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Back-to-School Bash

Tomorrow is the first day of school for my little guy, so I thought it would be fun to throw him a back-to-school lunch party...



I love Blumeboxes! This is my homage to those adorable flower boxes - with a crayon box twist.



For the menu board I took a chalkboard and covered it with foam paper styled after an old schoolhouse...



I used cafeteria trays that I found at the dollar store - the kids loved them! I also used a pencil box to hold the plastic utensils - definitely take advantage of those back-to-school sales!



For lunch I thought it would be appropriate to serve my son's favorite sandwich - PB & J. I tried to jazz up the sandwich stand with alphabet stickers...



I dug out my son's old plastic school bus to hold the chips. Thank goodness I found another use for this - it was going to be hard for me to part with my little guy's first bus!



For dessert I made rice crispie treats shaped like crayons. This was super easy - just add food coloring to a basic rice crispie treat recipe and then cut out the crayon shape. I printed the crayola labels from the net and attached them to cling wrap that went around the treats.



What would a back-to-school lunch party be without milk?



Everyone had a great time at lunch - this might have to become an annual event!