Make your own piñata to celebrate Dad!
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Gather 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter 10-ounce bag marshmallows 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal Oreo cookies chocolate frosting candy corn Go 1. With a parent’s help, melt the butter over medium heat in a large saucepan. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. 2. Remove pan from heat and stir in cereal. Let cool for …
Gather 2 cups flour 1 cup butter, chilled 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 3 medium apples 3 tablespoons flour 3 tablespoons brown sugar 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon cinnamon Go 1. Mix the first four ingredients until dough forms. 2. Roll out half the dough until it will fill a 9-inch pie pan. …
Gather small oranges or clementines red grapes green grapes raisins or dried cranberries toothpicks Go 1. Place an unpeeled orange on a small plate. 2. Alternate red and green grapes on toothpicks to make tail feathers. 3. Poke “tail feathers” into top of orange at an angle. 4. Put raisins on a toothpick for a …
Gather cornbread recipe or mix corn tortillas honey fruit leather cheese Go 1. Prepare cornbread batter according to recipe or mix. Bake in muffin tins. 2. For small hats made from mini-muffins, cut 2½-inch circles from tortillas. For regular-sized muffins, cut 3-inch tortilla circles. 3. Cut off any rounded tops so muffins are flat. Spread …
Gather fall leaves brown, green, red, orange and yellow construction paper pencil scissors double-sided tape felt-tip pen manila envelope Go 1. On a perfect fall day, gather leaves as a family. 2. From brown construction paper, make a tree with lots of branches. Tape it to a door or the refrigerator. 3. Trace the leaves …
Gather 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened 16-ounce can whole berry cranberry sauce 1 tablespoon mayonnaise 1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, drained 1 cup whipped cream 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional) lettuce leaves Go 1. Place cream cheese in a large mixing bowl and beat one minute or until fluffy. 2. Add cranberry sauce and mayonnaise, …
Gather 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup light brown sugar 3 large eggs 1 cup solid-pack pumpkin puree (not pie filling) 1 cup milk 1 cup chopped walnuts …
Gather construction paper (red and green) ruler pencil scissors glitter, stickers, pompoms and other decorations markers double stick tape or stapler Go 1. Using a ruler, mark 12 1-inch strips on red construction paper that are about 8 inches long. Repeat with green construction paper. 2. Cut out all the strips. List the names of …
Gather red tissue paper scissors glue paintbrush empty spaghetti sauce jar ribbon flat glass marbles tea light Go 1. Cut two hearts out of the tissue paper. 2. Put a small amount of glue in a dish and add a little water. 3. Brush some glue on the middle of the jar where you’d like …
Gather 2 cups pretzels 2 cups Bugles 2 cups mini cheese crackers 2 cups Cheerios 2 cups Crispix (Shreddies in Canada) 1 cup pecan halves (optional) 1/2 cup melted butter 1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon maple syrup pinch of cayenne pepper Go 1. Mix pretzels, Bugles, mini cheese crackers, Cheerios, Crispix and pecans …
Gather corn husks old newspaper twine or string cotton balls paint, yarn and glue (optional) Go 1. Lay the husks on newspaper to dry for several days. 2. Soak the dried husks in water until they are just soft enough to bend. 3. Take three unblemished husks and line up the blunt ends to make …
