Graduation cap cupcakes are such a sweet way to celebrate a graduation! Make them for preschool or kindergarten graduation or even at a high school graduation party. I first made these on the blog a couple years ago when my oldest was graduating from kindergarten and now it's my son's turn for kindergarten graduation! I thought I'd share some updated photos since this is such a fun idea. Graduation Cap Cupcakes cupcakes or muffins without … [Read more...]
Fruit-sicles Healthy Fruit Popsicle Recipe
We have a new healthy snack obsession at our house--Fruit-sicles! These fruit popsicles are easy enough that the kids can make them and the perfect snack on a hot day. Frozen Fruit Popsicles fresh fruit (we use grapes, strawberries and bananas) Wooden skewers air tight container wax paper We have been eating frozen grapes in the summer for years and the kids love to stack them on skewers to make grape-sicles. A couple weeks ago we … [Read more...]
Rainbow Ice Cream Sundaes
We have been obsessed with rainbow activities lately. Spring is here are we are ready for some color and brightness! Rainbow snacks are always a hit with my family, but these rainbow ice cream sundaes are our new favorite. We're so excited to partner with Fruity Pebbles for this post! Rainbow Sundae Recipe: vanilla ice cream Fruity Pebbles (this is the secret ingredient!) whipped cream rainbow sprinkles maraschino cherry The … [Read more...]
Easy Easter Egg Rice Krispies Pops
My kids love to cook with me in the kitchen after school. Today though we were short on time so we made these semi-homemade Easter Egg Rice Krispies Treat Pops. They are a super easy Easter snack for kids! Rice Krispies Easter Egg Pops: Kellogg's Rice Krispies Original Treats (affiliate link) Icing Writing Tubes Spring Colored Sprinkles Lollipop Sticks Knife or Kitchen Scissors They sell the prepacked Rice Krispies Treats at our … [Read more...]
Frozen Olaf Inspired Cupcakes
Frozen finally came out on Blu Ray and DVD yesterday and we were so excited! We went to Target first thing in the morning to buy our copy and counted down the minutes until Frozen cupcake and movie night. Before we watched Frozen (affiliate link) we made some Olaf cupcakes! Our version may not be the fanciest out there but they are definitely easy and fun for kids to make. Olaf Cupcake Recipe: white frosted cupcakes (we used a box cake mix … [Read more...]
Fun Rainbow Food For Kids
Rainbow activities are everywhere right now! An easy way to add to the rainbow fun is with colorful rainbow snacks. I've added a list of rainbow foods that are kid-friendly, look super yummy, and quite pretty! Inviting your kids into the kitchen to help whip up a batch of rainbow waffles or rainbow fruit kabobs are great ways to encourage trying new foods. And I don't know anyone who could turn down a rainbow treat! Rainbow Snacks for … [Read more...]
Homemade Rainbow Frozen Yogurt Popsicles
My kids are big fans of making their own popsicles! Last summer we made watermelon popsicles and ice cream in a bag and lots of different fruit pops. Now that spring is almost here they wanted to try something new and we came up with Rainbow Yogurt Pops! Rainbow Yogurt Pop Ingredients: plain or vanilla yogurt your favorite food coloring (here's an affiliate link for natural food coloring if you are worried about dyes) mini jelly jars or … [Read more...]
Real Mom Challenge: Eat More Fruits and Veggies
Do you make New Year's resolutions? I'm not a big resolution person myself but I do enjoy "challenges". There is something about knowing I only have to commit to making the change for a week or month that makes it mentally easier for me to stick with! A bunch of blogger friends asked me to join in on a #30DayMom challenge and the very first thing that popped into my head to work on was eating more fruits and veggies! My kids eat very healthily and … [Read more...]
