Month: April 2020

4th Grade Class Auction Project

My 4th grader now attends a private school, and the class worked together to create a class project for the school fundraising auction. The parents of the class also put together an auction basket too.

Collaborative Class Art

I had each child trace their hand up to their elbow (as close as they can). Then they decorated their hand with markers in any way that they wish. Then the children cut them out. I placed the cut out hands around a large black canvas. I stuck them to the canvas with Mod Podge. I then cut out and added some stars to the canvas around the hands. In the middle I used my Cricut cutter to add the quote to the middle of the canvas: “YOU have within you the strength, the patience, and passion to reach for the STARS!”

BBQ/ Grill Auction Basket

We purchased a small charcoal grill and sauces, spices, and rubs to fill it with. We also added 2 fun aprons that say, “King of the Grill” and “Always Cook with Wine”!

Gender Reveal Cake

Since we are stuck at home for COVID-19 pandemic, no one could go with me to my ultrasound to see the baby gender. When I got home I made a gender reveal cake for the family to cut open and see the gender of baby. I also Zoom called extended family members so that they could be apart of the excitement too!

  1. I mixed up a white cake mix then add either blue or pink food coloring for the reveal.
  2. Then I greased 2 heart shaped cake pans and put half of the mix into each pan.
  3. I baked them according to the directions on the box and then let them cool.
  4. I mixed up some of my homemade buttercream to cover the cake with. 1 cup butter, 1 cup Crisco, 4 cups powdered sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla, 1 tablespoon milk (if thick).
  5. Last I colored the left over food coloring blue and pink to decorate the cake with, I wrote “Brother or Sister?” on the cake.
  6. My husband cut open the cake to reveal the gender during our Zoom call with family!
Baby Sister!

Easter Pizzas

I made Fruit Pizza and Vegge Pizza for Easter this year. This is also the first year that I made a homemade Easter meal for the family. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic we had to stay home rather than going to family’s houses for Easter dinner.

Fruit Pizza

Ingredients:

  • 1 Sugar Cookie Dough
  • 1 Marshmallow Cream
  • 1 Cream Cheese
  • Fruit

Directions:

  1. First grease a cookie sheet and place roll out the sugar cookie dough in the shape of an Easter egg.
  2. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.
  3. Let it completely cool.
  4. Mix together the marshmallow cream and the cream cheese and cover the cookie egg.
  5. Cut the fruit to small pieces and decorate the Easter egg.

Vegge Pizza

Ingredients:

  • 1 Crescent Roll Dough
  • 1 Ranch Packet
  • 1 Cream Cheese
  • Broccoli
  • Carrots
  • Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Directions:

  1. First grease a cookie sheet and place crescent roll triangles on the sheet.
  2. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes.
  3. Let it completely cool.
  4. Mix together the ranch packet and the cream cheese and cover the triangles.
  5. Chop the broccoli and place on the wide end of the triangles.
  6. Shred the carrot and cover the rest of the triangles.
  7. Add shredded cheddar to the carrot portion of the triangles.
  8. They should look like triangle carrots 🙂

Traditional Easter

Even though we had to stay home we tried to have all of the traditional Easter fun that we usually do (except attending church)… egg dying, egg hunting, and Easter baskets!