I put together some small fall items that I found at our local dollar store to create a fall themed Tot Sensory Tub. This tub kept her happy for a long time. Happy Fall!
Category: Thanksgiving
Family Thanksgiving Minute-to-Win-it
We visited some family for Thanksgiving. We played a few Minute-to-Win-it challenges together. Our family has a large age difference, so we tried to choose games that would be equally challenging for each of all. Corn Cob Roll Materials: Directions: Pumpkin Seed Suck It Up Materials: Directions: Thankful Plate Stack Materials: Directions: Match Maker Materials:… Continue reading Family Thanksgiving Minute-to-Win-it
Thanksgiving Baking
My brother and his family came to visit us for Thanksgiving this year. We had fun playing inside and outsied! Gingerbread Men Making gingerbread houses is our family Thanksgiving tradition. This year we tried something new and decorated home made gingerbread men… Ingredients: 3 cups flour 3/4 cup melted butter 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup… Continue reading Thanksgiving Baking
Kids Thanksgiving Treats
One of our family Thanksgiving traditions is making Gingerbread Houses. This year we continued our tradition with mini Gingerbread Houses and Waffle Cone Christmas Trees. I also tried something new this year, I made a Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board with foods that my family enjoys. Mini Gingerbread Houses Ingredients: Mini Gingerbread House Kit Royal Icing Christmas… Continue reading Kids Thanksgiving Treats
Thanksgiving Gingerbread House Tradition
One of our family Thanksgiving traditions is making Gingerbread Houses. This year we continued our tradition with mini Gingerbread Houses. Homemade Thanksgiving Dinner My son loves to help me in the kitchen. He got to help me make Thanksgiving dinner! Just the 3 of us!
Thanksgiving Treats
This is the first Thanksgiving dinner that I have ever made. My family came for a visit from the west coast, so I had a lot of help 🙂 I also tried to make some fun Thanksgiving Treats to snack on during the beginning part of the day! Carmel Apple Turkey My boys LOVE carmel… Continue reading Thanksgiving Treats
Turkey Cake
I made a turkey cake for a friend’s birthday on Thanksgiving day this year. I used Nutter Butter cookies, Candy Corn, and Fruit Roll-up to decorate the turkey cake. Buttercream Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup butter 1 cup Crisco 4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs) 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 tablespoon milk (if thick) Directions: Cream together… Continue reading Turkey Cake
Cousins Thanksgiving Fun
My Thanksgiving tradition is to make Gingerbread houses; so I decided to build them with my nieces and nephews this year. It was so much fun, now there are 11 cousins and J is the oldest! We used Graham Crackers and Waffle Cones for our Gingerbread Houses and Christmas Trees this year. I used a… Continue reading Cousins Thanksgiving Fun
Gingerbread Houses
My sister and I have built gingerbread houses on Thanksgiving since we were teenagers. Now we live 2000 miles apart so this is the first time we have made them together in years; and we got to involve our kids too. building the houses the finished houses enjoying the sweets
Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses
Our family Thanksgiving tradition is making Gingerbread Houses. This year we used graham crackers, we also tried chocolate graham crackers. I made buttercream icing to add the candies. Buttercream Icing Ingredients: 1 cup butter 1 cup Crisco 4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs) 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 tablespoon milk (if thick) Directions: Cream together the… Continue reading Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses