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

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

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