I tried made the baby booty out of fondant and used buttercream and berries to decorate the cake. I also dyed the inside of the cake with different shades of pink.
I also made some chocolate cupcakes with berries and mint leaves. I used my buttercream recipe on these too.
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 butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.
Marshmallow Fondant Recipe
Ingredients:
16 oz. Mini Marshmallows
3 TBSP water
2 lbs Powdered Sugar (4 cups)
Crisco
Directions:
Grease a large glass bowl with Crisco.
Pour in the marshmallows and water; then microwave at 30- second intervals, stirring after each interval, until melted.
Reserve about 1/4 cup of the powdered sugar. Place the red of the powdered sugar in a large bowl of a standing mixer.
Grease the paddle attachment with Crisco and pour in the melted marshmallows on top of the powdered sugar.
Beat until a dough form; there will be a lot of loose bits and sugar in the bottom of the bowl.
Grease a clean work surface with Crisco and dump out the fondant and all the loose bits. Grease your hands liberally with Crisco and knead the mixture together, just like kneading bread, for about 5 minutes until smooth.
Grease hands again as needed. As the fondant becomes smoother, use the reserved powdered sugar to coat the surface to keep it from sticking.
Once smooth, you can divide and color the fondant. While working with one piece, cover the remaining fondant with plastic wrap to keep it from drying out.
When you have your colors finished coat the fondant in a light layer or Crisco; wrap in plastic wrap and place in a large baggie for at least an hour, preferably overnight.
Store at room temperature for several months. To us it, dust the surface and rolling pin with powdered sugar and roll out to 1/8 of an inch.
She just loves watermelon, so we did a “One in a Melon” party. She just loved the balloons and swimming pool.
Watermelon Tie Dye Shirts
I made tie dye shirts for the kids!
Watermelon Shoes
I found a pair of read shoes and added a green stripe with a Sharpie around the base, then I added black seeds!
Watermelon Decorations
Baby girl loves the balloons and points to them everyday for a week after the party!
I made a watermelon banner of monthly photos of Baby!
“One in a Melon”
Watermelon Food
We had lots of watermelon themed foods and candies!
Fruit Pizza
Ingredients:
1 Sugar Cookie Dough
1 Marshmallow Cream
1 Cream Cheese
strawberries
kiwi
mini chocolate chips
Directions:
First grease a pizza sheet and place roll out the sugar cookie dough about 1/4 inch thick.
Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.
Let it completely cool.
Mix together the marshmallow cream and the cream cheese and cover the cookie.
Cut the fruit to small pieces and decorate to look like a watermelon.
Watermelon Cake
I cut off the sides of the watermelon and made stacked the chunks together. Then I added berries with toothpicks.
Watermelon Punch
INGREDIENTS:
14 lb. seedless watermelon
1 and 1/2 cups pineapple juice
1 and 1/2 cups sparkling water
DIRECTIONS:
Cut about one third off the top of your watermelon, then scoop out all the insides from both sides, and save the larger half for your “watermelon bowl”.
Blend the pieces of watermelon in a blender for several minutes to be sure there are no chunks.
Add pineapple juice and sparkling water to the “watermelon bowl” and pour in your strained watermelon juice.
Mix together and chill the punch and bowl in the fridge for about an hour or until ready to serve.
Watermelon Sugar Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1 ½ cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
Red and Green food coloring
Mini Chocolate Chips
Directions:
In a bowl cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until smooth.
In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Stir till soft dough forms.
Divide dough into 2 parts and color one part red and one part green with food coloring.
Shape the dough like a watermelon and add mini chocolate chips as the seeds.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
Bake cookies for 8 minutes or until lightly browned and let cool.
Add buttercream icing (see buttercream recipe below) and mini chocolate chips.
Watermelon Cake
I followed the directions on the white cake box, but use the Minute Maid Watermelon juice instead of water and added pink food color. After I mixed up the cake I add the sprinkles to act like the seeds!
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 butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.
Watermelon Smash Cake
I made a smaller version of the cake for her smash cake, which she wasn’t too into.
Water Play
I found a watermelon sprinkler blow up pool and added water balloons too. This was a BIG hit with the bigger kids!
She wanted a Cookies -n- Cream cake for her 8th birthday!
Cake Recipe:
2 boxes of some sort of chocolate cake mix
2 boxes of 3.75 oz. vanilla pudding
6 eggs
1 c. oil
1 c. milk
Mix all the ingredients and bake in 4 round cake pans according to the directions on the cake box.
Filling Recipe:
1 sticks butter
1/4 cup heaving whipping cream
1 tsp. vanilla
1 jar marshmallow cream
3 c. powdered sugar
1 c. crushed Oreo’s
Whip butter and cream together then add in the other ingredients. Put between the cake layers.
Buttercream Recipe:
1 c. butter
1 c. shortening
2 tsp vanilla
8 c. powder sugar
milk
Whip the butter and shortening together then add the vanilla and powder sugar. Add a little milk if the buttercream is too thick. Frost the sides and the top of the cake.
Chocolate Ganosh Recipe:
1 Tbs. butter
2/3 cup heavy whipping cream
1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
Warm the whipping cream in the microwave for 2 minutes and then dump in the butter and chocolate chips. Keep stirring until melted and runny. Place in the refrigerator for about half an hour so it thickens up. Drizzle it around the top of the cake so it drips part way down the sides.
Cake Toppings:
Hershey’s Cookies -n- Cream Bars
Oreo’s
Mini Oreo’s
Decorate the top and sides of the cake to look beautiful!
Fruit Dip:
1 package of cream cheese
1 jar of marshmallow cream
Mix the ingredients and whip together. Then add the fruit to dip!
T is turning 6 today. He absolutely loves his Legos, but lately he’s been obsessed with the new Chima Fire & Ice Legos. He is such a fun boy who loves playing outside with his friends. I found these Lego Molds to put candy melts in. Then I could decorate his cake and cupcakes with them.
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 the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.
Marshmallow Fondant Recipe
Ingredients:
16 oz. Mini Marshmallows
3 TBSP water
2 lbs Powdered Sugar (4 cups)
Crisco
Directions:
Grease a large glass bowl with Crisco.
Pour in the marshmallows and water; then microwave at 30- second intervals, stirring after each interval, until melted.
Reserve about 1/4 cup of the powdered sugar. Place the red of the powdered sugar in a large bowl of a standing mixer.
Grease the paddle attachment with Crisco and pour in the melted marshmallows on top of the powdered sugar.
Beat until a dough form; there will be a lot of loose bits and sugar in the bottom of the bowl.
Grease a clean work surface with Crisco and dump out the fondant and all the loose bits. Grease your hands liberally with Crisco and knead the mixture together, just like kneading bread, for about 5 minutes until smooth.
Grease hands again as needed. As the fondant becomes smoother, use the reserved powdered sugar to coat the surface to keep it from sticking.
Once smooth, you can divide and color the fondant. While working with one piece, cover the remaining fondant with plastic wrap to keep it from drying out.
When you have your colors finished coat the fondant in a light layer or Crisco; wrap in plastic wrap and place in a large baggie for at least an hour, preferably overnight.
Store at room temperature for several months. To us it, dust the surface and rolling pin with powdered sugar and roll out to 1/8 of an inch.
Candy Flames
I melted red and orange hard candies in the oven and then let them harden before I broke them to look like flames.
He got more Chima Legos too.
Thanks, Aunt DeAnna for my Thor hammer night light.
My friend LOVES Captain America, so we surprised her with a cake for her birthday! I bake a box cake and then decorated it with the star tip using my homemade buttercream icing recipe.
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 the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.
My little Titus is now 5. He loves math, superheros, and Legos. We took the boys to see the new Avengers movie and now it’s a favorite around the house. We had fun planning this Avenger’s party and coming up with all the fun games. We found this awesome Avengers balloon at our local party store and it floated in our house for over 3 months.
I made his name by cutting up and Avengers comic book and using modge podge to stick it to wooden letters.
I made tissue paper pom-poms to look like comic book “POW” bursts and hung them around the house.
I made a photo booth with a black table cloth hanging in the back ground and put some more comic book “POW” bursts on it. I covered boxes with black paper and cut out yellow rectangles as windows for the buildings in the foreground of the photo booth. I had wire rack set up with the boys superheros dress-ups for the kids to use in their pictures.
I made the cake in the shape of a five this year. I covered it with my buttercream and then used fondant to create all the special pieces on top.
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 the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.
Marshmallow Fondant Recepie
Ingredients:
16 oz. Mini Marshmallows
3 TBSP water
2 lbs Powdered Sugar (4 cups)
Crisco
Directions:
Grease a large glass bowl with Crisco.
Pour in the marshmallows and water; then microwave at 30- second intervals, stirring after each interval, until melted.
Reserve about 1/4 cup of the powdered sugar. Place the red of the powdered sugar in a large bowl of a standing mixer.
Grease the paddle attachment with Crisco and pour in the melted marshmallows on top of the powdered sugar.
Beat until a dough form; there will be a lot of loose bits and sugar in the bottom of the bowl.
Grease a clean work surface with Crisco and dump out the fondant and all the loose bits. Grease your hands liberally with Crisco and knead the mixture together, just like kneading bread, for about 5 minutes until smooth.
Grease hands again as needed. As the fondant becomes smoother, use the reserved powdered sugar to coat the surface to keep it from sticking.
Once smooth, you can divide and color the fondant. While working with one piece, cover the remaining fondant with plastic wrap to keep it from drying out.
When you have your colors finished coat the fondant in a light layer or Crisco; wrap in plastic wrap and place in a large baggie for at least an hour, preferably overnight.
Store at room temperature for several months. To us it, dust the surface and rolling pin with powdered sugar and roll out to 1/8 of an inch.
I had fun making different special foods too.
I thought this was a fun idea for the soda because I was raised up north where we grew up calling it “pop”. Every time I visit my dad and he calls it “pop” it sounds funny to me because I never hear that any more.
Present Time!!!
I try to teach my boys to say “Thank You” and give a hug after each gift that they open.
Josiah gave Titus the Hulk Smash gloves and mask that he’s been asking for.
Gifts sent in the mail from Grandpa Davis…
Game Time!!!
I set up the games so there were 3 Avengers on each table.
Hulk Smash-
We used the Hulk gloves to smash the buildings that I made out of boxes.
Iron Man Repulsor Blasts –
I used a funnel to fill balloons with flour and then cut circles in another balloon to put around the flour balloon ball.
Thor’s Hammer Throw –
I made a hammer with a foam rectangle covered in duct tape and stuck a wooden dowel rod in it. I glue it all together and put a brown ribbon and shoelace on the handle.
Captain America’s Shield –
I found red plastic plates for the kids to decorate and make a frisbee shield.
Hawkeye Shoot –
I used the boys bows and hung some balloons for them to shoot the bows at.
Black Widow Shoot –
I spray painted some dollar store squirt guns black and let them shoot them at the hanging balloons. It was a hot day so these ended up being a favorite… the kids squirted eachother all day.
My sweet, wonderful boy is growing up so fast. He loves science, Legos, and cousins. J is 9 years old this year and his best friend and cousin is 8. Their birthday’s are just 3 weeks apart and they both love Legos so they had a joint party this year. J’s aunt and I had fun planning another party together.
All the kids colored Lego minifig coloring sheets and we hung them up to make a banner.
J made a Lego container to hold the forks. We covered the juice boxes with construction paper and added dots to look like Legos.
We wrapped some of the gifts to look like Legos too.
J got a few new Lego sets and the Lego Movie.
J gave his cousin a watch for his birthday.
The boys had fun putting their Legos together with Papa.
We played Lego games too.
J’s aunt made cookies to look like Legos and Minifig marshmallow pops.
To start the Lego cake I found a Lego font in a Google search. Then I printed out the boys name and colored it to look like the Lego logo.
Then I used my homemade marshmallow fondant to create edible names that look like the Lego logo.
Next I used candy melts to create the candy Lego bricks and minifigs with my silicone Lego molds.
Then I made the cake with colored white cake mix in my checkered cake pans.
Next I made my butter cream frosting green and frosted the cake. I added the candy bricks around the boarder of the cake.
Then placed the green fondant on the top portion of the cake and added the name Lego logos on top.
Marshmallow Fondant Recipe
Ingredients:
16 oz. Mini Marshmallows
3 TBSP water
2 lbs Powdered Sugar (4 cups)
Crisco
Directions:
Grease a large glass bowl with Crisco.
Pour in the marshmallows and water; then microwave at 30- second intervals, stirring after each interval, until melted.
Reserve about 1/4 cup of the powdered sugar. Place the red of the powdered sugar in a large bowl of a standing mixer.
Grease the paddle attachment with Crisco and pour in the melted marshmallows on top of the powdered sugar.
Beat until a dough form; there will be a lot of loose bits and sugar in the bottom of the bowl.
Grease a clean work surface with Crisco and dump out the fondant and all the loose bits. Grease your hands liberally with Crisco and knead the mixture together, just like kneading bread, for about 5 minutes until smooth.
Grease hands again as needed. As the fondant becomes smoother, use the reserved powdered sugar to coat the surface to keep it from sticking.
Once smooth, you can divide and color the fondant. While working with one piece, cover the remaining fondant with plastic wrap to keep it from drying out.
When you have your colors finished coat the fondant in a light layer or Crisco; wrap in plastic wrap and place in a large baggie for at least an hour, preferably overnight.
Store at room temperature for several months. To us it, dust the surface and rolling pin with powdered sugar and roll out to 1/8 of an inch.
Then I placed a thin piece of yellow fondant around the cake above the bricks and set the minifigs on it.
Then I placed the #8 and #9 candles that I had.
Happy Birthday, my growing boy!!!
He wrote about his Lego party the next day in writing class…
J is now 6 years old and getting into superheros and technology. He chose to have a Transformers cake this year. I made a 9×11 sheet cake and frosted it with gray street colored frosting. I added smaller squares of cake for the buildings and made windows by cutting mini marshmallows in half. I added green shrubs around the buildings with frosting too. I made a stop sign with lollipops and wrote “six” on them instead of “stop”. I placed a few of his mini Transformer toys on the graham cracker road and on the buildings. Here the “6” candle is backwards… I didn’t notice until I got the pictures back, but otherwise he loved it.
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 butter and Crisco with a mixer.
Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.
He got the Dino Transformers and a set of Schleich dinos for his gifts and was so happy!
