Unicorn Cupcakes

For Kirsten's 5th birthday, we created an All Rainbows & Unicorns bash (you can find all the details here).  We kept that theme as well for her birthday bash at school.

For this round of baking fun, we created these adorable unicorn cupcakes, as seen on www.easycupcakes.com.

The simple requirements for this adorable fantasy treat were:

1 mini marshmallows cut in half for the ears

1 marshmallows cut in half for the nose

1 Bugle for the unicorn's horn

blue M&M's for the eyes

1 edible food marker to add details

Ending Another School Year

Last year I read this article, Spicing Up 1st Day of School Photos, by Kim Holmes and I just loved her idea of listing your child's favorite things that year right on the photo.  GENIUS!  But since it was spring and I had already missed starting a first day of school tradition... I figured why not try her idea as an end of school year wrap-up!

So on the last day of school each year we will continue with this tradition...

Julia Celebrates Alphabet Day

Last week, Julia's awesome Kindergarten class celebrated Alphabet Day!  I am not sure why, but any excuse for a party and cupcakes is fine in my book.

The children were asked to make an alphabet poster, wear either an alphabet shirt or hat, and bring in an alphabet treat.

Julia decided her alphabet poster should be a cupcake with the letters of the alphabet as sprinkles.

Next, Julia opted for a T-shirt... Which we covered in foam letters with the help of some craft glue.

Our alphabet treat... of course, CUPCAKES!

And leave it to me favorite store, DOLLAR TREE!, to have alphabet cookies for just $1 a box!

Since the cookies were a bit boring... we spruced them up with some brightly colored sugar crystals (with a little bit of powdered sugar and water mixture for glue).

One successful Alphabet Day...

Father's Day Fun

Looking for some Father's Day fun...  Here are some of the projects we have created for the special daddy in our world and a another trip down memory lane for me!

What parent or grandparent doesn't melt over those tiny handprints turned into art?

As the girls grew, so did the complexity of our projects.  It was also nice to include dad in the creation for some quality father - daughter time.

By far our favorite Father's Day celebration to date... a rocket launch at the Center for Science Teaching and Learning!

A quick, easy, and of course delicious Father's Day treat... chocolate chip pancakes cooked in the shape of the letters D... A... D!