Ronald Howes, inventor of the Easy Bake Oven
, has passed away. Sigh. I remember my Holly Hobbie version of the oven rather well. Find the story HERE at Serious Eats,… Read More ...
Peanut Butter Sandwich Sushi
Here’s a way to make peanut butter sandwiches brighten up a lunch box: make them sushi style. Find the how-tos for rolling peanut butter and fruit sandwiches sushi style HERE at the kitchn.
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Charlie Brown Bento
The mind behind Adventures in Bentomaking never ceases to amaze me. I could spend the whole day posting post after post on bentos from the site. Here is a Charlie Brown bento.
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Kid-Friendly Heart Day Ideas
The Crafty Crow is always a great go-to for kid-friendly ideas, like this candy heart wreath by Se7en + 1 , neopolitan cookies by Make Something Yummy, or these rose cupcake colors by Chica and Jo. (Click on the photos or the blog links for how-tos.)
[tags]candy, kids, cookies, hearts, cupcakes, roses, Valentine’s Day[/tags]
Make a LOST Spam Musubi
In honor of the final season of the completely addictive and mind-boggling show, Adventures in Bento Making provides the recipe and step-by-step how-tos (with great photos!) to making a LOST theme Spam Musubi. Pure brilliance. And to see more ideas for LOST, find more posts HERE.
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Secret Decoder Cookies
How utterly brilliant are these secret decoder cookies from Gourmet Mom on the Go? The red candy centers decipher a secret message on paper with clever use of markers. Find the how-tos HERE. {spotted on The Crafty Crow}
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Race Car Cake Topper
Cake Journal has a fabulous tutorial on creating this race car cake topper from gum paste and fondant. Find the detailed how-tos HERE.
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Love and Kisses Candy Jar
Find the how-tos for making this cute kid-friendly love and kisses candy jar HERE (filled with lovely messages and chocolate kisses) at Homemade Mamas.
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Snowflake Quesadilla
Turn a snack into a celebration of winter with these snowflake quesadilla’s from Martha. Find the how-tos HERE. 
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Sweet Snails
Turn candy into sweet snails. Find the how-tos HERE at Martha.
[tags]winter, candy, snails, gumdrops[/tags]… Read More ...
Cookie Puzzle
I wonder how many kids would put the whole puzzle together before eating the pieces of this cute Christmas puzzle cookie from Martha. Find the how-tos here.
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DIY Finger Paints
Find a recipe to make your own finger paints HERE at Martha. As the paints are made with sugar and corn starch, I think the term “recipe” can apply, though how appetizing they’d be is questionable. Certainly non toxic, though.
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Cookie Art
Bake an abstract painting right in your cookie. These cookies are made by squirting food coloring on cut-out cookies, blowing it around with a straw and then baked. The genius is from Martha, as found via the kitchn.
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Thanksgiving Bentos
Turkey Placecards
Make cute li’l turkey placecards from apples, almonds and lifesavers with the instructions HERE at Woman’s Day.
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