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Play dough hedgehogs (porcupines)

Play dough hedgehogs (porcupines)

All you need is homemade Kool-Aid play dough and toothpicks. I used the glittery leftover from our baked play dough ornaments and shaped the hedgehog for Nico. He went to town with the toothpicks He even posed for me! Variation: You could use colored toothpicks and talk about colors     If you do this, we’d LOVE to see a photo of it. Email it to us or post it on our Facebook page. We’d love … Read entire article »

Filed under: Crafts, English, Everyday

Kool-Aid and Jell-O coloured (and scented) cloud dough

Kool-Aid and Jell-O coloured (and scented) cloud dough

While Valerie and Nico were busy with their highly successful cloud dough (or “warm snow”, as Nico calls it), I went into the Glittering Muffins test kitchen to see, if I couldn’t whip up some colours and scents to add to the otherwise white and rather blah mix, once more going with our trusted Kool-Aid as magic component. To get the basic recipe, it is as easy as can be: Take 4 cups of flour … Read entire article »

Filed under: Crafts, English, Everyday

Valentines Day Kool-Aid icing

Valentines Day Kool-Aid icing

Baking a little something special for Valentines Day, I thought we could make a special pink icing to go with it. You will need: White icing 1 packet of cherry Kool-Aid powder I didn’t make a lot of icing cause we aren’t big on icing in this house, but I’ll tell you what I did. I put some regular white icing into a bowl (about 1 heaping tablespoon) and added about a 1/4 of a teaspoon of cherry Kool-Aid powder … Read entire article »

Filed under: Baking, Cooking/Baking, English, Home

Valentine’s Day Kool-Aid pancakes – flop

Valentine’s Day Kool-Aid pancakes – flop

So today we tried some logical deduction. Children like pancakes. Children like chocolate chips. Children like Kool-Aid. So chocolate chip pancakes with red (cherry) Kool-Aid powder should be awesome, right? Now we have a great and easy pancake recipe that has been in our family for generations…ok, for about two weeks, but that’s not the point, it’s great! So you will need: 1 cup of all-purpose flour 1 tbsp sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 cup milk 1 egg 2 tbsp … Read entire article »

Filed under: Cooking/Baking, English, Flops

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