Edible Paint

We painted Christmas Lights with Edible Paint in preschool!  So easy and cute!  And Yes ... it dries that shiny!

All you do is take light Karo Syrup and separate it into cups and mix food coloring into each cup. Then put a plastic spoon into each cup. The kids dip the spoon into the Syrup and place the spoon (base down) on the paper and it makes the cute light/circle shape! Easy Peasy!

Reindeer Cookies

We followed a recipe to make REINDEER COOKIES today in preschool!  The kids loved following the directions to make their own cookie!  I made a cookie first and took a picture of each step (super easy) and made it into a recipe card.  Then, each student got the ingredients (Nutter Butter Cookie, m&m's and pretzels) and followed the recipe card to make their own reindeer cookie.  They loved it and were so proud!

Here's the recipe card.  If you want the recipe card, you can print this one or just shoot me off an e-mail and I can send you one!

Gingerbread Playdough

 One of my favorite playdough recipes because it smells so darn good and it's fun for Christmas!

2 cups of flour
1 cup salt
2 cups boiling water
1 tablespoon cream of tartar
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
2 tsp (about) allspice
2 tsp (about) ground ginger
2 tsp (about) ground cloves

Put all of the dry ingredients into a bowl and stir. Measure 2 cups water and add red and green food coloring to make desired brown color and then microwave the water to boiling - easy & fast. Add the boiling water, and oil to the dry ingredients. Stir until too sticky, then knead by hand.

Smelly Ornaments

These ornaments are not only cute but they smell so good too!Here's what you need: Equal parts cinnamon and applesauce

Here's what you do: mix until the consistency of thick dough, roll it out and use cookie cutter to cut a holiday shape, use a straw to poke a hole in it, let dry 1-2 days and thread a ribbon through and hang on the tree.

Snowflake Cookies

Here's what you need: Fancy Tarts/Cookies, Powdered Sugar







Here's what you do:
Place the Tart or Cookie on a plate and let your child sprinkle powdered sugar on the cookie through a powdered sugar shaker or wire strainer, etc. They come out looking like these darling little snowflakes!

Sweet Snowman!

January is a great time to have a snow/ski/sledding party - so why not add a sweet snowman treat to the menu ... and by sweet - I MEAN SWEET! Just give kids all of the pieces and they'll love building this snowman. And please don't forget that kids are so creative! If they don't do it like you expect or just like the picture ... that's more than okay! Go creative crazy!
Here's what you need: Hostess Snow ball, m&m's, mike&ikes, raisinets, hersheys chocolate candy bar, reeses peanut butter cups.









Here's what you do:
Just give all of the kids the pieces and tell them to make a snowman - they'll know what to do. You can even give them a picture to look at if you want them to practice their matching skills!

Corn Puff Treat

... or as I lovingly refer to it - the Packing Peanuts Treat! So Yummy!

Here's what you need: Corn Pops (not to be confused with the cereal - these look like packing peanuts), light corn syrup, sugar, and butter





Here's what you do: (brought to you by the #2) ;)

Put 2 cubes butter, 2 cups sugar, and 2 cups light corn syrup in large heavy pan, bring to boil and let boil 2 minutes stirring constantly (only 2 minutes!). Pour over whole large sack of corn pops, stir and you're done!

Yummy Crunch Mix

Here's what you need: 3 cups peanut butter Captain Crunch, 3 cups Rice Crispies, 3 cups mini marshmallows, 1 cup mixed nuts, 4-6 small packages m&m's, 20 oz. white chocolate or almond bark.








Here's what you do:
Add all ingredients (except chocolate) in a large bowl. Melt the chocolate and pour over the mixture and stir. Easy as that and you're done! This is so yummy and a great holiday treat!

Frosty the Cupcake

Here's what you need: Cupcakes (made & cooled), white/vanilla frosting, chocolate chips, m&m's and candy corn.



Here's what you do:
Scoop frosting into a ziploc bag, seal the bag and cut the corner off one end. Squeeze a good amount of frosting onto each cupcake. Decorate with eyes (m&m's), carrot nose (candy corn) and mouth (up-side-down chocolate chips). Get creative and use other items too!

Reindeer Food

Here's what you need: Dry oats, sugar sprinkles





Here's what you do:
Add 2 to 3 scoops of dry oats to a small bag and sprinkle in some festive sugar sprinkles.

Attach the following poem:
Take this magic reindeer food and sprinkle it on the lawn,
On Christmas, Santa's reindeer travel miles before the dawn.
The smell of oats and sugar path will guide them on their way
And you'll wake up to Santa's gifts next morn on Christmas Day!

*Note* The original poem I found had you mix confetti with the oats but it is more safe for any animals/pets who may try to eat the oats. Thanks!