Pie Pins/ Girl Scout Swaps

I made these cute little pins (also called swaps) with my daughter and her girl scout troop this past weekend.

This is what you will need:
Bottle caps
Brooch pins (you can buy these at Michaels)
brown felt or construction paper
small beads
glue
glue gun

Step 1:  Using the glue gun, glue the brooch pin to the back of a bottle cap.

Step 2:  Fill the inside of the bottle cap with glue.

Step 3:  Put the beads on top of the glue and let dry for a few minutes.

Step 4:  Glue the pieces of construction paper or felt on top to make the top of the pie.  I like using felt more, but I was out of the light brown color so I used construction paper.

low carb egg muffins

So this is the easiest low carb recipe ever!  This is what I used:

5 or 6 eggs
prosciutto cubes
diced onions
salt
pepper
milk
muffin pan (I used a mini muffin pan)

1.  put a few prosciutto cubes along with a pinch of onions in the mini muffin pan.
2.  preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3.  whisk the eggs with milk and pour a little bit into each muffin.  Do not fill to the top, just a little below to the rim.
4.  Cook for 5-10 minutes in the oven.  I don't have an exact time, because I wasn't paying attention.  I just kept a watch on the oven while I cleaned the kitchen/unloaded the dishwasher.
5.  Use a spoon to take the eggs out and then sprinkle with some salt and pepper.

You don't have to use the prosciutto or onions like I did with my recipe.  Try diced tomatoes or bell peppers.  This is such a quick and easy recipe.  This is what we had a long with toast for our Easter morning breakfast.

watermelon

A fun springtime/summertime activity.  Use cookie cutters to cut out watermelon and other fruits.

Making Paint from Cornstarch

So, Alex used up her Crayola paint in the tub soap and wanted to keep the containers.  I have been thinking about what to do with them and decided to make some new paint out of cornstarch.

Materials needed:
White vinegar
Cornstarch
Water
Bowl
Spoon
Food coloring
Baby food jars or any other container that might work.

The first thing I did was put about 2 Tbs cornstarch, 2 Tbs white vinegar, and 2Tbs water and mixed them all together.  Then I divided up the mixture between the three little containers I was using.

Then I added in about 5-7 drops of food coloring into each jar and mixed it up.

Then I let my daughter come up with her own little creation.

Those dots all over the face.... those are freckles.  :)

homemade fruit gummies

I like anything homemade.  And these are surprisingly good.  This is what you will need:

Materials:
Gelatine- You will need five envelopes.  So you may have to buy two boxes.
Candy Molds- It's better to use small molds.  Soap molds are are too big.
1/2 can of Frozen Juice concentrate- We tried to make our own juice and it didn't work out so well.  On our second batch we bought the frozen juice and it worked out perfectly.
1 tsp Agave Syrup- Don't be fooled by thinking the mixture is already sweet.  We did not add any sweetener to our first batch and it was not sweet at all.  I think this is due to all the gelatine in the recipe.  We added about 1 tsp. to the second recipe.  But then again, in the second recipe we used frozen juice concentrate so maybe the sweetener does not need to be used.

Heat the juice concentrate on low heat and stir in the gelatine.  When the gelatine has dissolved put spoon the gelatin into the candy molds.  Then cool in fridge or freezer for a few minutes.

This is what the finished product looks like.  My daughter loves them and brought them to school today for snack.  I suspect her friends will be jealous!