50 Easy Crafts for an Elementary Halloween Party It’s never too early to start planning for the Halloween crafts that can be made during Halloween parties. Although the kids will be excited to consume candy, I have rounded up at least 50 great craft activities that should get them equally as excited. These crafts are …
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Are you looking for an inexpensive, easy, and versatile banner for a birthday party, gathering, or celebration? This D.I.Y. coffee filter banner is a great option! It can be customized in length, size, and colors, and can be made for just a few dollars. My super creative friend Kim made these adorable DIY Coffee Filter …
This Tomato Alfredo Italian Baked Ziti Recipe is my husband’s favorite meal. My husband would eat this every week if I made it that often. Our 2 year old, 6 year old and 8 year old all love it as well! It is crazy how quickly this recipe disappears around our house. My husband has …
Rote Grütze Trifle Recipe. I combined two of my favorite desserts: German Rote Grütze and a British Trifle (non-alcoholic) to make this delicious Rote Grütze Trifle. One of the staple desserts in northern Germany is Rote Grütze. It is a pudding traditionally made with red fruit (strawberries, raspberries, red currants, and/or cherries). It is often …
My daughter wanted a Medieval birthday party. I was thinking of fun and inexpensive party favors. I thought it would be nice to make DIY Medieval Snow Globes. It ended up being a very easy, inexpensive, and quick activity that the kids loved. Among the crafts I thought of, the DIY Medieval snow globes were …
Very Simple and Quick Blueberry Lemon Curd Trifle This dessert is delicious yet it is so simple and quick. It’s got a great combination of fresh flavors that balance sweet and citrus. It’s also a pretty mix of blues, purples, whites, and yellows. Normally, I always whip up fresh whipping cream, but when I made …
Traditional Shepherd’s Pie is typically quite bland (in my humble opinion). However, I have done a lot of tweaking to my recipe. Now my family and I consider Shepherd’s Pie incredibly delicious! Do these ‘5 Steps to Incredibly Delicious Shepherd’s Pie’ and as the German’s say, ‘guten appetit’. Shepherd’s pie originated from the United Kingdom …
If you like puff pastries and spinach artichoke dip, try this Spinach Artichoke Puff Pastry recipe. It is easy to make and delicious.
Aurora’s Chocolate-Filled Fresh Strawberries. My seven year old daughter, Aurora, made these chocolate filled fresh strawberries on her own. She made them to try to play a yummy trick on me. She brought a fresh normal looking strawberry up to me and told me to taste it. I took a bite was so pleasantly surprised …
Food and Decor for a Peter Rabbit Party This post shows the food and decorations that I used for my son’s Peter Rabbit birthday party. To decorate, I bought a cute red wheel barrow and hoe and shovel for $10 on the local classifieds. As soon as I saw the small vintage wheel barrow, shovel …
If you have never tried homemade BBQ sauce you NEED to—especially this recipe! It tastes way better than the store-bought varieties. It is so fresh, and the flavors balance each other out amazingly well. There is a little bit of sweet, salty, mild spice, and smoke, which together form the BEST homemade BBQ sauce ever. …