Project of the Month - February 2013

I wanted an easier project this month that my daughter could help me with.We made a trip to Michaels and did a little wandering through the store until we found something that caught our eye.

Here are the supplies that we picked up. All the supplies were on sale the day we were there. It cost us approximately $15 for everything to make both kinds of barrettes.

We used a glue gun, a pair of scissors and some small pliers to make these cool barrettes!

The pinwheel ones with the butterflies are for my daughter. We used hot glue to glue the clips to the backs and the butterflies to the center of the ribbon pinwheels.

The beaded barrettes are for me and I made a set to give as a gift. I glued the set of beads, strung on a nylon string, directly to the barrette.

They all turned out really great and my daughter and I had a wonderful time doing these quick and easy projects together.

Recycled Crayons

These are a great idea for Valentine's Day. We made them for my daughter to take to class and all the kids loved them too!

We used a combination of the tutorials from The Long Thread and from Make and Takes as well as some trial and error of our own.

My daughter had a great time breaking up the old crayons and dividing them among the different spaces in the silicone pan we bought. It was really easy to pop the cooled crayons out of the silicone pan and it was pretty easy to clean up afterwards too. We did put the pan on a cookie sheet so it was easy to get in and out of the oven because the silicone was bendy.

They were a hit with both teachers and kids and we would absolutely make these again.

Banana Bran Muffins

This is one of our “Go-To” recipes when we want to make muffins. It may just be our favourite. We make them plain, with chocolate chips, dried cranberries or fresh berries too if we have them. You can also add nuts but due to allergy concerns I don’t cook or bake with nuts. It is a great way to use up any overripe bananas. The recipe makes a very light, moist and delicious muffin.

It is a great recipe to use when cooking with kids too. My daughter helped with pouring the ingredients, stirring and tasting the finished product.

We got the recipe from Allrecipes. com


Click on the link to get the whole recipe Banana Bran Muffins

Sunshine Cake

This recipe came in an email newsletter that I subscribe to and we were excited to try it.

We really liked it. I took some to work and it got good reviews there too.

It is more of a pound cake than a light fluffy cake, which is not mentioned in the recipe. We had all the ingredients in the house and my daughter and I had a great time making and tasting it, together,

We also used some of it to make bread pudding for dessert one night which was also very delicious.

 The recipe can be found here at the Eagle Brand website

Carrot Pineapple Muffins

MMMMMM more muffins!

We love muffins at our house. I love that they are easy to make and I can make them healthy as well. My daughter says that she loves them because they are yummy and she gets to make them with mom.

We usually bake a healthy treat like cookies, muffins, breads, or scones once a week. It is a fun activity for my daughter and I to do together and we make something healthier and better tasting as well as less expensive than we could buy in the grocery store.

Muffins are great for school and work lunches and keep well in the freezer when we make an extra big batch. When we do make muffins, we usually make a double or sometimes even a triple batch. We leave some out to eat and put the rest in the freezer for later. They are easy to grab when we do not have time to bake something that week.

Click on the link to go to the whole recipe to try them for yourself Carrot Pineapple Muffins