Sweet Dr. Seuss Snack

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Tomorrow is Dr. Seuss' birthday!

I love that my kiddos' school spends the whole week celebrating one the most beloved children's authors, and I love even more that they get to read some of Dr. Seuss' wonderful books this week!

Henry's teacher asked if I would bring a fun snack for their class tomorrow and she suggested these fun and easy

GREEN EGG CANDIES!

All you need is candy melts, green M&Ms, wax paper, a template, and a squeeze bottle.

 Start by finding clip art of an egg and printing it out whatever size you want your Green Egg Candies to be. Printing the egg on a black background makes it easier to see the edges of the egg. Place the printed egg under some wax paper so that you can trace the shape on top. This step isn't necessary {you can freehand the shape if you would like} but it helps to make all the candies the same size.

 Place your white candy melts in a bowl and microwave according to the package directions.

 Pour your melted candy melts into a squeeze bottle.

 Simply trace around each egg and then fill it in with candy melts. Be sure to add the green M&M before the candy hardens too much.

 Allow the candies to dry on the wax paper. Mine probably only took 15-20 minutes.

 Here's a little tip: If your candy melts start to harden up in your bottle, place the entire bottle in a cup of warm water to keep the candy as melty as possible:)

 Serve them up on a cute green plate or ship them off to school in a big box...either way your kiddos will love celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday with these fun Green Egg Candies!



Apple Sandwiches

I saw these cute apple sandwiches a few weeks ago, and I knew that these would be perfect to send when Grant's teacher asked me to bring an apple snack for their class! I can not remember where I saw them though, so if anyone knows the original source let me know so I can give them credit.

Five Easy Steps to Apple Sandwiches

1. Thinly slice apples. I used a mandolin, but a knife would work just fine too.

2. Use a small cookie cutter to remove the core of each apple slice.

3. Cover one side of each apple slice with peanut butter. The peanut butter sticks easier if you dry the apple slice off with a paper towel.

4. Coat half of the apple slices in mini chocolate chips by dipping the slices peanut butter side down into a small dish of chocolate chips.

5. Sandwich one peanut butter apple slice together with one peanut butter and chocolate chip apple slice.

Enjoy!

Cherry Red Table

I have to admit I didn't always love spray paint. But that was back when I was foolish enough to think that the cheapo spray paint was as good as the more expensive stuff. I would go through two or three of the $1.99 cans of spray paint on a project, and end up with poor coverage and a sore trigger finger! Then I discovered how wonderful name brand spray paint can be. I have used both Valspar and Krylon, and they are both WAY better than the cheapo cans I used to buy...and really they aren't that much more expensive!

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My latest spray paint victim is this lovely but {oh-so} boring table that has been a resident of our foyer for quite a few years. My mom bought it for us at a thrift store a few years ago, and it fit perfectly in the space. I wasn't really thrilled with the ultra-traditional look of it, but it was good enough. I decided that spray paint was the way to go for this table redo mostly because I was so happy with how spray paint transformed my end table!

Jason helped me disassemble the table, we sanded it down just a little, I covered the mirror with newspaper, and then I got busy spray painted the table with Krylon Cherry Red!

{This is a close up of the color just because my 'after' picture didn't really show the true color.}

I am still amazed at how well the spray paint covered and how professional it looks....and it only took two cans of spray paint and two hours!

My newly spray painted Cherry Red table complete with new fabric covered lampshade:)

Have you spray painted anything lately?

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