Childrens Christmas Day 2 more cards

 

 

We used construction paper strips to make Christmas tree cards today

the first picture was made by the 9 year old girl I watch and the picture below was made by the 3 year old I watch

 

These are very simple to make you just cut strips of brown and green construction paper and glue them down to your card

First you glue the brown down to be the trunk of the tree.

 

 

then you glue your green strips across the brown.

 

My kids wanted to add decorations so they used holes punched out of construction paper and glued them on to the trees.

 

I think they turned out pretty cute

Merry Christmas to each and everyone of you  

Stephanie

 

Macaroni and Cheese with Corn

Over the next month Stephanie and I will both be posting recipes and crafts that we are doing for Christmas. My recipe for today is Macaroni and Cheese with Corn. It may sound a little odd but it is so good! We just had it for Thanksgiving and I am sure we will make it again for Christmas.

Macaroni and Cheese with Corn
1 pd macaroni
2 cups Velveeta
1 can corn, drained
1 can cream style corn
Boil macaroni. Transfer to greased casserole dish and add other ingredients. Bake at 350 for 45 min.

 

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Childrens Christmas Day1- Christmas cards

Stephanie here
Okay as most of you know I run a home childcare.  We are all excited here getting ready for Christmas.  I have lots of Christmas Crafts and Activities planned for the next few weeks.  And I thought I would share them here with everyone.
This week we are doing Christmas Cards.  Here are the ones we did for day 1
These cards are so simple that most children over 5 or 6 should be able to do them on their own.





first I printed some ornament shapes out on regular printer paper and cut them out

then I had the children glue strips of construction paper all over them



then I  cut off the excess paper since I have mosly little people older chldren would have no problem doing this. 



this is how it will look with the paper all trimmed




I made simple cards by cutting card stock in half then folding each cut piece in half.



then let the children glue the ornaments on to their cards.

Now their parents have some homemade cards to give to grandparents and other special people. 

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Make-It-Monday ( Candy Cane Reindeer)

I made a bunch of these awhile back. They are so easy and even kids can do them!

Get 2 candy canes and wrap them with brown yarn. Make sure you put a little bit of glue on the yarn. Add 2 wiggly eyes and a small red pom pom and your done!

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Whatever Wednesday ( Omelets)

Today my youngest daughter had a brunch at school and I had to take a breakfast food. I wanted to make something different so I decided to make mini omelets in muffin pans. They were simple to make and tasted great!

First brown 1 pd sausage

In a large bowl beat 18 eggs and add 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese

Drain sausage and mix it with the eggs and cheese

Grease 2 muffin pans well and fill with egg mixture

Bake 20 minutes at 350.

tasty Tuesday Duck

Okay so Scott has been wanting to try duck for a long time.  A couple of weeks ago they had frozen duck at Aldi's for about $12.00 about what I would spend on a roast.  So we decided to try it. 
We decided to use the New wave oven to cook it in.  I think this is becoming one of my favorite kitchen appliances.  And not just because Scott cooks in it most of the time.  It just cooks stuff so well and in way less time than other methods. 

Okay so like I said we decided to cook it and we always use Paula Deans House seasoning on turkey so we decided to use it on the duck.  All you do is rub it all over the piece of meat you are cooking and you are good to go.  I will add the house seasoning recipe at the end of this post.

house seasoning

Duck in new wave oven

finished Duck see how crispy the skin is and how juice the meat still is.
 

Now on to what we thought of the duck.  The skin was really crispy and I do love that .  But there is really no white meat and I don't really like dark meat.  I also just didn't really like the flavor of the duck.  Scott said it was okay but not something he would tell someone they just had to try.  Patrick said it was good. 

House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder

Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

Rock Star Birthday Party

Saturday was my daughter Emily's 8th birthday party. She wanted to do a rock star theme so that is what we did. It was pretty simple to pull off and the girls had such a good time!
For the invitations I had used store bought ones. I had found them on clearance for 50 cents and they said rock star on them.
We decorated the outside of my house with a red carpet.

Stephanie's husband made the wood stands for me.  I bought red rope from the craft section at Hobby Lobby and used red tablecloths. The sign on the garage said Emily and the Rockers.
Once you got inside we had a pink metallic curtain at the front door for the girls to walk through. My front room was the dressing room.

We painted nails and the box on the floor had a bunch of wigs and stuff in it for the girls to dress up with.

I had a bunch of avon samples of eye shadow and lipstick for the girls to get dressed up with. We  had some combs layed out and mirrors for the girls to see themselves in.
In my great room we set up a stage.

The girls loved it and the drum set was part of my daughters birthday present. We used it to take pictures on.

We decorated my fire place with records and then that is where Emily opened presents later on.

I set up a table that had all of the girls "goody bags" on. The goody bags were old records that had been melted into bowls.

I also made all of the girls notebooks to take home.
In the kitchen we set up the cake and cupcakes.

The girls made picture frames for their crafts. I am going to print off a picture of them so they can put it in the frames.

We did a pinata and then cake and ice cream while Emily opened presents.

We even got to walk the red carpet! I let every girl have a chance to be the "rock star". I think this was their favorite part!

I also had a chance to take some group pictures. I alternated the girls so that the group of  3 all had Emily in them but had 2 different girls each time.

For food we did concession type food....nachos, hot dogs, chips, popcorn. The girls got to drink out of champagne glasses ( I put lemonade in them)

The party was so much fun. If you would like to see the rest of the pictures you can check them out here;
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Tasty Tuesday ( Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken and Tortillas)

This meal is so easy to make and it is so good! You start off in the slow cooker and finish it in the oven.

Cheesy Chicken and Tortillas
 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts ( frozen is fine)
1 pkg taco seasoning
2 cans cream of chicken soup
2 tbsp butter
5 1/4 cups chicken stock ( I just use chicken broth)
10 flour tortillas, cut into bite sized pieces
4 cups shredded mexican style cheese

Place chicken in slow cooker and top with all but 2 tbsp of taco seasoning. Pour 3 1/2 cups of the chicken stock over the chicken. Cook on low 4-5 hrs.

Remove chicken and shred.

Heat oven to 350. Heat butter in 3qt saucepan.

Stir in remaining taco seasoning, stock and soup.

Once it is mixed well add chicken.

In a casserole dish layer half of chicken mixture, tortillas and 2 cups cheese..

Repeat layer.

Bake 30 minutes.

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Remember it is never to early to start your Christmas shopping!!