Have you heard of magic leprechaun pudding before? It's a great thing for younger kids to eat to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. My girls and I decided to take it one step further and make magic leprechaun pie! This pie was a HUGE hit for the girls to make and it didn't last long in our fridge! It's super simple to make and I hope it's a hit for your family too! To make your own magic leprechaun pie you'll need: Pistachio pudding Cool whip Pie Crust Pistachio nuts (optional) Step 1) This step is completely optional but it does add more to the pie. I'm pretty sure that you can buy already chopped and shelled pistachios but we didn't have those on hand. In our case, we had to shell and crush our pistachio nuts. I think for every one pistachio that went into our Ziploc bags to crush, the girls ate two! We used a meat tenderizing hammer to crush our nuts and obviously the girls thought this was "totally fun!" Step 2) Again, this step is optional. Put the … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2012
Leprechaun Hunt
We went on a Leprechaun hunt the other day. It wasn't anything fancy but they really enjoyed it. It ended up costing me a whopping 99cents! I bought a package of lucky clover stickers at the store a week ago for 99cents and cut them up into separate stickers. I gave each child their own piece of paper to collect the stickers on too. When they went down for a little rest time the sneaky Leprechaun left stickers all over the house, silly little guy! I made sure to tell him that he needed to leave the same amount of stickers for each child (to avoid an argument.) They loved running through the house looking for stickers. Some were pretty easy to find and some were really hard. I actually forgot where they all ended up so the hunt lasted quite a long time. All in all they each collected 6 stickers. I loved listening to their stories along the way. I heard a lot of encouraging each other, a lot of congratulations for finding one and a few "that silly Leprechaun" comments. I think … [Read more...]
Fun Stuff Fridays (#13)
Remember when Linkys were all the rage in blogging? They were a great way to find and get to know other bloggers before social media and Pinterest became mainstream. It didn’t hurt that they brought a ton of traffic to your site too. Lindsi and I started our Fun Stuff Fridays linky back in 2011. We kept it going for 20 weeks before it fizzled out (or we got sick of doing it, I’m not sure which happened). It is now soon to be 2017 and at lot of the links in those linkies no longer exist. Plus, I’ve let my link up subscription lapse so you can’t get to them anyway. Instead of deleting the Fun Stuff Fridays posts, however, I have decided to clean them up and make sure our featured links are still valid. After all, on a rare occasion I get traffic from one of these old posts. The linky may be gone but the featured posts are still valid as of December 2016… Welcome to Fun Stuff Fridays. We had 305 submissions last week! Ohmigosh! Do you wonder if we look at them all....and the … [Read more...]
Plates In The Dryer–Sponsor Spotlight!
Tickets for our Plates In The Dryer event are now on "sale"! Scoop yours up HERE today as there are a limited amount available! Not sure what Plates In The Dryer is? Click on the banner above. We have some AWESOME sponsors who are helping us put on this unique event and we thought we'd show them off a bit. Some are local, some are nationwide so there's a mix for everyone! First and foremost is our largest sponsor and our host, Color Me Mine in Eagan, MN! Color Me Mine is a paint your own pottery place that is a TON of fun! Prices are totally reasonable, and they have pottery that appeals to everyone from a new mom looking to preserve little hand and foot prints, to a teen wanting to make something unique for themselves, to a grandma looking for a gift for a newlywed grandchild. Not artistic? Don't worry, they have all kinds of stuff to help even the sloppiest of painters create something absolutely beautiful (trust us, Jamie isn't the most artistic person in the … [Read more...]
