Rainbow Cupcakes

We made rainbow cupcakes the other day and they turned out awesome. I started with a traditional boxed cake batter and divided it into 6 bowls. Add food coloring to each bowl. Then we scooped 1 scoop of each color into a muffin tin. My cupcakes turned out very, very full. Almost a little too full. After they baked I added a buttercream icing and a few green sprinkles. Tada! They were tasty and very pretty to look at.

Fishing Cupcakes

The second cupcake I made was a fishing cupcake. Again, I used this tasty icing recipe and added blue food coloring. I used a large star tip to swirl on the icing. The fishing pole is a pretzel stick with a piece of dental floss tied to it. I added a few colorful goldfish into the waves and viola!

Camping Cupcakes

So I mentioned earlier in the week that I made camping & fishing cupcakes for my nephew's 7th birthday. I think they turned out fabulous. These are the camping themed ones. I used this frosting recipe and added green food coloring. Using a large circular tip I iced them and then added some green sprinkles. The campfire is pretzel sticks with some red icing on the top and the marshmallow sticks are pretzel sticks with mini marshmallows on them. They were delicious.

Camping & Fishing Cupcakes

Mmmmmmm... Cupcakes! I made these camping and fishing cupcakes for my nephew's 7th birthday. I'll post more details about them later in the week, I just wanted you to have a peek at how cute they turned out!

Candy Cane Heart Pops

Here's a tasty treat just in time for Valentine's Day. You'll need some wax paper, small candy canes, chocolate chips, straws or popsicle sticks. Arrange your candy canes and straws on the wax paper. Melt chocolate in the microwave and carefully spoon it into the center of your hearts. Allow to harden and enjoy!

The Cutest Little Turkey Cupcakes

I made some super cute and super tasty Turkey Cupcakes for Thanksgiving this year. I also baked some pies, but they weren't as adorable. So... start with a batch of plain cupcakes. I used vanilla because I made a homemade chocolate butter cream icing and I thought that a chocolate cupcake would be too rich.

I used fruit roll ups to make some turkey legs.

Cover the top of the cupcake with chocolate frosting.

Dip your cupcake in some chocolate sprinkles.

Take a double stuff Oreo and insert 5-6 candy corns. I actually bought all my candy corns on clearance after Halloween.

Plop your Oreo into the middle of the cupcake.

Decorate a Whopper with eyes and a beak and place it in front of your Oreo.

Gobble. Gobble. These were a huge hit with the kids at Thanksgiving.

Color Your Own Pasta...

This was a fun experiment that resulted in some very colorful pasta that we used as a craft. You'll need pasta, rubbing alcohol, food coloring and some plastic bags. We also used some glasses to rest the plastic bags in while we were pouring. Add 1/2 cup of rubbing alcohol and desired food coloring to bags. Mix in pasta. Seal your bags and let them sit for an hour or two. Drain all the liquid and allow the pasta to dry overnight.

Cooking with Kids...

Here's a little tip I learned from my sister. When we make cookies I use a a mini muffin pan. I let Cole break the dough apart and put some in each little hole. Then we add our sprinkles (we put sprinkles on everything) and bake them up. They make the perfect little snack treat.