Making Lunch Fun: First Day of School

 

Our son's first day of school was yesterday (3rd grade!).  To celebrate, I made him an extra special lunch.  Unfortunately, I didn't have a number 3 cookie cutter, so I improvised, using a pastry bag tip to stamp out the appropriate shape.  The sandwich is simply a PB & J, with sprinkles.  I sliced up a Red Delicious and cored it with one of my Cross mini cookie cutters.  

I used our Food Saver's "seal" function to cut a plastic snack bag down for the cookie.  Then, I used yellow, chevron card stock and affixed a cute button that I made, which says "You're one smart cookie. (I hope your first day is awesome)".

I made a printable, that includes a "smart cookie" button by itself (in case you'd prefer to attach it to a different colored/patterned cardstock), and a bag topper, with a yellow chevron background and cookie button.  Click here to print them.

Do you do anything special for your kiddo's first day of school?

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Thrift Store Finds: Dog Bed Krylon Upcycle

Growing up, I hated wicker.  It was mainly due to the fact that, in the 80s/90s, it only came in a white, Shabby Sh*t Chic look or a natural wood color.  Then, Pottery Barn came along and introduced me to darker wicker and I was all "Heeeeeey!"  Fast forward to last week - I was trolling through Goodwill, looking for wreaths to makeover (Extreme Wreath Makeover: here), when I found *this*:

At less than $4, I thought it'd be perfect as a dog bed, with the help of my friend, Krylon.

Aaaaaaaaaand, they love it :)

What thrift store finds have you saved with Krylon?

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Chocolate Pretzel Hugs

These are dangerous.  Seriously, leave while you still have a chance.  I don't normally sit around popping Hershey's Kisses like Tic Tacs, but that's what I found myself doing with these.  I finally found myself tossing these to my husband and pleading, "Get these away from me!"

  

Pretzel Hugs (courtesy of Shelly's genius mom) Printable Recipe 

servings: doyoureallywanttoknowafterdevouringtheentirebatch

Ingredients:

1 (16 oz.) package pretzel snaps

2 (12 oz.)packages Hershey's Hugs

Directions:

1) Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. <-- A while back, I switched from half sheets to full size.  If your oven is large enough, I can't praise these enough.  When you're up late, baking multiple batches, you will be ever grateful for being able to squeeze the extra items on that sheet, thus cutting down the number of times you wait for that wretched timer to go off.

2) Lay half a bag's worth of pretzel pieces onto the parchment paper and top each piece with a Hershey's Hug.

3) Carefully place in the oven and leave for 2 minutes, until they're glossy. 

4) Take the pretzels out of the oven and let sit for about a minute, before gently pushing the second pretzel piece over top.

5) Transfer to the fridge for ~30 minutes, so they can cool.

What snack do you find yourself enjoying too much?

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