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Sombrero Cookie Tutorial

May 14, 2014June 17, 2021

The boys’ favourite Cinco de Mayo activity this year was without a doubt the sombrero cookies; which is great because it was also the simplest activity to provide for!

All you need to keep your little ones quiet and engaged for at least 30 minutes is…

Cookies (we bought ours)

Marshmallows (we used white)

Frosting (we used vanilla)

Icing gels, sugar sprinkles and jelly tots

Here’s how we did it. I modelled one, and they got the idea very quickly. Baby Dragon spent a great deal of time mixing the sprinkles and jellytots.

They turned out to be very delicious, apparently!

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Easter Memories 2013: Bunny Bean Bark

Afterthe horror of watching over 200 beans take a dive into white chocolate (on Dadda’s watch, I blamefully hasten to add) last year at the baby hands of our Little Adventurer, this year I foolishly kindly agreed to let the boys make it again. We had warm, melted, Green & Black’s chocolate, dolly mixtures, Smarties…

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DIY SNOWY ADVENT CALENDAR VILLAGE [WAYFAIR FEATURE]

With coughs, colds, bugs and viruses – and now a kidney infection for me, Advent in our household has started off a little rocky, but we’re determined to enjoy the Christmas period and things have been made quite a bit brighter by the new feature on Wayfair – our DIY Advent Calendar. This was a…

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NEW YEAR TRADITION: THE NEW YEAR BREAKFAST [JACK SKELLINGTON STYLE]

After the excitement of Christmas day was over, Granny and Grandad arrived which meant that for a change I wasn’t the one being kicked in the face in bed – and so I managed to get up a little earlier than the boys and set up our new New Year’s tradition – the New Year…

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Valentine Sweets…. Better Late Than Never!

This year we found something on Pinterest that was far too good to resist for Valentine’s day, and easy enough for us all to play a little part in making. Best of all, it was using leftovers from Christmas. We all know how Dadda feels about using leftovers. He was overjoyed. It’s so simple. Take…

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Back to School Apple Shaped Doughnuts

Back to School Apple Shaped Doughnuts – Cute little doughnuts, covered in icing sugar and decorated with pretzels and gummy leaves. Hey, friends! So we’re about to finish school for the holidays and it is HOT here in England for a change! The first ever extreme heat warning has been issued here in the South…

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BUTTERFLY BRUSCHETTA: SAVOURY SALAD SNACKS FOR LITTLE ONES WITH PRIMULA

Picture the scene: three boys home from school [and school run for Hero, as he’s still so little] the key turns in the lock, door opens and bundle forwards whilst yanking off shoes and coats, making a beeline for the pantry and refrigerator as if they haven’t eaten in weeks. I’d like to say there…

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