April Fools!

April Fool's gifts!

http://www.poppiesatplay.blogspot.com/ had this adorable template for the good ol' ding dong ditch!! You can download the template there.  I dressed it up a bit by placing it on some scraps from my scrap basket, punched the edges and glued on an April Fool's image so my friends and neighbors wouldn't be scared to open the treat on their porch!

I also placed individual Ding Dongs in white bags rather than using entire boxes.

We're Moving Card

A change of address card shaped like a house!  You can customize the color to match your new home and put the family name above the door or the address.

Inside of card where new address will be written

Envelope that looks like a front door.  Cricut's Wild Card cartridge has this fun idea.

Halloween Food Ideas

Fun Halloween Fun!

These sugar cookie witch fingers are always fun!

I use a fork for the knuckles and almond slices painted with red food coloring for the nails.  They are stuck in a bucket of brown sugar for the dirt.  I found this idea originally in a Martha Stewart Living magazine years ago.

These "scabs" are craisins.  I've also used chocolate covered raisins for rat droppings!

Meringue bones that also came from a Martha Stewart Halloween magazine.  Easy to make and really yummy!

This year's Haloween theme was "Mad Science" so brain cupcakes and mad scientist eyes were the treats!

Witch hat cookies are fun to make for classroom parties or home.  Take a fudge stripe cookie and a Hershey's Kiss and you've got it!  I "glued" the kiss with frosting and then put a bow on.  You can also put a Rolo and make it a Pilgrims hat for Thanksgiving!

Teacher Appreciation door decoration ideas

Our teaching assistants are called Para Professionals hence the "para" dise!

 Student names will be written on the water droplets above and clouds below

More Teacher Appreciation door decorations

More door decoration ideas

I glued string on to form the kite strings

Door decorations for Teacher Appreciation Week

 Door decorations for Staff Appreciation Week. Students names will go on hearts and stars.

 PE teacher ( still needs catchy saying!)

 Student names will go on "sunshines!"

Saw the original ideas on http://www.skiptomylou.org/2009/04/13/teacher-appreciation-door-decorations/.  and added some of my own deas, used my Cricut ALOT to cut shapes, fonts etc.

Miniature flower cupcakes for a princess party!



Miniature cupcakes for a princess party! I used standard white cake mix and added pink food coloring to make the cake pink.  I played with various Wilton cake tips and made different flowers and designs.