Washer Necklaces

This easy DIY washer necklace is perfect for making with kids to wear and share!

My daughter loves to look at my jewelry box and naturally, she asks to borrow all of the pretty things inside. She is 4, so I am not often likely to hand over anything! One day last week she was especially pouty after I declined her request to wear an old locket from the 1950's with photos of my grandparents in it, so I decided we needed to make some fun things she could wear and keep in her own special jewelry box.

I came up with a few basic supplies and a plan! We were going to start with a simple washer necklace.

I gathered:

Yarn

Scissors

A washer

Mod Podge

A Paintbrush

Washi Tape

We began by covering the washer with washi tape. Carefully tearing off the excess and covering the interior edges.

Next we painted the washer with glow in the dark mod podge. Allow it to dry, flip it over and paint the other side too.

Next we looped a section of black yarn to make a necklace.

This was a perfect start to building a jewelry box collection for my preschooler. We will definitely try this again with other patterns of washi tape!

You might also like this easy paper crown craft for preschoolers.

You won't want to miss these glow in the dark, no electric night lights!

Peanut Butter Waffle Cake

Peanut Butter Waffle Cake is the solution to summertime baking dilemmas. You can have your cake without heating up the house with this incredibly easy recipe.

A few weeks ago my daughter and I made birthday cake waffles because we wanted to try it out. We are funny like that, we get an idea and we almost have an itch to discover what might happen as a result! We had so much fun making cake waffles that we had to do it again!

This cake begins with a white cake mix and becomes a layered, moist cake that no one can resist! Best of all, you can make this cake in just about 15 minutes from start to finish!

We knew we couldn't go wrong with peanut butter. It is the one thing our family can agree on usually! We are crazy for peanut butter chicken and of course, peanut butter pie, so peanut butter waffle cake was the natural choice for a unique dessert!

Ingredients:

1 white cake mix

1/2 cup smooth peanut butter

3 whole eggs

1 cup of water

Directions:

Combine the ingredients and mix well. 

Heat your waffle iron and pour the cake batter in, preparing as you would a waffle.

Allow the cake waffles to cool, as they are, mix up the peanut butter frosting.

Ingredients for frosting:

4 cups of powdered sugar

1/2 cup of smooth peanut butter

1 to 2 tablespoons of milk or heavy cream

Directions:

Add powdered sugar, peanut butter and 1 tablespoon of milk to a mixing bowl and blend with a hand mixer until smooth and creamy. Add another tablespoon of milk if needed. 

After the cake waffles are cool, begin layering the waffles and the frosting. Generously top the last waffle with remaining frosting and serve.

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Overnight Oat Recipe
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3 D Ladybug Craft

3d Paper Ladybugs come together with the most basic of supplies to create a craft so cute your heart might flutter a bit.

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This 3 D Paper Lady Bug Craft  is perfect for kids of all ages. It is so easy, that even the little ones can help make these! With red and black paper and some glue you too can create these. The cute googly eyes are optional. If you have them, of course, use them. If not, create eyes with paint, paper, buttons, or something else. 

The supplies couldn't be more basic. Glue, 2 circles of red paper, in any size you like, and black paper, and a background are all that is required really. I used a hole punch to make circles easily and I had 2 pink googly eyes, so I used them!

Cut your circles together so they are the same size. 

Then fold them in half.

Glue one side of the circle to your background paper.

Line the other folded circle up and glue it on the paper.

Cut a teardrop shape from the black paper and affix this as the head of the 3D Ladybug.

Create and affix black dots with a hole punch, or a marker.

Then attach the eyes. 

Now you have a cute and super easy 3d paper ladybug  craft!

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J is for Jam Coloring Page

Harper is almost finished with her first year of preschool, so we are working harder than ever on writing our abc's. It is so cute to see her early stages of penmanship! There is something about a backwards letter that tugs right on my heartstrings!

I made this fun coloring page for her. It combines coloring and a chance to practice the letter Jj. We found this printable to be perfect around lunch time. Naturally it inspired us to add a little jam to our day.

J is for Jam Coloring Page Printable


You can print as many of these as you want or maybe pin it for later to share with a friend.

In case you missed the other letter printable coloring pages you can get them here:

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Bacon Ranch Chicken Salad

           Delicious and easy, this recipe takes chicken salad to the next level of tasty!

We have been in a lunchtime slump for months now. I rarely think ahead and plan for lunch and am left standing before my kitchen feeling a little lost at lunch time. The number of days when Harper and I call cheese and crackers lunch is ridiculous! Yesterday, I decided to take the mid day meal back into my court and I created something on a whim that will save the meal for us time and time again!

Cheesy Bacon Ranch Chicken Salad couldn't be easier to make. While I made this with a whole chicken breast, you could easily save some time and swap that for some rotisserie chicken, or even a can of chicken breast if that is what you have on hand!

This recipe comes together easily. If you are using pre-cooked chicken breast, it comes together in under 5 minutes for a yummy lunch in spite of a busy day or limited culinary skills. In this recipe I used shallots because that is what I had on hand. You can use the onion of your choice. Celery might make a nice addition if you like it. I do not like celery so I didn't use it.

Ingredients for 4 sandwiches:

• 8 ounces of chicken breast, cooked and shredded or cut into small chunks.
• 4 tablespoons of mayo
• 1 tablespoon of ranch dip mix
• 1/4 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup  of bacon crumbles
• 1/4 cup of shallots or onion, finely chopped. 

Directions:

• Combine the mayo and ranch dip mix together, blending well.
• Add the onion or shallots and mix well.
• Add the chicken, bacon, and cheese and stir until well combined.
• Serve on bread, tortillas or on crackers for a tasty and easy lunch!

I think this tastes better the next day, so you might mix it up the night before and have a total treat of yummy for lunch the next day!

You will also want to peek at these Chicken Salad Recipes to Cluck For .