Makin' Easter Rice Krispie treats with Eggies

This is the second year we have had fun making Rice Krispie Treat shaped eggs filled with jelly beans using Eggies! I like that they are made to be used with food, they are dishwasher safe so the clean up is so easy and the bottoms are flat so they don't roll around on the table. With a set of 6 you can make a bunch in no time! Fill the bottom halves with the Rice Krispie mixture, hollow out a space to insert jelly beans and then stick them together! Put in a pretty bag for gift giving!

For full disclosure I have had the pleasure of meeting the inventor, Betsy Kaufman and she is so great that she even bought me a box of Eggies and autographed it! 

Also see her own this clip from the Jeff Prosbst show!

http://blog.edisonnation.com/2013/03/betsy-kaufman-talks-eggies-and-edison-nation-on-the-jeff-probst-show/

Use Eggies to make Rice Krispie Treat eggs filled with jelly beans! They are dishwasher safe so the clean up is so easy and the bottoms are flat so they don't roll around on the table. With a set up 6 you can make a bunch in no time! Fill the bottom halves with Rice Krispie mixture, hollow out a space to insert jelly beans and then stick them together! Put in a pretty bag for gift giving!

DIY horn craft for kids

Ok so I have wanted to start posting some of my ideas on Pinterest for quite some time but never found the time. Well I have come up with something that I think might help my fellow Classical Conversation homeschoolers so I am giving this a try.

We have an Orchestra study coming up and I came up with a very cool sounding "horn". You may have all the supplies you need around the house or if you are buying supplies for a large group I estimate the cost to be about 35 cents per horn.

I have also designed this so kids can assemble themselves with minor adult help.

I will try to post more detailed step by step pics ASAP but for now here are the steps in writing:

1. Cut the top part off a water bottle.

2. tape it to a paper towel tube (use duct tape or packing tape) - cover the tube with paper before if you want it to look "pretty"

3. cut a hole in a 9 oz paper cup and a 9 oz plastic cup for the other end of the tube to go through 

4. put the tube in the paper cup the put the plastic cup under it

5. tape the paper cup to the paper towel tube.

6. tape the paper cup to a 7 inch plastic plate - just use 3  pieces of tape to secure it but do not completely seal it all the way around 

7. if you want you can stop now and blow into your horn by putting both lips in the mouth piece and saying something like "do do do doooo or da da da daaa" and you should hear a cool trumpet like sound. If not make sure your plastic cup is "free" to rattle against the plate

8. I didn't like the look of the tape but wasn't sure how to make it easy for kids to put together so thats when I decided to wrap the tube in white paper and put a 6 inch stryrofoam bowl over the tube along with a 16 oz styrofoam cup.

I hope this makes sense.

I realize its a pretty heavy use of consumable products although at least the water bottle and paper tube are being upcycled. I plan on doing another version with leftover party cups and plates which makes me think this would also be a fun party craft.