Handprint Turkeys

When I have the opportunity I like to do a holiday craft with all of my kids. In the past we have made salt dough ornaments, valentine's, and bunnies with cotton balls to name a few. In the spirit of Thanksgiving we did hand print turkeys and wrote what we are thankful for on the back. They turned out so cute and we have a print of their hands to treasure forever. Here is a picture of our project and what you will need if you want to do this yourself!

What we used:

White card stock paper

Acrylic craft paints 

Paint brushes

Popsicle sticks or tongue depressors

White glue

Scissors

Pen, pencil or marker

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Most importantly.... little hands! 

I use an ice try for my paint. It works great!

Using a separate paint brush for each color quickly paint the palm and thumb brown, then each individual finger green, red, orange and yellow.

Place hand print on card stock, slide fingers back and forth a little and let it dry.

Paint orange legs and a beak.

Paint a red gobbler

Paint brown feather lines on the red, green, yellow and orange finger prints.

Paint a white eyeball with a black spot.

Let the masterpiece dry!

Cut out your turkey and on the back write what you are thankful for. Glue on the stick. Whalah!

Here is a painting template below.

The secret to Restaurant Style Fry Sauce

You might be thinking, "really, fry sauce?" Yes really! A lot of people think fry sauce consists of a mixture of just Mayo and Ketchup. True, however, there is more to it than just those two ingredients. It just doesn't taste right; you know, like you get at a restaurant.....

Well, fortunately I have a few restaurants under my belt and I know the trick.

1/2 cup of mayo

1/3 cup of ketchup

1/8 tsp of salt

1/4 tsp of pepper

1/4 tsp of onion powder

This will make a little less than a cup of fry sauce.

Feel free to double the recipe for a larger amount. 

Salt and Pepper are just for a bold flavor, the onion powder is the true trick in making this taste like restaurant style fry sauce.

If you want to go real daring add a few drops of your favorite hot sauce to give it a kick! 

My Little Pony Party

October is my favorite month. However, this year my feels weren't hurt at all to welcome November. Aside from celebrating my daughter's 1st birthday (and planning it), I was somehow talked into making a damn near identical version of the Pennywise Clown costume from the movie "It" by Stephen King for my brother. My sewing machine and I are friends off..... at least until the new year. (Will post about the costume in an additional post)

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My Daughter Turned 1!! 

I loved how the My Little Pony party turned out. It was adorable! Here are a few ideas if you are thinking of having a MLP party of your own!

With the growing popularity of My Little Pony you can find themed party supplies at pretty much any party supply store. I found a lot of mine at Zurchers. To save money I found a few themed decorations and bought plain coordinating color plates, silverware, napkins and cups. Also, I found a lot of the colorful baskets I used at Dollar Tree.

Rarity's Treasures

I chose to do party favors; for boys and girls it seemed a little more versatile. If you're having a party for school aged children with your guests being girls, in the show Rarity is a fashion designer a great idea would be to buy or make tutus where the colors coordinate with the 6 main ponies on the show. Use felt fabric to cut out "Cutie Marks" and fabric glue to attach them to the tutus. 

Rainbow Dash's Tasty Treats

Simple. Use candy that has various colors of the rainbow. M&Ms, Skittles, Rainbow Twizzlers, lollipops. .. etc. 

Twilight Sparkle's Sparkling Punch

Self explanatory.

1 Liter of 7-up

1 Quart Grape Juice

Pineapple Juice for tartness add as much or as little as you would like. The more you add the more tangy your punch will be. 

Fluttershy's Animal Crackers

This was the hardest for me to figure out. I settled on animal crackers because this pony is the keeper of the animals. 

Pinkie Pie's Cotton Candy & Cupcakes

Obviously she is a party planner.

The cupcakes have blue cotton candy frosting and white frosting piped for clouds and a candy rainbow stuck into them.

The cotton candy was bought in packages at my local Dollar Tree store. 

Applejack's Cider & Pony Snacks

I bought Apple Cider at Walmart and filled a relish tray with celery, carrots and grape tomatoes with ranch and apple slices with caramel.

Behind that are BLT Pinwheels.

8 Oz Cream Cheese softened

1 cup Mayo

About 10 slices of Bacon chopped in to pieces

Shredded Lettuce

Fresh Diced Tomatos

Tortillas

Mix all ingredients together and spread onto tortillas. Roll tortillas and slice them in 1 inch slices. Put on serving tray.

Lastly, for a party game I did a quick Etsy search and found "Pin the Tail in the Pony" perfect! Here is that link:

Pony Game

Hope this has inspired your next MLP party! 

Happy Celebrating!