I’m not talking turkey here. With Christmas just a few weeks away I am desperately trying to purge my home of leftover Halloween candy and remnants of our Thanksgiving feast, so I figured why not have a little fun in the process.
If you have kids at home the following projects make for excellent boredom busters during the holiday break from school:
CANDY SAND ART
Materials:
Pixy Stixs
Clean baby food jars
Gummy worms or fish
Small plastic castle or scuba guy
Directions:
To make sweet sand art, layer the colored sugar from the Pixy Stix into a clean baby food jar.
Use about five sticks of each color per layer.
On top of each layer add a plastic toy, fish or worm to create an undersea scene.
For some reason we have a ton of leftover cranberries from Thanksgiving. If you are dealing with the same predicament, consider letting your kids help with the following simple recipes:
EASY CRANBERRY SMOOTHIE
Ingredients:
1 cup apple juice
1 banana
1 cup frozen cranberries
2 cups frozen strawberries, blueberries or peaches
Directions:
Place 1/4 cup apple juice and a banana in the blender, blend until smooth.
Fill the rest of the blender with the cranberries and other frozen mixed fruit.
Add the rest of the apple juice and blend until smooth.
Garnish with a few fresh cranberries.
CRAN-APPLE PEAR CRISP
Ingredients for Filling:
3 apples, peeled and medium chopped
3 pears, peeled and medium chopped
2 cups fresh cranberries
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Ingredients for Topping:
6 ounces cold butter, unsalted
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup old fashion oats
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix together all of the filling ingredients.
Place filling into a 9 by 13-inch baking dish.
In food processor pulse butter, brown sugar, and flour.
Once it gets to a crumbly consistency add oats.
Sprinkle topping over fruit filling.
Bake for about 35 minutes.
Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.
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