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Don’t look now, but it’s summer!
A fact that I’m sure you are aware of.
You are also most likely aware that
summer
means
kids don’t have to go to school.
I know…..what an obvious observation.
It also means that Moms and Dads
turn into
The Entertainment Committee Extraordinaire.
You know it won’t be long before you hear the words….
“What should we do today?
What’s goin’ down around the town?
I’m bored.
It’s hot.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO????”
I hope you will find comfort in knowing,
I am right there with ya.
I need ideas!
Activities, projects, fun things for my kidlets to do this summer.
And so I’ve come up with a little plan.
Each Wednesday for the next 10 weeks
(That should get us to the middle of August)
I’ll be posting a fun recipe, craft or kitchen project
perfect for entertaining kids.
I have some great posts in store for you,
as well as some great giveaways.
I’m going to call this little mini series
WHAT SHOULD WE DO WEDNESDAY
I hope you enjoy it!
And now, after that long introduction….
lets get to the first post and GIVEAWAY!
These Rainbow Cookies are a great cooking project for kids. The dough is very easy to work with and the colors are so vibrant and fun. My little guys had a great time playing with the dough and watching their creations bake up in the stove.
These Wilton Icing Colors are what make the dough so vibrant. Regular food coloring just won’t do the trick. You can find Wilton Icing Colors at Walmart and most craft stores.
While at the store this week I picked up this box of
Wilton Food Coloring for one of you dear readers.
***To enter the giveaway leave me a comment telling me what your favorite
summer time activity is.
Please leave your email address
with your comment.
You may enter until Sunday night at midnight.
Winners will be announced on Monday morning.
For an extra entry post a link to this giveaway on Facebook, or post about it on your blog. Then leave me a comment telling me you did so.
Good Luck!***
Rainbow Sugar Cookies
Time: 60 minutes
Yield: about 30 cookies
Sugar Cookie Recipe from Bake at 350
3 C flour
2 t baking powder
1 C sugar
1 C cold butter
1 egg
3/4 t vanilla
1/2 t almond extract
1/8 t salt
Wilton Icing Colors
1. Throw your butter and sugar into your stand mixer or into a large mixing bowl. Cream it all together for about 3 minutes.
2. Add your egg, vanilla and almond extract. Beat for 2 more minutes.
3. In a separate bowl combine the flour and baking powder. Add it to your creamed mixture…
and mix until the ingredients are combined. The dough will be a bit crumbly. Separate the dough into four pieces and press each piece into a large ball.
4. Choose your Wilton Colors!
To add the coloring to your dough, take a butter knife and scoop out about 3/4 t of coloring. Press the coloring into the dough. You will need to knead the coloring into the dough with your hands. I like to cover my hands with plastic baggies for this kneading process.
5. After you have the color added to each piece of dough….
cut each color into small 1 inch chunks. Then play away!
6. Shape the dough however you would like. Place your fabulous creations on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray and bake at 350 for about 8 minutes.
Enjoy!
These cookies are cute! My favorite summer activity is getting out, going to the pool, finding little stores in small towns, and bbq!
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We love to play in the water in the summer….slip-n-slide, water sprinkler and water guns make for hours of fun in the backyard 🙂
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As a mom of 4 kids (all under the age of 7) we are always looking for fun things to do during the summer. We live in a really hot place in the USA so anything inside or in the water is what we shot for. So far on our schedule we have swim lessons, storytime at the public library, a few family trips and of course many hours spent at the YMCA using the pool. If all else fails, a trip to Chick Fil A for a ice cream and playing in their kid playland always solves lot of “I'm bored” problems. My girls love crafts and my two year old son always wants to “help” cook. These fun rainbow cookies look like a great project for all of them.
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Amid all the swimming and BBQ/s'mores fun of summer we always participate in the SL County Library summer reading program along with the summer reading programs at Barnes and Noble and Borders.
We'll definitey be making those adorable cookies too!
Thanks – – Tanya
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Those look great! We live in HOT Arizona so we stay inside with A/C unless we are swimming.
Our favorite activity is probably swimming!
These look awesome!
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sharidan
These cookies are so much fun! I love them! Every summer, my youngest siblings (ages 9 & 12) come to stay with my husband and I and I usually have a difficult time coming up with things to do with them. These cookies are for sure going to go on the itinerary. Thanks so much!! (this little series may save me this summer!)
Oh, and my favorite thing to do in the summer is have BBQs with friends and family. Love love love it! Seriously, you cant go wrong with good food and great people.
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my favorite summertime activity is swimming.
Meggs?
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Our house is divided on the fun. Some of us love to spend cool summer evenings hiking through county parks and trails. The others can't get enough time spent in our family garden. Even my little guy has his own plant to care for and we look forward to a summer of fresh yumminess!
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