Never leave a child unattended in the kitchen. Limit the child to tasks that are safe and age-appropriate. Most kids 8 and up can make this independently. Oatmeal Cookie Smoothie Drink your cookies with this mash up of cookie and smoothie! Makes a good breakfast on the go or snack. Yields 3 cups Ingredients: ¾ […]

Supplies: Food coloring (liquid works best, not gel) in blue and green Plate of milk (2% or whole works best) Dish soap Instructions: 1. Drop lots of drops of green and blue food coloring onto the milk 2. Drop small drops of dish soap onto the food coloring and watch what happens! 3. When your […]

Never leave a child unattended in the kitchen. Limit the child to tasks that are safe and age-appropriate. This would be a good challenge recipe for 11-15 year olds. Chicken Pot Pie Popovers Here is a savory bake for young bakers to try. It’s also a great use of leftover cooked chicken! You will need […]

The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling The Chocolate Touch is written by a British author and is recommended for children ages 8-12. The book takes its theme from the Greek myth of King Midas who was given the power to turn everything he touched into gold thereby learning a valuable lesson that too much […]

Supplies: Cotton Balls White Card Stock Diluted Tempera Paint White Glue Instructions: Run glue along the top 1/8 of the cardstock Fluff out the cotton balls a bit and saturate bottom in watered down paint Place onto glue paint side down, and repeat until the desired cloud amount is reached (working fairly quickly) Tip the […]

Pre story Once there was an adventurous teenage girl named Kate. Kate’s parents got divorced. Her dad died two years after the divorce and her mom died six years after the divorce. Kate had absolutely NO family left. Or so she thought. After ten years in an orphanage, Kate received word from her grandma that […]