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Chick-in-a-Nest Easter Chocolate Cake

Chick-in-a-Nest Chocolate Cake is perfect for gracing an Easter Table and will make a very pretty and tasty Easter Dessert.  

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I made this cake years ago and have always wanted to update the photos. I guess I never think of it much until Easter season and then never got around to it before now. I’m so glad I did because the photos are a lot clearer and a little more than before. Although the frosting color is much more brilliant in the older version as seen here.

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Easter Desserts

Easter desserts are really just some of the best! I love the variety of desserts and food that come out at Easter. I think anything Spring-Like can be made into an Easter dessert. Fun pastel colors like blue, yellow, pink, green can be added to a cake (whatever flavor) to make it an Easter dessert.

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Egg-in-a-Nest Chocolate Cake Recipe

  • 1 Box of Lemon Cake Mix
  • Ingredients for cake mix
  • Whipped Cream
  • A Yellow Chick Peep
  • Easter Chocolate Eggs
  • 1 Cup Unsweetened Coconut Flakes
  • Green Food Coloring
  • Yellow Food Coloring

Directions:

  • Mix and bake cake according to directions on the package. Allow to cool.

To Frost & Decorate:

  • To make the grass, place coconut into a Ziploc bag. Add green food coloring, shake with hands until the coconut tunes green. Add a few drops of food coloring to the whipped cream. Mix to get a yellow color. Add a little more food coloring if desired. Mix.
  • Frost cake.
  • Sprinkle “grass” around the cake and in the top middle.

Chick-in a Nest Topping: Add Chocolate Eggs in the grass, both at the top and around the bottom of the cake.

  • Place the Peep Chick sitting in the middle of the grass over the eggs – that’s the nest. Picture a chicken in a tall grass laying eggs, that’s the idea.

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The Bunny Easter Cake is Another Cute Idea – See it all Here

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Breakfast

Easter Bunny Cinnamon Rolls

Easter Bunny Cinnamon Rolls would make a beautiful and tasty food for Easter Breakfast or on an Easter Brunch Menu.

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Bunny-Shaped Cinnamon Rolls – Kid-Friendly Breakfast for Easter

Easter is the perfect time to roll out the Cinnamon Rolls. And what’s better than shaping them into little bunnies. They are just the cuties little rolls I ever did see. Sometimes I don’t know what seasonal foods and colors I love to see best. Ah, so fun!

These were such a delight to the kids. Now, we don’t like sprinkles that much on Cinnamon rolls – they just look cute with the shape. I tried to not add too much.

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Easter Bunny Cinnamon Rolls for Easter Brunch Menu

Easter Bunny Cinnamon Rolls would make a beautiful and tasty food an Easter Breakfast or on an Easter Brunch Menu. They would be fun for the kids. In fact, if you’re doing breakfast with just your family and the kids are smaller and don’t eat much, that could totally be the only food on the menu. I think that’s what we did last year. Our kids were between the ages of 10-12 and that was enough for us.

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Making Bunny Shaped Cinnamon Rolls

It’s all over Instagram. Use your own shape. My shape is not perfect and maybe the body could have been a little bit more closed but they still look like bunnies. How fun those – I just love looking at the photos.

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Cooking With Kids

Easter Lemon Cake with the Kids

Lemon cake is a great choice if you’re looking to make a cake with your kids for Spring or Easter.

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Baking with kids can be fun yet a little challenging at times:) But when my kids were much younger, we baked plenty together. I didn’t mind messes with kids. Like to be honest, glitter and slime and playdough and all the messy things did not and I stress, did not bother me. I also think my kids were pretty good with containing these in spots where I set them for play, aka, the craft table or dining table. So baking with kids – eh, don’t bother me unless every man decides to do what is right in his own eyes.

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Easter Lemon Cake

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Easter Lemon Cake Ingredients & Decor

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Easter Lemon Cake with the Kids

Ingredients:

  • 1 Box of Lemon Cake Mix
  • Ingredients for cake mix
  • Yellow Frosting in a Jar
  • Decorations: Peeps, Chocolate Eggs, Edible Flowers, Edible Easter Grass

Directions:

  • Mix and bake cake according to directions on the package. Allow to cool.
  • Frost.
  • Add decorations: Edible Grass, Peeps, Chocolate Eggs & Edible Flowers
  • Enjoy.

Pretty Lemon Cake

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Bunny Topped Easter Chocolate Cake

This Bunny-Topped Easter Chocolate Cake is a delight to look at and will be a cute addition to your Easter Dinner Table.

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I had fun making this bunny topped cake. Isn’t the little chocolate bunny so cute? It’s my favorite just sitting there. I mean, who wouldn’t want to see this on a table? This cake is a replica of one I made years ago. I long wanted to update photos and finally just did it. Compare the older version here. Although the frosting on the older version is a lot more brilliant in yellow and the cake is more moist.

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Easter Chocolate Bunny Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 Box of Chocolate Cake Mix
  • Ingredients for cake mix
  • Whipped Cream
  • A Chocolate Bunny
  • 1 Cup Unsweetened Coconut Flakes
  • Green Food Coloring
  • Yellow Food Coloring

Directions:

  • Mix and bake cake according to directions on the package. Allow to cool.

To Frost & Decorate:

  • To make the grass, place coconut into a Ziploc bag. Add green food coloring, shake with hands until the coconut tunes green.
  • Add a few drops of yellow food coloring to the whipped cream. Mix to get a yellow color. Add a little more food coloring if desired. Mix.
  • Frost cake.
  • Sprinkle “grass” around the cake and in the top middle.

Bunny Chocolate Topping: Add Chocolate Eggs in the grass, both at the top and around the bottom of the cake.

  • Place the Chocolate Bunny sitting in the middle of the grass.

I love the look of this – the bunny is seriously is my favorite. I had to add the “grass” for emphasis to show that the bunny is sitting in the grass outside… on a Sunny day (yellow decor), and the chocolate cake representing the dirt:)

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DIY Leprechaun Trap – Kids Craft

This DIY Leprechaun Trap was a fun craft that the kids and I enjoyed making for our son’s class project.

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Ah, if you ever did tell me I’d be making a Leprechaun trap at some point, I’d say you’re kidding! Who knew? Yet here we are – we made a Leprechaun trap and we are so happy with how it turned out.

My son had a class project to make a Leprechaun trap and we got right to it. To my surprise, it was so fun to make. (Yes, my son’s feet are ashy from playing outside ….haha. We came from church and in-between play, he wanted to finish this trap that we started the previous Saturday and mom needed a photo).

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What’s the Point of a Leprechaun Trap Anyway?

To Trap a Leprechaun, of course. Well, to be honest, I have no idea of how the full story goes. But that Pot of Gold at the end of the Rainbow would not be there if a Leprechaun got to it:) Here are the materials we used and the instructions below.

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How to Make a Leprechaun Trap from Cardboard Box

What you need:

  • A Cardboard Box (size you choose)
  • Another Cardboard Box (piece to make a base)
  • A Small Black Cauldron (for pot of gold)
  • Gold Coins
  • Green Construction Paper or Card Stock Paper
  • Cotton Balls
  • Small sticks (craft sticks, kabob sticks or sticks from outside)
  • Black Paint
  • Rainbow Colors Paint
  • Paint Brush
  • Small Plate (something to hold the paint)
  • Gold Glitter
  • Glue Stick
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Any accessories (we used a green necklace)
  • Table Cover (we used an old table cloth)
  • Optional: Fame Grass (We already had from a fairy garden pack).

Directions:

  • Cover workspace with table cover.
  • Using pencil, outline a space to trap at the opened end of the box. Cut out the outlined part. That’s the trap hole.
  • Using glue gun, seal the end of the opened box.
  • Pour black paint on plate. Use paint brush to paint the entire box black. Let it dry.
  • If needed, add a second coat of paint. Allow to dry.
  • Measure an area from the other cardboard box that the trap can fit on. Cut out that area (a platform).
  • Cut out a rainbow shaped piece of cardboard.
  • Use rainbow colors to paint that piece of board. It will be double sided, so paint both sides. You’ll paint one side, let it dry. The paint the other side and allow it to dry. Set it aside. Note: While you wait for the first side to dry, you can move to the next step, then come back to finish painting.
  • Using glue stick, glue a piece of green construction paper over that cutout area, platform (use more paper if needed).
  • Hot glue box (with trap hole upwards), unto the platform. Hot glue some grass around the platform (optional).
  • Make the ladder – Cut the sticks in 1/2 if they are too long. Cut down to fit length between the platform and the top of the box. Note: If using kabob sticks, clip off pointy ends., discard.
  • Hot glue the sticks to make a ladder. To make the ladder, place two sticks side by side length ways with about an 1.5 inches space between. Place and glue the other sticks over the ladder, side ways, with about 1 inch space between each stick.
  • Glue ladder unto the platform and box.
  • Hot glue the rainbow on one end of the top of the box.
  • Hot glue on cotton balls for clouds.
  • Hot glue caldron (for pot of gold) on the opposite side of the box (opposite from the rainbow) and with opening toward the trap hole.
  • Hot glue gold coins in the cauldron, kind of as if they were spilling out (see our images).
  • Use pencil to draw clover leaves on green construction or card stock paper. Cut out leaves.
  • Use glue stick to glue leaves unto the box.
  • Draw a small arrow on a piece of green construction paper, cut it out. Use the glue stick to show to stick it on the box to show where the Leprechaun should go.
  • Use glue stick to add a few streaks of glue. Sprinkle glitter over these spots.
  • Hot glue on the finish touch – that’s the accessory/accessories.
  • Now step back and admire your fabulous creation!

Note: We placed the gold next to the trap hole so that Little Leprechaun can hopefully fall in once he reaches for the gold:) We probably should have made a little cover there too but that’s ok. He probably won’t have a way of climbing back out from that hole anyways:)

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Homemade Leprechaun Trap

The instructions seemed way longer to type than it was to make. I still feel like I missed something, but maybe not. Oh, that’s what I missed (adding the instructions for the arrow – adding it now). Don’t let it scare you from trying – the longest wait is letting the paint dry. Everything else is an easy glue together (the ladder) and glue on. If you don’t have everything, some can be skipped.

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Have you ever made a Leprechaun trap before? How did it turn out?

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Valentine’s Candy Jar – How to Make a Candy Salad

Make a Valentine’s Candy Jar as a special treat for the family by combining different Candies in a Jar. This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience.

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Valentine’s Candy Jar (Candy Salad)

Making a candy salad jar is so fun. I get that it may not be the heathiest thing to eat, but it was such a fun treat for everyone. I don’t do much candy to be honest. I just loved how the jar looked and the happiness on my family’s face.

This was my first time making a jar like this – actually, I think I made a small easter bowl of candies last year. Now, I’ve set out bowls with various chocolates and candy cane for Christmas on our coffee or dining tables, but I don’t think I ever made a full jar like this one.

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Candy Salad Jar Brought Much Smiles

When I first made this jar, I didn’t expect anyone to take as much interest in it as they did. My kids were super excited and dove right in. My husband has been eating from the jar like no one else. It was sort of wild to me how something so simple brought so much joy to them. And then I thought, well I guess this isn’t the heathiest idea but I guess it was ok for a seasonal treat. Hmmm, now that would be fun for every season. I particularly love looking at how the can mix looks in the jar – not so much eating. My teeth doesn’t allow for too much sweet:)

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For the candy jar, I used a 1/2 gallon Anchor Hocking’s food storage jar(affiliate link) and I tied a cute piece of decorative ribbon around the lid. I set it on my cute entryway cabinet for all to see and enjoy.

A Tip Before Making a Candy Salad Jar

Be sure to mix the candy first before putting them in a jar. You can mix them in a large bowl, then transfer. I mean, you put all the candy in the jar first then shake the jar or use a spoon to stir but I found that harder to do than simply mixing them in a bowl, then putting them in the jar. Here’s why you should mix things up.

At first, I wanted a layered look but changed to a mixed look. Here were the cons:

  • it was hard to get the candy they really wanted from the bottom
  • the layers weren’t equal since some bags were more than others and some candy were bigger than others (take a look at the following photo to see how the bottom and top layers look more than the middle layer.

Note: You can do layers if you choose, but keep those cons in mind and also, if you choose layers, make sure to put equal amounts of candy so the layers can be even. If you put 2 cups of a bigger candy, you may need to even that out with 3 cups of a smaller candy.

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My photo is blurry here and I didn’t realize it came out blurry until I was about to edit. At the point, I think the jar was already 1/2 way through:) but this is my cute set-up here in our entryway.

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DIY Cereal Box Valentine’s Boxes

These Valentine’s Day Treat Boxes are super cute and are easy and fun to make for Valentine’s Day!

Valentine's Day Treat Boxes

Have any cereal boxes laying around? Why not have the kids use them to make their own Valentine’s Day boxes? My kids did and I think they turned out very pretty.

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You buy ready-made boxes from the store and use them as is or embellish them with Valentine’s day color items. But creating our own from things we had on hand, turned out too cute and was so much fun to do. I even helped and enjoyed the process.

Originally, I had discussed making boxes with the kids then while out at the store, decided to go with some pre-made ones. We ended up putting them back later. I’m happy we did because I really wanted to try making them from scratch this time.

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I remember making cereal box crafts as a kid. The outcomes were very fun to look at. I wanted to let my kids try a craft with cereal boxes too. Not only as a way to create something fun out of a box but also as a way to show the kids that these boxes can be recycled and repurposed and designed as they liked.

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My kids enjoyed making them and they are ready for the Valentine’s fairy to fill (A.K.A mom or mom and dad).

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DIY Valentine’s Day Treat Boxes

  • 1 Cereal Box
  • Construction Paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Stickers
  • Ribbon
  • Decorative Items

Directions:

  • Use Construction paper to cover cereal boxes by attaching with glue. Cut to shape up.
  • Decorate with stickers and.
  • Cut ribbon and glue around the edges.

These boxes can be filled with little Valentine’s treats and trinkets for the kids to enjoy. You can fill the boxes as you buy or make items or fill all at one time. Have fun.

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Cooking With Kids

Heart-Shaped M&Ms Brownie

Make a special M&Ms Brownie in a heart-shaped pan to enjoy this Valentine’s day. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.

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Brownies in a heart-shaped pan? Yes please – what more can you ask for? It’s like the two best things (haha, kidding).

I’m going to assume that any recipe can me made into a Valentine’s day recipe by either cooking, baking, or serving in a heart-shaped pan or making into heart-shapes. These brownies will be regular brownies in a regular baking pan with no pink, red, or white M&Ms.

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Heart-Shaped M&M’s Brownie Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1 Box Brownie Mix
  • 1 Pk M&Ms

Directions:

  • Heat oven and prepare brownies according to the directions on the package.
  • Mix in 1 Cup M&Ms.
  • Pour into a heart-shaped/ pan instead. Grab one here on Amazon (affiliate link).
  • Bake according to boxed timing. Remove from oven.
  • Immediately add some more M&Ms, about 1-2 Tablespoons. Press them down a little to get them to stay.
  • Let cool before cutting and serving or scoop out warm. Serve with Vanilla Ice-Cream if desired.

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Pink Valentine’s Rice Crispy Treats

Pink Rice Crispies are a fun and easy treat to make for Valentine’s Day. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.

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Looking for an easy treat for your kiddos on Valentine’s day? Rice crispies are very easy and if your kids love them, they will enjoy the pink color of these favored treats. The cool thing about Rice Crispy is that they can be made for any holiday or any occasion by simply changing the color or adding toppings or add-ins. We aren’t too big on the add-ins or toppings for Rice Crispies but we did add a little bit of sprinkles this time.

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Valentine’s Day Rice Crispy Treats Recipe

What you need:

  • 6 Cups Rice Crispy Cereal
  • 1 16-oz Bag Marshmallows
  • 1 Stick Butter
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • Pink Food Coloring (I used the gel – it gives a very vibrant color)
  • Optional: Sprinkles (Valentine’s Color)

Directions:

  • Line a large baking pan with parchment paper; Gently spray with cooking spray and set aside
  • Using a large pot, melt butter on low heat.
  • Add food coloring, then stir. Stir in vanilla.
  • Add marshmallow and to mixture, stirring gently until melted.
  • Turn off the heat. Immediately add the rice crispies.
  • Stir gently until mixed and crispies are pink.
  • Spread mixture unto the prepared baking pan;
  • Optional – Sprinkle with Sprinkles. Allow to cool.
  • Once cooled, use a heart shaped cookie cutter to make shapes or cut into squares.
  • Note: Be sure to allow rice crispies to cool a bit before cutting. If you cut them too early, they will fall apart.
  • Serve.

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Banana Bread – Valentine’s Day Breakfast Idea (Heart-Shaped)

Make a delicious banana bread for a healthier Valentine’s breakfast by baking it in a cute little heart-shaped baking dishes. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.

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I make this banana bread every so often and it has become such a hit with my husband and two of the kids (our kids don’t eat banana bread). It’s flavorful and so very tasty.

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Banana Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 Cup Cooking Oil
  • 1/2 Cup Cane Sugar
  • 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger

Directions:

  • Using a mixer, blend bananas in a bowl. Add in oil, eggs, and sugar. Set aside.
  • Mix flour and other dry ingredients in a bowl. Pour flour mixture into the blended banana mixture.
  • Pour into baking pans.
  • Bake larger bread about 40-45 mins and smaller ones about 30-35 mins.
  • Remove from oven. Cool in pan 10-15 mins before removing to finish cooling on a wire rack.

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Valentine Cookies – Only 2 Ingredients

Make the easiest Valentine’s Cookies ever using only 2 ingredients! This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.

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Holiday cookies are so fun to make with a variety of ways to bake and decorate them, especially sugar cookies. I don’t enjoy fully baked sugar cookies from the groceries as much. I like to bake them. While I enjoy making sugar cookies from scratch, I’m under the impression that they are also enjoyable getting them premade, either ready to mix or ready to bake. After all, a sugar cookie will most-likely contain sugar whether they are homemade or premade store-bought.

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In any event, as I we were out shopping at Walmart sometime in January and seeing all of the Valentine’s goodies on display, I decided to get a couple of ingredients to make some Valentine’s Sugar Cookies. I picked up a frozen pk of Sugar cookie dough and a tub of pink frosting that was on a Valentine’s baking shelf.

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Valentine’s Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1 Pk Frozen Pillsbury’s Sugar Cookie dough
  • 1 tub frosting with sprinkles (pink, red, or white)

Directions:

  • Prepare and bake cookies according to the package directions.
  • Let cool.
  • Frost, add sprinkles. Enjoy!

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9th Birthday Party Ideas for Kids – Our Son’s 9th Birthday Party

Happy 9th Birthday to my boy!

Ah my baby boy is growing up! I just can’t. He’s too cute. I came to the conclusion that it was very true when others talked about missing the tinier days with their children. “Life” was just simple:

  • play all day
  • no school or homework to worry about
  • most little activities and outing’s brought happiness (anything from a blow-up pool of water in the backyard to a trip to the most exquisite beach).

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The simple joy’s brought me joy just as it brought my own kids. But growing up is a part of their childhood and we simply need to embrace where we are in our different season. So here we are at 9 and this is what I shared on Instagram:

“To my sweet little boy – 9 seems unreal on you. You were my little shadow just a few years ago, we did everything together, especially in a year when the girls were in school and even when they were homeschooled, finding activities to do with you while they were learning was so fun. What a joy to always have had you by my side. I miss those tender little ages. But here we are, embracing the season of growing up because children are a blessing and growing up is part of that blessing!!”

Let’s embrace our children growing up mamas. Every season is an opportunity to discover the new  joys that come with growing up.

She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness (Proverbs 31:27).