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Watch Me on Rachael Ray Tuesday 11/26 – Turkey Food Crafts for Kids

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published date: November 21, 2013
modified datt: November 26,2013

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I know you all have loved the Food Crafts We have been creating on Frugal Coupon Living. From Back to School Lunches, to Frankenstein Treats, to yummy Pumpkin Spiced Frappuccinos, I am so excited to share with you a Children’s Food Craft perfect for the Thanksgiving break with you and your little ones!

I have such a hard time keeping my mouth shut, but a few weeks ago I, Ashley, was able to tape and share some of these Turkey Food Crafts on the Rachael Ray Show. Airing on Tuesday 11/26/13, be sure to check your local listing and set your DVRs because you will not want to miss these fun activities for your little ones. Get ready to reuse your leftover Halloween Candy to create oodles of fun and laughter this Thanksgiving break!

Grab the Following Recipes:

Turkey Sugar Cookies (Pin it to Pinterest)

This recipe is the most simplistic. Make the attached sugar cookie recipe or grab a pre-made store brand. Use icing as glue and create decadent feathers with candy corn.

Turkey Nutter Butter Cookies (Pin it to Pinterest)

So far the most popular Thanksgiving Food Craft, the flexibility of this food craft is nice. How far you want to go with this cookie is up to you. You can have a stand up turkey or a lay down turkey instead.  Add left over Halloween candy to spruce up the design or keep it simplistic with icing and candy corn.

Rolo Pilgram Hats (Pin it to Pinterest)

On the show we made these with chocolate peanut butter cups but you can also do with caramel cups. Pick up store bought frosted fudge cookies and glue on the top of the hat to make the perfect little treat for your little Pilgrim.

Chocolate Covered Oreo Turkeys (Pin it to Pinterest)

This turkey craft is likely for experienced and steady of hands baker. Mix colors and create bright feathers on your Oreo Turkey using a pretzel as a template. Again, how little or how much of the activity and design you want to do is up to you.

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Turkey Sugar Cookies Recipe – Thanksgiving Food Craft

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published date: November 12, 2013
modified datt: November 26,2013

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Turkey Sugar Cookies Recipe
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Gobble Gobble – Another fun Turkey Recipe, perfect for the kids this Thanksgiving. Be sure to PIN this fun Turkey Sugar Cookies Recipe.

Turkey Sugar Cookies Recipe

Cookie Ingredients:

  • 1 cup softened Butter
  • 1 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 2 tsp Vanilla
  • 2 3/4 cup Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Soda

Glaze Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Milk
  • 1 tbsp Corn Syrup
  • Food Coloring

Decorations:

  • Candy Corn

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Directions:

  1. Cream butter and sugar.
  2. Add egg and vanilla and continue beating.
  3. Mix dry ingredients together and incorporate into wet mixture a litlle at a time.
  4. Place tablespoon sized balls on parchment covered baking sheet and then flatten to 1/4″ thick.
  5. Bake in 400 oven 10 minutes or until lightly brown around edges.
  6. Cool on a wire rack.
  7. Mix powdered sugar corn syrup and milk to make glaze.
  8. Use glaze to “glue” candy corn frathers in place.
  9. Color glaze with red and yellow to make orange.
  10. Draw in beak and feet.
  11. Add blue to glaze to create dark gray and dot in eyes. 

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Rolo Pilgram Hat Cookie Recipe – Thanksgiving Food Craft

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published date: November 05, 2013
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Rolo Pilgram Hat Cookie Recipe
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Looking for a Fun DIY (Do It Yourself) activity for the kids this fall, just in time perhaps for Thanksgiving. Be sure to PIN this fun Rolo Pilgram Hat Cookie Recipe.

Rolo Pilgrim Hat Cookie Recipe:

Ingredients (yields 12 hats)

  • 12 Oreo Fudge Cremes
  • 12 Rolos
  • 2 Yellow Starburst
  • 1/4 cup Orange Melting Chips

Directions

  1. Unwrap Starburst and work between fingers to soften and flatten.
  2. Cut to create 12 small rectangles to use as buckles for each hat.
  3. Heat Orange Candy Chips in large bowl by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted.
  4. Arrange 12 cookies on flat surface.
  5. Stick a toothpick in the top of each Rolo.
  6. Dip Rolo about halfway down in orange chocolate. Allow excess to drip off.
  7. Place Rolo in middle of cookie.
  8. Take one of the “buckles” and place along orange “hatband”.
  9. Allow to set.
  10. Carefully remove toothpicks using a twisting motion.

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Kids Scented Paint Recipes for Christmas Season – Pantry Ingredients

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published date: November 04, 2013
modified datt: November 04,2013

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Kids Scented Paint Recipes for Christmas Season (Pin it to Pinterest)
Sugar Cookie, Hot Chocolate, Candy Cane and Gingerbread Cookie

Whatever the reason….

you are looking for a quick activity for the kids
you have no paint on hand
you  want to make the eco-friendly paint from scratch

… this homemade paint is a fun two-fold activity that is sure to please. Make this activity once and they will always be asking for the “yummy smelling paint that mommy makes!” This recipe uses basic ingredients from your pantry and is super easy to vary for the season, activity or celebration. If doing this activity with a preschooler, painting with a brush or even finger painting are fantastic activities for fine motor development. To make this paint gluten free simply sub corn or potato starch for regular all-purpose flour.

Paint Base:

  • 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 3 Tbsp. Salt

In a medium bowl whisk ingredients together well until smooth, add water until you achieve your desired consistency. Add more for paint to use with brushes and less for finger painting. When you dry spices or liquids for scents it will change the consistency. I like the make up a large batch of base and then divide it up to create individual colors and scents. These are fantastic paints for numerous holiday crafts, the smell stays long after the paint dries.

Paint Scents:

To create these yummy Christmas scents combine ¼ cup of paint base to the following spices/extracts. I recommend mixing them in a medium sized bowl, and transfer to the container your child will use to paint from. Mixing in larger bowls will make you grateful for the mess prevention.

Sugar Cookie:

  • 1 Tbsp. Vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. Almond extract

Hot Chocolate

  • 1 Tbsp. Unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 Tbsp. Vanilla extract

Candy Cane

  • 2 tsp. peppermint extract
  • 3-5 drops red food coloring

Gingerbread

  • 1 Tbsp. ginger powder
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. all-spice

While these are food grade ingredients and are safe to eat, don’t let the the divine smell fool you. I wouldn’t recommend eating them. They do not taste good and mixing paintbrushes with homemade paint would introduce other ingredients.

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If looking for storage or paint brush tools, I picked up a 3 pack of dip cups from the Dollar Tree and they were the perfect size for each scented color paint. I also found a 4 pack of small lidded plastic containers. These would be fabulous in squirt bottles as well. I also love these jumbo handled paintbrushes, they are perfect for toddlers or older children, we use them on most all of our paint projects.

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Home Depot Coupon | $5 Off $50 Purchase Coupon

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published date: October 27, 2013
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Fall Decor: Scarecrow & Turkey Pumpkin Poke in Head and Legs + More As Low As $10

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published date: October 18, 2013
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Grab the Fall SCARECROW PUMPKIN Poke In Head and Legs for just $15.43 plus free shipping on orders over $25.00!  Turn your pumpkin into a scarecrow in seconds! Simply poke the pieces into a fresh or foam pumpkin to create a decoration you’ll enjoy from Halloween through Thanksgiving.

The Fall SCARECROW PUMPKIN Poke In Head and Legs includes:

  • 4″ to 6″H head
  • boots and hands (one has an attached crow)
  • metal pieces on stakes ( a total of five-piece  set)

Pair this with the Thanksgiving Turkey PUMPKIN Poke In Head and Legs and/or the Happy Fall Yall Pumpkin Polka Dot Zebra Stripes Garden Flag 12 x 18 for $10.39 to score your home decor for cheap!

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No Sew T-Shirt Blanket Tutorial #DIY #Pinterest #Craft

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published date: October 12, 2013
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No Sew T-Shirt Blanket Tutorial
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This No Sew T-Shirt Quilt is a GREAT way to re-purpose old t-shirts that you don’t wear anymore but you still like.Many of us have too many T-Shirts and they are found overflowing in a drawer.  These are great to pull together as a theme (for examples baseball shirts over a few seasons or civic club shirts from Freshman to Senior Year) By turning them into a memory blanket it’s a great way to hold on to those momentous that you just won’t put to use anymore!  This particular blanket was made using old baseball t-shirts. If you also are a horrible sewer, this project is perfect for you as it requires no needed and thread and is VERY easy to do!

Money Spent: roughly $4
Time Spent: a few hours

Materials needed:

  • T-Shirts. In this example, I used 6 t-shirts (this made 12 squares using the front and the back of the shirt)*
  • Scissors
  • Fleece to fit the square foot of your shirts laid into a square pattern.

Directions:

  1. Clean and Wash your t-shirts.
  2. Measure your shirts into a square. You can decide on the width and height but make sure all squares are big enough to fit the largest logo and are all the same size.
  3. Once cut, lay all out your shirts and measure the size so that you know how much fleece or fabric you need for the back and cut that to size.
  4. Cut the ends of your t-shirts into 1 inch slits around the perimeter.
  5. Double not your t-shirts together into your square pattern. DO NOT DO the outer perimeter of your 12 shirts (you will tie this to the fleece backing at the end.)
  6. Once all the inner edges of the t-shirts are tied, take your backing to the t-shirt square. Double knot all outter edgest of t-shirt square and fleece square together.
  7. Voila! There you have it, a easy but time consuming no sew blanket! Keep it for yourself, or give it as a gift! I hope you enjoy this!

*You can use as many or as few t-Shirts as you would like! I found that only having 12 squares does NOT make a very big blanket.

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Electric Blower & Vacuum by Toro w/ Ultra 12 amp + Variable-Speed 42% OFF

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published date: October 07, 2013
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This Electric Blower Vacuum by Toro w/ Ultra 12 amp + Variable-Speed  is now 42% OFF  discounted to $69.97  (reg $119)!  HUGE savings for this product, this time of the year, when the leaves shall all come falling down!   This item is nearly a solid 5 star reviewed item with over  500+ reviews!

Electric Blower Vac by Toro details:

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