Caramel chex mix snack

You need to try this delicious caramel covered Chex mix. Not only is it a party in your mouth, but it is also very simple and easy to make. No need for Karo syrup! Just…

1 box Chex cereal
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup honey
1 cup brown sugar (light or dark)
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
 parchment paper
M&Ms(optional)

First lay parchment paper on your cookie sheet trays . mine took 3. place Chex cereal in a bowl that has enough room to stir mix in. Set oven to 200*. In a sauce pan on medium heat melt the butter then add the honey and brown sugar. stirring till boiling, let simmer for 5 minutes. Stirring the whole time. Remove from heat and add vanilla and baking soda( it will double in size and look like foam. Don't worry you are doing it right. Great time to let kids watch you do this part kind off cool) Poor over Chex cereal and toss well until completely mixed. Divide into cookie sheets and spread them evenly. bake in oven for an hour. tossing every 20 minutes. when done let cool then enjoy. I like to mix in M&M's into ours at the end.

Santa Christmas cookies in a jar Teacher gifts

                            

What you will need for the tags:

• printer
• card stock
• scissors
• glue dots or tape
• Print this FREE DIY Printable PDF file {Santa’s Cookies in a Jar Tags} on card stock and cut out.

What you will need for the jar:

• 1 quart Mason Jar
• 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup & leveled
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 3/4 cup M&Ms
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 – 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (depends on if you have room)

Instructions:

1. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.
2. Layer all the ingredients in a 1 quart mason jar in the order listed.
3. After each ingredient pound on table to make each layer settle to make room in jar. 
4. Add labels. (optional: add fabric)

Feeling like Christmas

Hard to believe its almost time for Christmas break. I have so many crafts for the kids to do before Christmas. Part of it is doing some cleaning of there rooms so they can have room for anything they get for Christmas. Such as going through and donating some of there toys and such.  Some of the crafts is making ornaments out of clay. Ornaments out of fishing supplies. we will be doing some baking and making of rice crispy treats. in the next few days the kids need to make there teachers there Christmas gifts.We also have a list of movies we like to watch as well, such as A Christmas Story, Home Alone 1 & 2, The Grinch, Prancer, and Rudolph.

one of my favorites is The FamilyStone and many more you can find on Hallmark Channel all month.

Sock Snowmen

Today my daughter and I made snowmen from extra socks. We used white socks extra baby socks. You know the ones that lose there partners... needle eye pins, buttons, ribbon, string and rice to fill the socks.and a hot glue gun.
Fill each sock with rice and tye off at the too with string.separate two different areas fir the snowman head and body by tying the string around and making a knot. Tye a ribbon around the neck for a scarf. Add the sick to the top making a hat. Use black push needles for eyes and orange for a nose. Got glue buttons on tummy area. There you go thou have a snow man.