A Guest Post By Mr 8, How To Make A Snail

 

Mitchell has been making these little snails out of Easter Egg wrappers,

he made them up himself and suggested he could put them on my blog

so other kids could make them.

This morning I took some pics, showed him how to use pic monkey

and let him go for it.

So, here is his little tutorial.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A big thankyou to Mitchell

for my guest post.

You've done a great job :)

 

Easter Gift Bag Tutorial

I found a tutorial on how to make

this sweet little Easter Gift Bag and another beautiful sample here

and had the urge to make one today.

I printed off the template, and as I was cutting it out,

thought I might try making it out of brown paper

rather than the denim I had in mind.

So here is my paper version.

(The original in the above link on Merrilee's Blog is made of felt)

 

Trace the template onto a double thickness of brown paper,

but do not cut it out.

Sew along the traced line, stitching both pieces of paper together, 

but do not sew between the ears,

this is where you will put the goodies in.

 

Trim around the edge of the stitching, about 1/4 inch

You can see from this pic,

you could also just use a paper bag and cut out the ears at the top.

Add some fabric onto the ears,

I used heat n bond to adhere the fabric to the paper,

or you could use pretty paper or even washi tape

 

Find some treasure to put inside,

pop them in through the opening between the ears 

 

Flex the ears, so the curve towards the front,

gather up the paper and tie with some pretty twine

 

This project was easy and nice and quick,

the gift bag would also look great

made from coloured paper or baking paper

 

Have a great Easter

Jacqueline

Find Me At Bloglovin

It seems that google reader is going to retire in a few months

Yippee, because I did not really like it anyway.

So, I have have taken a little trip over to Bloglovin,

imported my Google Reader Blogs,

and claimed my blog, so you can follow me over there too.

 

Importing your google reader blogs that you follow to Bloglovin is easy,

just pop over here

 

Kaylie has some info on claiming you blog at Bloglovin,

so others can find it to add to their Bloglovin reader

and it is very easy

 

So, you can now follow me over at Bloglovin,

if you look over to the right you will see a button for it,

or you can subscribe via email,

thats over on the right too :)

They also have an App, that I have played around with,
I give that the thumbs up too.

 

If you are a blogger, are you over there?

Or have you tried another site, what did you think?

 

Catch you later

Jacqueline

 

Hedgehog Recipe

This Hedgehog is always in our fridge or freezer,

it goes in lunch boxes most days.

This recipe was given to me by my friend Simone,

and it's a no fail, perfect Hedgehog (so far anyway, and I've made it a lot)

So I thought I would share

 

You will need

1 pkt Marie Biscuits (broken up)

1 pkt Marie Biscuits (crushed)

250g Butter

2 heaped tbsp Cocoa

3 Eggs Beaten

1 tspVanilla

3/4 cup Sugar

 

 

Crush and breakup the packets of biscuits, place in a mixing bowl.

Melt the butter, and take off the heat.

Mix in the sugar and cocoa, till dissolved.

Add the beaten eggs slowly and whisk in.

Return to the heat, stir and cook until hot.

Take off the heat and add Vanilla.

Pour over the biscuits and mix until all is combined.

Press into a slice container,

I squash mine down with a potato masher to get a nice dense hedgehog.

Place in the fridge to cool and firm up.

Ice with your choice of icing.

 

I used to make icing, but sometimes it was too soft,

so now I always use the following for icing.

 

Chocolate Icing

Break up a block of Chocolate, (I use coles brand)

place in a glass jug,

add 2 tsp vegetable oil.

Melt gradually in the microwave,

pour over the cooled, firm Hedgehog,

add sprinkles if you wish.

Store in the fridge or freezer

 

I always line my container with backing paper

so I can easily lift the slice out to cut.

I used to snip the corners so they sat nice.

But, if you scrunch the baking paper up and

then lay it in the slice container,

its sits down nicely in the corners

Just saying :)

 

 I always make 2 batches of the Hedgehog at a time,

but, the icing recipe above is enough to cover 2 lots.

 

Have a great day

Jacqueline

 

 

The Reindeer Food Shop 2012

 Each year the 3 boys set up

The Reindeer Food Shop

in front of our house.

This is our 5th year! Hard to believe it's been 5 years

 

 Everyone helps bag up Reindeer Food before the shop opens each year

 

 And, a big thankyou to Michelle and team at Petstock Horsham

who approached the boys this year,

and offered them a big bag of seed to use

 

 everyone takes it in turns, helping Mum

 

Even the husband helps, while he catches up on some viewing

 

But mostly it's me that does most of the bagging,

so no time for pretty photo styling in this house

(and thanks to the first born for taking the pics for me)

Today is the last day of trade,

if you are a local, you can find us in Natimuk Road,

just look for the red sign

 

 This year, they have traded for 8 days, sitting at their shop for hours after school.

They have even wanted to have their tea out there.

It's also been great to have  school friends pop around and man the shop.

 

They landed on the front page of the paper last Friday

They love doing The Reindeer Food Shop each year,

they learn a lot from it,

communication, maths, co-operation, patience,

they love meeting the people that stop by,

and most importantly they have fun.

 

And this is their first year, 5 years ago

The first born had just a prep,

this year the third born has just finished prep.

 

Hope you all have a Wonderful Christmas,

I better get out of my PJ's,

as the shop opens in 30 mins for the last day of trade

 

Jacqueline 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orders Close Today

Just a quick reminder

Now, I better get back to Betty Bernina

 

Jacqueline.

Today, It's All About The Colour

 

That's the one red pumpkin Mr Coles

(apologies if you have already seen this on FB or Instagram)

 

 

I saw this in the Spotlight catalogue,

I bought some today for a little project I have in mind...

 

See you tomorrow

Jacqueline

Playing along with Blogtoberfest 2012