So my oldest daughter and I decided we wanted to try our hand in making cake pops. We where sitting there with this fun book thinking " how hard could this be?"
So the next day we went shopping for all the supplies it called for and came home to prepare. We followed the instructions step by step, measuring the right amount ( which for those of you who know me I never measure) putting the sticks in how the book instructed, etc...
So by this point they are looking good and we had no problems. Well it came time to cover them with the frosting!
We read how to prep the frosting so it would work on the pops, and did as the book instructed. BUT every time we would pick one up and dip it in the frosting, the cake ball would fall off the stick!!! It was the funniest thing ever. Here we are thinking this was going to be super easy, that will be the last time I assume.
After about 15 minutes of laughing and trying to get the balls to stay on the stick. I finally decided to mess around with one that was already a goner, to see if I could jimmy rig the ball and frosting to make it stay LOL after a couple times, I was able to FINALLY get those dang balls to stay.
Since this is my first post after being gone so long, I thought I would share a cute project I did with my girls.
I am defiantly going to attack the cake pop balls again soon!! I need to show them who is BOSS :)
See you soon,
Cassi
And as always please feel free to comment and share your stories, or tricks. I love to read what everybody has to say :)
This was Anndi's 5th birthday party. But I came across the pictures and thought it would be fun to share. Anndi loves to color and paint. So she had decided she wanted an art birthday party. I had seen a similar idea on Pinterest, that I ended up doing for her birthday.
I bought all of the canvases, aprons and paint from +Hobby Lobby , and then found the fun painter pallets at +Walmart for super cheap.
I cleared out the kitchen, then just leaned the canvases along the walls, so that each child could pick one. Once they where settled at there canvas, I took a variety of the paint I had bought ( which was washable) and put it in their paint pallets. Since it was not a very big party, I bought aprons for each child. Once the paint was handed out and the paint brushes, the fun part started.
After the kids where done painting I placed a name tag in the front of their paintings and then left them to dry. During that time we opened presents and did cake and ice cream. Then before I new it, the parents started to show up. All the kids got to take their paintings home, along with their apron.
The kids had a blast! Mom was thrilled because not only was the clean up super easy, the supplies,cost way less than other birthday parties my kids have had.
Cassi
