Orange Danish Waffles



My kids loved these!  You could do them with any premade roll.  We used Orange Danish from our local Hy-Vee.

Here is a picture of using just one danish in the waffle iron.  I didn't get a picture of it, but if you put a roll in each section it works the best.

My kids ate them, with butter and the frosting that came with the danishes.

For this recipe you will need...

• 1 package of Orange Danishes (or any kind you choose)

Best Watermelon of the Year

I thought I would share this with all of you...

My inlaws took my kiddos to a local pumpkin patch a few weeks ago.  They got this watermelon there also.  It was HUGE!  It was also one of the BEST watermelons we have had this year... All 43lbs of it! :)

Here is another picture to show the size.  It is sitting on our stove next to a liter pop bottle.

Teacher Thank You Cup

 

For this project you will need...

• 1 drink cup
• water flavor mix-ins
• paper for the flag

My then 4 year old daughter help me make these for her teachers at the end of the school year.  They are super easy to make and REALLY easy to put together!

The drink mix ins are a HIT at our house so we always have TONS of them laying around.  These I got at Wal-Mart, usually you can find them by the kool-aid. 

We used the following flavors in our cup...

• Cherry
• Peach Mango Green Tea
• Wild Strawberry
• Grape
• Energy Grape
• Lemonade
• Fruit Punch
• Hawian Punch

We put one of each flavor in the cup.

For the flag on the straw I wrote it out on the "Paint" program, I am sure you could use word also.
I put an apple  and the saying "Thank You for quenching my thirst for knowledge".
You could also cut the flag and let the kids color it and/or write on it.

 

We found the cup at Wal-Mart also.

Chicago Fire on NBC

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TerraCycle Capri Sun Pencil Case Giveaway

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TerraCycle Back-To-School Review

**Terracycle sent me products, at no cost to myself, for my 100% honest opinion on their products.

 

The first product I recieved from TerraCycle was the Starburst Rectangular Lunch Box.  This would be a great size for taking to school, or even to work!  It was sewn together really good and seems like it would hold up for an elementary kids abuse, or the rolling around in the car on the way home from work everyday.  :)   I also LOVED the bright colors of this one.

I couldn't find the Starburst Rectangular Lunch Box on their site, but found the Capri Sun Rectangular Lunch Box which is pretty much the same.  You can see the Capri Sun one by clicking here.

Here are some things that I pulled from the website about the Rectangular Lunch Box...

• Dimensions: 6" T x 9" W x 4" D
• This unusual material make for an unusual twist on the traditional insulated lunch box.

 

The other item that I recieved to review ws the Pencil Case.  This would work great for the kids in school that need to carry pens, pencils, and markers around with them.  Like the Lunch Box, the Pencil Case is sewn together very well.

 

The Pencil case cost 1.99 and can be bought from here.

 

 

Here are some facts that I found on the TerraCycle website...

• TerraCycle is widely considered the world’s leader in the collection and reuse of non-recyclable, post-consumer waste.

I thought this one was pretty interesting!!

 2012 was another record year for TerraCycle.

It marked the 9th straight year of revenue growth as well as the launch of the world’s first recycling program for one of the most commonly littered items on the planet – cigarette butts. After launching the program in Canada in May, it was quickly expanded to the US and Spain with help from Santa Fe Natural Tobacco and British American Tobacco, respectively.

The collected cigarette butts are recycled into plastic pellets and used to make industrial products like shipping pallets.

You can read more by clicking here.

If you are interested in other items from TerraCycle click here.

To learn more about how TerraCycle works you can click here.