E.S. Ivy

author of middle grade books for children

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Winter craft ideas for kids: Styrofoam and Pipe Cleaner Animals Winter Wonderland

23 January, 2014 by ES Ivy

winter craft ideas for kids pipe cleaner animals

If your kids were as enamored by the Disney movie Frozen as my girls have been, you may be looking for fun winter craft ideas for kids to make. Here in central Texas, we often have to make our own snow. You can make a whole snow scene out of Styrofoam that won’t melt!

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DIY: Directions for Easy make your own Christmas Peppermint Wreaths

31 December, 2013 by ES Ivy

peppermint wreaths in windowThis seems a bit late – instructions for a peppermint wreath after Christmas, but I don’t have the staff (or the desire!) to make my Christmas ideas in July. 🙂 I’m going to work on timing, but for now, here it is – a Christmas craft after Christmas!

I love making new crafts, but I really don’t like making repeated copies. This was a difficulty with this craft, because I wanted it for my kitchen windows, and I had three. Lo and behold, but as I was working on the first wreath two more magically appeared! It was a Christmas miracle!…

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Happy Thanksgiving!

28 November, 2013 by ES Ivy

grapevine turkey

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Thanksgiving Fruit Turkey Recipe

19 November, 2013 by ES Ivy

Little kids won’t really go for the fancy fruit salad  with Jello and cottage cheese that your Great Aunt Ida always brings to Thanksgiving dinner. This Thanksgiving Fruit Turkey recipe is an easy way to make plain fruit look fancy. It’s also a great way to take fruit to a Thanksgiving class party.

Don’t worry if it’s not perfect! As I’ll show you at the end of the post, it will turn out great even if you’re not too persnickety.

But, if you’re picky, the trick to making fruit arrangements is to use uniformly shaped pieces. This may mean that you won’t use all the pieces that you cut from each fruit, so always have extra. The left-over pieces are perfect for rewarding your kitchen help and tiding them over until the big meal….

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Jack O’Lantern Quesadillas

31 October, 2013 by ES Ivy

Happy Halloween! I’ve got a quick and easy Halloween recipe for you.

I don’t know about you, but we need something fast for dinner on Halloween night. And it needs to be something that the kids will eat without a fuss.  Here’s a fun recipe for dinner or a Halloween party snack, jack o’lantern quesadillas. (Can you believe that WordPress doesn’t know how to spell quesadilla? There are red underlines all over this post!)…

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