Felt Turkey Finger Puppet

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am the PTA room Mom for my son's kindergarten class & the PTA is in charge of their Thanksgiving party.  This is a craft that I found off of Skip To My Lou that I thought would be fun {and easy} for these kids to make. 

I used the 9" x 12" felt sheets to cut out the feathers & the turkey bodies.  For the feathers, I cut out squares of 3" x 12" and then made a template {like triangles at the top} to cut them out {because I had to cut out alot of feathers}.  For the bodies, I took my finger and made a template, and then rounded out the top.

 Step 1: Take 2 Turkey bodies

 Step 2: Place a line of glue {I used tacky-because that's what the kids will use-but you can use hot glue} around the outside.

 Step 3: Put the two pieces together

 Step 4: Take your feathers and glue them onto the back of your Turkey

 Step 5: For the nose, I just cut out small triangles & then glued it on

 Step 6: Glue on 2 googly eyes

Wah-La.....A Turkey! 

Oreo Turkeys

I am the PTA room Mom for my son's kindergarten class.  One of the parties that we're in charge of is the Thanksgiving party.  I searched the internet and found some cute craft ideas & food projects; this particular food craft caught everyone's attention at our planning meeting { I found it here}. 

It was really simple to make, so I'm hoping that these 5-6 yr olds have an easy/fun time as well!

Enjoy!

I Heart Faces Photo Challenge: Paper

This weeks photo challenge on I Heart Faces is Paper.

I decided to do a mash-up of pictures that I've taken of My Jaxs.  Two pictures: One from Summer; One from Fall; One cute boy.

Bubble Pizza

Ahhh....Nothing like a Friday night.....and Pizza.

My kids love pizza....I like pizza....but sometimes I don't feel like standing around a hot oven cooking pizza or spending money buying pizza.  This is where Bubble Pizza comes into play.

This meal is another simple recipe.  It is also a meal that can be made ahead of time {like earlier in the day}; which is what I did.

What to give it a try???  Here's the recipe:

Bubble Pizza

 Real simple ingredients:

2 Cans of Biscuit Dough {I happened to have these jumbo sized ones, but I think the best kind are the generic-because they're smaller}

Cheese

Pepporoni {or any other Pizza toppings}

Sauce {you can use pizza sauce, spaghetti sauce, whatever.  I used my tomotoe sauce I have mixed up.}

 In a greased 9 x 13 pan, lay out your biscuits.  Noticed how I was able to get 12 whole ones in this pan.  I then started cutting up the remainder of the biscuits and stuffing them in the holes.

 Spread your sauce all-over.

 Add your pizza toppings; in my case Pepporoni.

 Layer on some cheese.  I used cheddar cheese & then decided to sprinkle it with some parmesan cheese.

 Before I wrapped it up in foil, I decided to sprinkle it with some Basil.

Wrap the top with foil & either: A. put it in the fridge and let it sit; or B. heat the oven to 400 degrees and let it cook for 30 minutes; then take the top off and cook it for another 10 minutes.

 Ooohy, Goohy Cheesy goodness!

 Cut it up & Enjoy!

My kids give their approval  :)

Pasta Bake

Sometimes you just need to have a simple dinner.  The other night, I volunteered to take a dinner to a family; this meal is adaptable so you can double or triple it {think making extra and freezing to have an easy meal at another date}.

Pasta, sausage, cheese, and sauce; that's all you need to make this dinner.

Easy right??  You bet.  So here's the recipe:

Pasta Bake

First, cook up some sausage.

I used Jimmy Dean pork sausage that I had in the freezer; and since I was making two meals, I cooked up two rolls.  I liked this sausage alot because there was barely any grease.  While the sausage is cooking up, cook up some pasta.

I used penne, and probably used 1 to 2 lbs of it.  I know it's not very accurate, but I buy dry pasta in bulk, and sort of just guess at it, making sure there's enough to feed my family; therefore I doubled that thinking.

To the sausage, add your choice of spaghetti sauce; add just enough so it looks like this:

Enough sauce to cover everything, and a little bit extra for moisture when you add it to the pasta.

In a greased 9 x 13 dish, add pasta & sausage sauce. 

Then to that add, cheese......italian cheese, cheddar cheese, whatever kind cheese you want.  Add a little, add a lot....your choice, it's up to you.

Mix it all up.  You can then add another layer of cheese.

Bake @ 400 degrees for 30 minutes covered, and then another 10-15 minutes uncovered to crisp up the cheese.  Serve and Enjoy!

I wish I had a picture of the finished product, but....I just wasn't able to....Life huh :)

Rolls

Hello, My name is JeNae & I'm a carb-a-holic....

I *heart* bread.

French bread, sourdough bread, breadsticks, rolls, WW bread, the list can go on & on.

Hands down, I will always pick my Mom's rolls.  Her roll recipe is my favorite.  Yesterday I decided to make some rolls; I was taking a family some dinner and thought I should add some homebaked goodness.

Well, this recipe makes alot of rolls.  So instead of making dozens of rolls, I split it up making half rolls & the other half cinnamon rolls.  Those cinnamon rolls were sure delicious.  The rolls were fantastic as well.

The great thing about this recipe is the short time that it takes.  You could have one pan of rolls in under an hour.  Your kitchen will smell yummy.

Do you want to make some??  Here's the recipe:

Rolls

In your Mixer combine the following ingredients:

3 1/2 Cups of Warm Water

1 Cup of Oil

3/4 Cup Sugar

6 T Yeast

Let it sit for 15 minutes.  It should look like this:

Next, add:

3 Beaten Eggs

1 T Salt

4 Cups Whole Wheat Flour

Start Mixing

You are then going to add another 6-7 Cups of White Flour; or just enough flour so the dough clears the bowl.

  

Next, get some shortening

And grease up your hands.  It works.  You're going to take pieces of the dough {not to big} and roll them in your hand and place them on a cookie sheet {I got 15 to one sheet}.

Cover them and let them rise in a warm place for 15 minutes.  They should look like this:

In a 425 degree oven, bake the rolls for about 10 minutes; or until the tops are golden.

When you take them out of the oven, grab some butter,

And smear the tops of the rolls.

There you go...Yummy homemade rolls.

Enjoy!

{I posted this recipe over @ A Southern Fairytale}