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We had so much fun at our cookie decorating workshop. I realized I should have called it a PARTY! not workshop. There were cookies and sprinkles and candies forever; moms and dads, kids….brothers, sisters and cousins. The kids started by choosing a plate full of cookies to decorate then just kept getting more until they were done then some of the kids went outside to play and some moved into the living room to string popcorn. Everybody decorated cookies grown ups and kids alike. After we finished decorating we had a cup of tea or hot chocolate and a few miniature cookies….it WAS a party!!!
I’ve got some fun classes for “Big Kids” (5-9years) lined up for the holidays. Our cooking classes will give the kids a chance to bake quick breads from scratch make a pumpkin pie or Apple Gallette for Thanksgiving and bake and decorate cookies. I have a fun, chewy and delicious recipe for Gingerbread Bears that I’ll share with the kids too. With all my cooking classes I like to have a taste and sniff game so I’ll probably play with some of the spices of the season and maybe bring in a few veggies just for fun! Check out the class schedule to find out more about our classes planned for winter break.
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I found the cutest book in the library and had to plan a project around it. The story is about a grandma cat that makes an apple pie and serves it to her family; there’s one piece left. A family of mice find the pie and enjoy it, leaving a few crumbs which a family of ants find. The illustrations are wonderful and in the end everyone pitches in to help make a pie to share. This week we read the book and everyone pitched in to help make apple pie! Yummmy, yumm, yum!!!
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Miniature Scarecrow Workshop Saturday, September 27th 10am-11:30am…..deadline to register September 3rd
$35. *5-12 year olds
Includes all materials to make a miniature scarecrow to enter in the Sonoma County Harvest Fair and I’ll take care of all the paper work and deliver and pick up the entries too!….scarecrows and ribbons will be available to pick up from Smiling Tree after October 7th
This will be a fun project even if you don’t want to enter the fair…but its so exciting to see your work at the fair and receive a ribbon. I will make the appropriate frame work to meet the fair’s specification (under 24”) and fun supplies for the kids to use to build their masterpiece including fabric, straw, mini pumpkins, thread, needles, yarn, burlap and all the patience to help the kids create their own scarecrow. Plus I’ll have a second small project for the kids to take home.
*Children must be at least 5years old by September 5th in order to enter the fair.
Please register for this class no later than September 3rd if you’d like your child’s scarecrow entered in the fair. All children will receive a participation ribbon and the first 5 places will receive a cash award as well.