5 Appetizing, Foil-Wrapped Campfire Recipes

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Springtime means a lot more time outdoors. It also means a lot more families will be spending their weekends’ camping by the fire. Today on Family Food Live, 5 Appetizing, Foil-Wrapped Campfire Recipes to get you ready for your next campout.

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Campfire Sausage and Potatoes

This Campfire Sausage and Potatoes recipe is perfect for anyone! It’s easy and really tasty.

Cheesy Fries

Shopping List:

• Bag Frozen Crinkle-Cut French Fries
• 1 tablespoon Butter, melted
• 4 slices American Cheese
• 2 tablespoons Bacon Bits
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• Aluminum Foil

Instructions:

• In a saucepan, melt butter
• Add frozen french fries until coated
• Using 1 or 2 slices of aluminum foil, create a boat for the fries.
• Layer the fries in the foil and fold in all sides of foil, leaving the top slightly open
• Place on grill or in the oven at 400° for 20-30 minutes (stir at least once)
• Once the fries are cooked or crispy, top with cheese until it’s completely melted
• Sprinkle with bacon and salt & pepper if needed.

Campfire Veggies

Shopping List:

• 1 cup Red or Green Bell Peppers, chopped
• 1 cup Red Onion, chopped
• 1 cup Red Potatoes, chopped
• 1 cup Zucchini, chopped
• 1 cup Mushrooms, sliced
• 1 cup Carrots, chopped
• 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
• 3/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1 tablespoon Herbes de Provence seasoning

Instructions:

• Heat grill or oven to 400°
• Place all veggies into a bowl and drizzle with olive oil
• Mix in salt and Herbes de Provence seasoning until all veggies are coated
• Place veggies on aluminum foil squares and fold in to create a packet
• Place on grill or in oven for 8-10 minutes on each side of the packet
• To check the veggies, peel back one of the folds and check the potatoes, if the potatoes are done, the rest of the veggies should be done

Grilled Chicken Nachos

Shopping List:

• Tortilla Chips
• 2 cups Cheddar Cheese, shredded
• 1 cup Rotisserie Chicken, chopped
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 1/2 bunch Cilantro, chopped
• 1 Avocado, sliced (optional)

Instructions:

• Heat grill or oven to 400°
• Cut a square of aluminum foil and create a boat
• Add tortilla chips to the bottom of the foil
• Top with chicken and cheese
• Put on grill or oven for 15-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted through
• Remove and add chopped tomatoes, red onion, cilantro and avocado

Campfire Cones

Here’s a great dessert for your next campout. These Campfire Cones are super easy and delicious!

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Teacher Gift Ideas

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These teacher gift ideas are the perfect way to show your appreciation for your child’s teacher. Teachers are so special to our children, so these small tokens of appreciation are a great way to give back.

You can gift them during the holidays or during teacher appreciation week. Or even one random day just because. The possibilities are endless!

Teacher Gift Ideas

Create apple word art using the names from kids in the class. via So Festive

Make LEGO hand sanitizer with a super cute printable card. via The Nerd’s Wife

This chalkboard crayon wreath is something they’ll use year after year! via A Pumpkin and a Princess

These adorable gift jars are perfect for organizing the classroom. via Lil’ Luna

Make a personalized pencil holder that your teacher can hang on their door. via 3 Little Greenwoods

How adorable is this personalized clipboard?! via The Celebration Shoppe

These adorable bags are perfect for gift cards. via Skip to My Lou

What teacher wouldn’t love a Target gift card?! via LandeeLu

Fill a mason jar with candy and a gift card with these cute printables. via Somewhat Simple

Give an Apple gift card with this gift tag. via Sisters Suitcase

How fun is this “treat” gift tag?! It would work for a Dairy Queen gift card, or any ice cream place. via Crazy Little Projects

An Amazon gift card goes perfectly with this tag! via FabuLESSly Frugal

How about a Jamba Juice gift card?! via Skip to My Lou

Give a Starbucks gift card with this cute printable. via The Rowell Lucky 7s

Here’s another cute way to give a Starbucks gift card! via Just Add Confetti

How cute are these candy bar printable gift tags?! via Crazy Little Projects

Baking supplies in a cute oven mitt is perfect for a teacher who loves to bake! via Eighteen 25

Pair flip flops with some nail polish and other pampering accessories for a pedicure inspired gift idea. via Crazy Little Projects

Make a summer welcome kit with everything needed to roast marshmallows. via Driven By Decor

This printable gift tag is perfect paired with a bundt cake! via Eighteen 25

Give a succulent with this adorable gift tag. via Three Kids and a Fish

 

And don’t miss these teacher gifts that kids can make. Do you have a cute teacher gift that you’ve made? Share it with us over on our Facebook page!

 

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A-MAZE-ing Way to Learn a Letter

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This has got to be one of my favorite go-to activities to learn a letter. We do this over and over again with different letters to really get to know a specific letter.

You can find an entire week of activities to learn any letter here.

For this a-MAZE-ing letter activity, all you need is painter’s tape (affiliate link), a marker and a car (or something for your child to push through the maze).

The hardest part is setting up the maze, but once you get into a rhythm is really isn’t too tough.

Making the Maze

First, I make the correct path through the maze with the tape. I use the tape as the maze path (not the borders of the path, so there’s no need to tape two lines side by side to make a road).

I do it all as right angles, making sure to make it zig zag back and forth, and not just straight forward. Once the correct path is taped in place, I go through and write the letter we’re working on (in this case G) on all the corners, as well as the start and finish points.

 

Then I use the tape to make a bunch of  dead ends and mark the corners with the ‘wrong letters’ (anything but G). I usually end up making a long rectangle for the maze, but it can be any shape.

Have your child start at the beginning, point out the letter you’re working on. Tell it to them.

“This is the letter G. We’re going to drive your car to the next letter G and then the next letter G until we make it to the finish!”

We have done this activity in the past with the entire alphabet, too. If your child already is familiar with the letters, you can work on the ABC order.

It’s A-MAZE-ingly versatile, too!

And this activity doesn’t have to be limited to just letters. You can apply it to whatever it is you’re working on. Some ideas:

• Use this maze to learn a number. Use the same setup, just replace the letter with a number.
• Use this maze activity to work on addition. Write addition equations to all equal the same number as the correct path. Follow the addition equations that equal 10, and use 6+4, 3+7, 2+8 and so on.
• Use this maze activity with other math problems, multiplication, subtraction or division will all work.
• Use this maze activity for shape recognition. Same setup, just replace with shapes!
• Use this maze activity to work on color recognition. You can use different colored markers, colored stickers, or even little pieces of construction paper taped onto the corners.

Whatever it is that you do, make sure that it’s something you’re child is interested in. If they’re just grasping some letters, you can do this first with a letter they know and then use another piece of painter’s tape to stick a new letter over the correct path.

Also, if you’re child isn’t into cars or trucks, what else could you use? A doll could walk through the maze. The child could walk through the maze themselves. You could also roll a marble through the maze, or a pom pom.

Try to include something that your child can’t put down right now to get them interested!

What did your child learn with this maze activity?

A-MAZE-ing Way to Learn a Letter

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This has got to be one of my favorite go-to activities to learn a letter. We do this over and over again with different letters to really get to know a specific letter.

You can find an entire week of activities to learn any letter here.

For this a-MAZE-ing letter activity, all you need is painter’s tape (affiliate link), a marker and a car (or something for your child to push through the maze).

The hardest part is setting up the maze, but once you get into a rhythm is really isn’t too tough.

Making the Maze

First, I make the correct path through the maze with the tape. I use the tape as the maze path (not the borders of the path, so there’s no need to tape two lines side by side to make a road).

I do it all as right angles, making sure to make it zig zag back and forth, and not just straight forward. Once the correct path is taped in place, I go through and write the letter we’re working on (in this case G) on all the corners, as well as the start and finish points.

 

Then I use the tape to make a bunch of  dead ends and mark the corners with the ‘wrong letters’ (anything but G). I usually end up making a long rectangle for the maze, but it can be any shape.

Have your child start at the beginning, point out the letter you’re working on. Tell it to them.

“This is the letter G. We’re going to drive your car to the next letter G and then the next letter G until we make it to the finish!”

We have done this activity in the past with the entire alphabet, too. If your child already is familiar with the letters, you can work on the ABC order.

It’s A-MAZE-ingly versatile, too!

And this activity doesn’t have to be limited to just letters. You can apply it to whatever it is you’re working on. Some ideas:

• Use this maze to learn a number. Use the same setup, just replace the letter with a number.
• Use this maze activity to work on addition. Write addition equations to all equal the same number as the correct path. Follow the addition equations that equal 10, and use 6+4, 3+7, 2+8 and so on.
• Use this maze activity with other math problems, multiplication, subtraction or division will all work.
• Use this maze activity for shape recognition. Same setup, just replace with shapes!
• Use this maze activity to work on color recognition. You can use different colored markers, colored stickers, or even little pieces of construction paper taped onto the corners.

Whatever it is that you do, make sure that it’s something you’re child is interested in. If they’re just grasping some letters, you can do this first with a letter they know and then use another piece of painter’s tape to stick a new letter over the correct path.

Also, if you’re child isn’t into cars or trucks, what else could you use? A doll could walk through the maze. The child could walk through the maze themselves. You could also roll a marble through the maze, or a pom pom.

Try to include something that your child can’t put down right now to get them interested!

What did your child learn with this maze activity?

Cardboard Tube Easter Bunny

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Kids of all ages will love making a Cardboard Tube Easter Bunny for Easter. This simple craft requires minimal supplies and is perfect for home, school or daycare.

Cardboard Tube Easter Bunny

Looking for an easy and fun Easter craft for kids? Look no further! Kids love to make cardboard tube characters for imaginative play. This simple craft is also easy to convert into a puppet by adding a long, wooden craft stick to the inside of the tube.

We made a pink bunny, but cardboard tubes are easily painted. I think it would be fun to make several in many spring colors!

To make this craft you will need

• cardboard tubes
• wiggly eyes
• construction paper
• pipe cleaners
• pom poms
• glue
• scissors
• black permanent marker

Directions

After gathering supplies, invite kids to cut ears for their bunny from the construction paper. We used 2 pieces of construction paper to give our bunnies an inner and outer ear.

Tip: You may want to draw ears for younger kids to cut out.

Glue the bunny’s ears to the front of the cardboard tube.

Glue a little pom pom to the top of the cardboard tube to make a little nose for the bunny. Draw whiskers and a little smile with a black permanent marker.

Next, glue 2 wiggly eyes above the bunny’s nose. Last, glue a pom pom to the back of the cardboard tube for the bunny’s tail. Kids will have a blast hoppity-hopping their little bunny all around!

Related Bunny Crafts

If you liked this craft, you may also want to check out:

• Paper Bobble Head Bunnies
• Easter Chick and Bunny Handprint Craft
• Cardboard Bunny Lacing Activity for Kids

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DIY Moon Rocks

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As a child, I always wanted to see a Moon Rock. There’s just something fascinating about the moon and outer space. So when my son started asking questions about that big ol’ rock in the sky, I decided to make our own version with these DIY Moon Rocks.

This easy play recipe takes some Moon Sand and adds a bit more moisture to make it moldable to form into rocks. We made them  black with some shiny glitter to simulate the sun reflecting off the surface of the moon.

DIY Moon Rocks

What you need to make DIY Moon Rocks:

• 4 cups baking soda
• 1/4 cup water
• Gold and Silver glitter
• Black food coloring

In a large plastic bin, mix together the baking soda and water. Add lots of glitter and some food coloring and stir together.

You can let your kids explore this easy Moon Sand for a bit (warning: their hands will get messy because of the food coloring!), or you can go right to making your rocks.

Mold the sand with your hand to shape it into rocks. We pressed our fingers into it to form craters on the surface.

Allow to dry overnight.

The rocks will be brittle, but kids will love examining them!

They’re much prettier than the Moon Rocks retrieved by astronauts aboard the six landing Apollo missions. Those rocks are stored  at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

My son loved learning about the rocks, and how they have to be kept in Nitrogen so that they won’t get moisture. We talked about how adding moisture to the Moon Rocks would change their composition and cause them to fall apart. We even tried adding some water to our own DIY Moon Rocks!

Now that you’ve made Moon Rocks, share photos with us on our Facebook page. Then, head over to our blog for even more  space activities for kids!

 

 

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Magic Finger Surface Tension Experiment for Kids

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Alisha shares this super simple surface tension science experiment for kids will leave your kiddos amazed!

In my home, we call this the Magic Finger trick. It’s a great way to get your toddlers, preschoolers, and school-aged kiddos interested in the wonders and joys of science.

Best part – there’s no setup!

Here are 30 other great experiments to do with your preschooler!

You only need three supplies for this surface tension experiment; all of the items are found in your kitchen.

• Dish Soap
• A bowl of water
• Pepper

Begin by grabbing a bowl from your cabinet and fill it up with water at least half way.

Next, sprinkle some pepper into the bowl of water. Use enough pepper to cover the top of the water.

Then, prepare your kiddos for the amazement that is about to occur.

Simply put some dish soap on the tip of your finger and touch the middle of the water.

Voilà!

Your little ones might think it is magic…

…but in fact there is real science behind the experiment.

When the soap touches the water, the surface tension changes, and the pepper no longer floats on top. But the water molecules still want to keep the surface tension, so they pull back away from the soap, and carry the pepper along with them.

After doing the experiment and talking about surface tension, let your kiddos take a turn using their magic finger.

Here are some great water activities for toddlers!

An extension of this surface tension experiment for kids would be to try other objects on the water.

• Would rice react the same way as the pepper?
• Would pom poms (affiliate link) be too big to react to the surface tension change?

Did you find any other items that reacted the same way as the pepper?