I have two special little friends that come to my house each week. I watch them for the day while their mom is at work. I like to have special things for them to do such as cooking, gardening and crafting. When they arrive they always ask what craft will we do. They are only three and four years old, but crafts occupy them for an hour or so. Besides crafting we also bake cookies, pizza, Rice Krispies squares, muffins, etc. and work in the gardens. They love going to my garden and picking strawberries, flowers and wild blueberries (huckleberries).
It seems like I'm constantly chirping at them to be careful not to get stuff on their clothes. In fact, a couple times I took off their tops and had them wear one of my husbands t-shirts. Well, that didn't work the best because the shirts were too big and got in the way. So finally I decided to make them their own crafting/baking aprons.
When they came to my house this past week I showed them their new aprons. Boy were they excited and couldn't wait to start creating.
First we went out in my backyard in the woods and picked wild huckleberries. Once they got about one cup full we made blueberry muffins. The kids said they were the best blueberry muffins ever. Next, with the Fourth of July holiday, we made cupcakes and decorated them with red, white and blue sprinkles and little American flags. The kids were excited to bring their creations home to share.
Not only were the bake goods a hit, but the aprons worked great. I can't believe I didn't think of them sooner.
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