Friday, February 26, 2010

St. Patrick Day Craft and Recipe

St. Patrick Day Napkin Holder



A Paper Towel Roll (inside)
Green Construction paper
Gold Glitter
Scissors
Glue
Green Paint
Once you have everything assembled Follow these steps:

1.Cut Paper Towel Roll so that it is about an inch and a half (one section like this for each ring)
2.Paint each ring with Green paint and let dry
3.Use Green construction paper and draw a Clover about 1 1/2 inches wide
4.Put some glue on it and sprinkle gold glitter on, and let dry
5.When Paint and Glue are dry, Glue clover on top of painted
paper towel roll

found this cute craft here

Here are a couple of great snack ideas for St. Patricks Day as well:

Irish Apples

Pair this great veggie snack with an equally wonderful fruit snack. To make Irish Apples, cut some Granny Smith apples into wedges. Then mix equal parts cream cheese and mallow cream and add food colouring to them. The kids will all love dipping their apple wedges into this delicious dip!

Zucchini Oatmeal Cookies


If you want to send your child to school with something a little more sugary, you can make Zucchini Oatmeal cookies. The zucchini and oatmeal keep these cookies a little healthier than other varieties and you don’t even need to add food colouring – they will be green when you cook them because of the zucchini. This is what you will need:

• ½ cup butter
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups grated zucchini
• 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1 cup granola
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1.) Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2.) Cream together the butter and sugar in a medium bowl until they are fluffy. Add the egg and the vanilla and mix until it is fully blended and then stir in the shredded zucchini. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and cinnamon. Stir the dry ingredients into the zucchini mixture. Then add the oats, the granola, and the chocolate chips.
3.) Drop teaspoonfuls of the dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet, leaving approximately two inches between cookie drops. Bake in the preheated oven for ten to twelve minutes

Found these cute recipes here

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also shared at Amys Finer Things

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the inspiration! I grew up loving zucchini cookies, but they were never with oatmeal. That sounds like a wonderful upgrade. I just love them with lots of cinnamon... all warm and spicy!

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  2. Oh, I still have lots of shredded zucchini in my freezer. Might have to try those cookies!

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