Homemade Bubbles

part dish soap
8 parts water
1/4 part or less light corn syrup or glycerin

Homemade Snow Cone Syrup

1 packet Kool-Aid
2 cups sugar
1 cup water

Mix all together in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Immediately remove from the heat. Cool. Used a kitchen funnel to put the syrup after cooling into an empty water bottle.

Homemade Puffy Paint

1 Tablespoon self rising flour
1 Tablespoon salt
4 teaspoons water
food coloring
Q tips (or brushes)
small containers

In a small container mix the flour, salt and water together until smooth. Do this same process in as many containers as you want colors. Add a few drops of food coloring to each and stir.

You can use Q tips to paint with or brush. Make sure you don't paint it on so thick it soaks through the paper but definitely thick enough to puff up.

When you are done painting, lay it flat in the microwave and cook for 10 seconds. Pull it out and watch the expression on your kid's faces! It's puffy!

Peanut Butter Blossoms

Ingredients:

* 48 HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates
* 1/2 cup shortening
* 3/4 cup REESE'S Creamy Peanut Butter
* 1/3 cup granulated sugar
* 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
* 1 egg
* 2 tablespoons milk
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* Granulated sugar


Directions:
1. Heat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from chocolates.

2. Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended. Add 1/3 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.

3. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheet.

4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press a chocolate into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. About 3 dozen cookies. I have to double my batch.

Breakfast Burritos (Camp Fire Style)

Ingredients:
2 lbs of sausage
24 eggs
1-2 lbs of shredded cheddar cheese
20 large flour tortillas

Directions:
Cook breakfast sausage & scramble the eggs. Preheat a few tortillas in your microwave, at home to make them soft. Spoon out generous portions of sausage, scrambled eggs & cheese onto the tortilla & roll it up. Wrap the tortilla, individually, in aluminum foil. You can freeze them if you would like, they keep well.

Cook:
Place them on a grill surface over the camp fire, to warm them up. The tortilla will be a little crispy & a light brown color. You can add salsa or hot sauce to taste.

Ruined Laundry?

Washed your clothes with a crayon? Turned your clothes pink? Try this!
I am told that this works like a charm. I haven't tried this yet... I am sure that I will need to in the near future. Good Luck!

Here's the recipe: 1 whole cup of Tide, 1 C Shout, 1 C OxyClean, 1/2 C Borax and 1 C White Vinegar.

Dissolve that whole bunch of stuff in hot water (in the washer of course) and then throw in everything you ruined. You have to wash on HOT, but you've pretty much screwed your laundry anyway, so why not?

CROCK POT SCALLOPED POTATOES

12 med. potatoes
1/4 c. chopped onion
1 c. sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 c. butter
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
Peel and chop or slice potatoes. Cook in water to cover for 3 minutes; drain. Add remaining ingredients; mix well. Spoon into crock pot. Cook on high 3 hours. 10 servings.

SantaFe Chicken

Combine the following in your crockpot:
1 can black beans, drained
1 can corn
1/2 cup salsa
After stirring, add:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup more salsa
Cook on low for 3 hours. Then add,
1 block of cream cheese
Cook one more hour. Serve over rice with flour tortillas. Yum!

Skor Cake

1 yellow cake mix
1 Sm instant chocolate pudding mix
2 eggs
2 cups water

Mix above ingredients. Bake in large cookie sheet for 20 minutes at 350*

Topping:
8 or 12 oz Cool Whip
1 cube soft margarine, not melted
1 1/2 c powdered sugar

Mix above ingredients together and add to top of cake. Sprinkle pieces of Skor or Heath bars. May desire to refrigerate.