Make Your Own Pizza

This is a simple post, I just wanted to share what my daughter and I did the other day.  I thought it would be one of those fun ideas you can do when it's yucky outside.

We were having a difficult time deciding what we wanted to make for dinner.  Faith enjoys everything I make, and I know she loves to help, but a lot of the food I make involves sharp stuff, so she doesn't get to do a lot of helping.  I asked her if she wanted to make dinner, and she loved the idea.  So, we decided to pick up the Pillsbury Pizza Dough, some mozzarella cheese, pepperoni and pizza sauce.  We also used fresh tomatoes from the garden.

My daughter had a blast making the pizzas for everyone.  For her grandparents she made a pepperoni heart pizza and for her parents and brother she made a cheese heart pizza.

Here are some pictures of our fun!

Rainy Day Fun

Here is a great way to pass the time when suddenly you find yourself with a bored kid or two.  I don't remember where I saw this first, but I have been using this to make mother's day gifts since I was in 6th grade, now my daughter does it.  Here is what you will need:

• Regular glue
• tissue paper
• empty glass jar
• cup of water
• paint brushes
• things to decorate the jars with

Normally I stick to a more matching color pallet, but my daughter wanted to use all the paper.

Start by mixing the glue in with the water.  The color of the water you see above is what you want to get to.

Next you simply tear a piece of the tissue paper off, it doesn't matter how big, small, or shape, whatever you want.

Dip the paper in the glue and spread it onto the jar, however you want.

Continue until you cover the entire jar.  Wait to dry, which shouldn't take too long.  Now, you're ready to decorate.  Here are some examples of what we came up with, the jars on the left and right side are ones I made my mother when I was younger.  This website has some great ideas for what you can do with this.  I used a Newman's Pasta Sauca jar, but using a mason jar would be way cool too.

What do you like to do when it's yucky out?  Any tips for us?