As soon as I published my last post, I remembered another summer activity that I always thought was cool – making ice cream in a bag or coffee can.  What flavor are you going to try?  Yum!

While trying to find the directions for making an earthquake cake, I came across Spatulatta: Cooking 4 Kids Online.  You can find all kinds of ideas there.  There are 350 step-by-step videos, stories from remote reporters, a blog and food-related craft projects.  It’s great!  Even adults would like these party penguins made with dried dates, [...]

One of my all-time favorite projects is the earthquake cake from the Special Effects Cookbook.  Basically you bake a large cake and cut it in half.  You attach a balloon to the end of plastic tubing.  The nozzle of an aerosol whipped cream can must fit into the other end of the tubing.  You put [...]