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Inside the Crayon Box with Crayola LIVE Chat March 7th @ 9p.m. EST.

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In our home, we are all about encouraging creativity.
We encourage with arts and crafts in a variety of ways.
From your every day crafts and coloring to paining, sculpting and creating with tin foil!
Creativity is a skill that all children can learn and it is a vital factor in helping them to become critical thinkers and problem solvers in addition to helping better prepare them for their future.

Crayola wants every child to be creatively alive, so they’re inviting parents “Inside the Crayon Box,” for a special live chat with celebrities and trusted parenting experts that will inspire and spark ideas to expand your child’s creative thinking. If you find yourself looking for new ways to inspire your children to express their ideas and build their creativity, you’ll want to join us to learn and share!

The first “Inside the Crayon Box” live chat is Wednesday, March 7 at 9 p.m. EST (8 p.m. CST). Join Crayola and musician, children’s author and mom, Lisa Loeb for a 45-minute live streaming video chat on the Crayola Facebook page. Lisa, best-known for her number one hit “Stay (I Missed You),” will share as personal stories, practical advice and ways she brings a little creative play into every day for her daughter. We want to hear from you – participants can ask Lisa questions during the event, too!

 

Lisa will be discussing topics like Why Does Creativity Matter?, Growing Up Creative, and Simple Tips, Easy Ideas.

If you are not able to attend the chat live, do not worry, you can check the session out on the Crayola YouTube Channel 

I am looking forward to attending this online event and hope that you will join in too!  Leave me a comment here or on The Megalomaniac Mommy Facebook Page and let me know if you will be attending!

Also, be sure to check out Lisa’s book Lisa Loeb’s Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs (Sterling Children’s Books, 2011) available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com. Sing, laugh, and play with pop Lisa in this fabulous collection of ten of the silliest songs ever. Fun activities, games, and recipes accompany whimsical songs. Take Lisa’s Silly Sing-Along with you wherever you go and get the high-spirited good times started. Includes a 10-song CD recorded by Lisa!

Disclosure: The Crayola “Inside the Crayon Box” prize pack, product information and prize pack for giveaway have been provided by Crayola through MyBlogSpark.

 

Recipes

Mini Mexican Inspired Meatcakes

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In light of our family New Years resolution to give up fast food, we have been eating more home cooked meals therefore we have been experimenting and trying new recipes.

Last night’s dinner consisted on some awesome Mini Mexican Inspired Meatcakes and Mexican Rice.
It was AWESOME!!

To make the meatcakes you will need:

1lb. ground beef
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1 egg
12 saltine crackers crushed (about 1/2 cup)
1 1/2 cups shredded Mexican cheese blend
1 cup thick and chunky salsa

PreHeat the oven to 400*

Mix the beef, onions, egg and crackers with 1 cup of the cheese and a 1/2 cup of the salsa.
Press into 12 muffin cups sprayed with cooking spray and indent each in the center with a spoon.
Bake 20-25 minutes and then top with the remaining cheese and salsa and bake for an additional 2-5 minutes, until the cheese has melted.

Serve and enjoy!
We served ours with Mexican rice along with salsa and sour cream on the side.

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Children’s Apron from BuyCuteAprons.com Review

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It’s no secret that our little Alexander, like the rest of our kids, likes to help out in the kitchen. He loves to help when we are cooking or baking and will jump at every chance he gets.

My only problem with him helping in the kitchen is he is not the most graceful little dude ( he gets it from his dad) and he likes to make a mess. When he is helping I’m always worried that he will get something on his clothes and ruin them or worse, something hot will splatter and burn him.

We recently received an awesome truck apron for the boy to wear when helping out in the kitchen or even when participating in a messy art activity from BuyCuteAprons.com.

This apron is great. It has the perfect design for him, keeps his clothes clean and dry and protects him. Another bonus about this apron is that it is super durable and easy to clean.

He absolutely loves it and has made it a permanent fixture on the doorknob in the kitchen when it is not in use. We have used it to protect him while cooking, painting, playing with play dough, coloring with markers and even while eating ice cream.

This apron is a very versatile item and we are glad to have it in our home. Now it is my mission to find an apron that I love just as much as he loves his and one for Ellie when she gets bigger!

BuyCuteAprons.com carries a variety of designs of aprons and smocks and is based in the UK but kindly ships to the US as well. Be sure to check them out for all of your children’s cooking apron needs!

Disclaimer: I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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Cinnamon Crescent Rolls

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This morning, we were hungry but wanted to make some thing that was quick.
Cinnamon Crescent Rolls were the answer.

These were super easy to make and we already had all of the necessary ingredients in our house.
All you need is:

1 can crescent rolls
1/2 stick butter
1/4 white or brown sugar ( we used white )
1 tablespoon of cinnamon

For the yummy sweet glaze you will need
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons milk

Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl, add sugar and cinnamon and stir. I mix this with a fork to make sure all the sugar clumps get broken up good.
Once your have your sweet concoction, layout your crescent rolls on a cookie sheet and slather them with the sweet sticky goodness you just created and roll them up as demonstrated by the Alexander below.




Once everything is wrapped and rolled and ready to go, pop them in the oven and bake at 350* for 12-15 minutes. (We baked ours for 12).

While the rolls are baking start mixing up your sweet glaze topping.
Put the powdered sugar, vanilla and milk in a bowl and whisk until it is nice and smooth.




When your rolls are all done baking, pull them out, let them cool for a few minutes then drizzle with glaze and enjoy!



If you want to make a double batch of this you can just double the first list of ingredients, you should not need to make additional glaze as we had plenty left over by making a single batch and we smothered them with it!

Happy baking!

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