Star Spangled Ice Cream

To celebrate the July fourth holiday fast approaching, we enjoyed this simple, fun, festive ice cream dessert with our friends over the weekend! 

I scooped the vanilla ice cream into a bowl and let it soften just a bit, until I could stir it.  Then I transferred it into these foil pans to freeze overnight.  When we were ready to have dessert, I used a star shaped cookie cutter to cut the ice cream and then topped it with red and blue sprinkles.  It was so simple, but the kids loved it!  It's amazing what shapes and sprinkles can do to plain vanilla ice cream :)

My plan for the next time I serve this, is to cut the shapes the day before and freeze.  This will speed up the serving process a bit.  Can't wait to try our other cookie cutter shapes and different sprinkles for more summer occasions.  Thinking this would also be so fun for birthday parties as well!

Have a great Monday everyone!

Easy Summer Craft

Hey there!   I hope everyone's week is going well!  With Preston at a day camp last week, Lyla and I had a few hours of one-on-one time.  She loves to draw, color, paint and do anything crafty, so we came up with this easy little project last week.  She has a small desk in her room that needs some decorating and organizing.  So after seeing this post as inspiration, we decided that a cute clipboard for her desk/room would be both decorative and functional. 

Here's a reminder of my sweet girl's room :)

Really a super easy project, but fun her!  With all the supplies already on hand (clipboard, paint, heart stencil, small paint brush or Q-tips), we got to measuring and painting immediately.  And in no time we had this adorable diy heart clipboard completed <3

It definitely added some instant cuteness to this plain, brown clipboard.  And she is, of course, so proud of her new desk accessory ;)


Have a wonderful day!

Patriotic S'mores

Did I mention how much I love the Fourth of July?   So much fun associated with this holiday and a perfect time to celebrate with s'mores!  Using scrapbook paper, I created these individual s'mores cones, so guest could grab and go.

With just some basic supplies these cones all grouped together made a fun patriotic decorative piece as well.  To make the cones, the large 12x12 scrapbook paper cut in fours was the perfect size.  I wrapped the marshmallows and graham crackers in small treat bags to keep them fresh until it's time to roast the marshmallows and make the s'mores!

Enjoy your day!