Halloween ideas

Here are some ideas and tips to spice up your room for Halloween!!

1. Add garlands, signs, and lights to focal points in your room. Such as windows,  pieces of art, or mirrors.

2. Make scenes out of things like legos that are Halloween themed. They fun character to and a personal touch to any room.

3. Put little pumpkins and other decorations on desks or nightstands. You can get these kinds of things almost anywhere during Halloween time.

*Hannah ;-)

Riddles!

Here are some puzzles to make you think!! See if you can figure them out! Think you have the answer?? Post a comment with what you think the answer is and I'll comment back! If no one figures it out in a month, I'll post the answer.

                                                                              Credit: RBFried (iStockphoto)

Riddle #1

A grandfather, a father, and two sons go fishing. They each catch one fish. There are a total of three fish. How is this possible?

                                                                            Credit: http://fishingtips.org.ua/
Riddle #2

THis thing runs, but never walks. Lacks arms, but has hands. Lacks a head, but has a face. What is it?

Riddle #3

Where is the only place that yesterday always follows tomorrow?

Riddle #4

The person who make sells it, The person who buys it never uses it, and the the person who uses it doesn't know it. What am I?

                                                                      Credit: http://www.kaylaximuoi.com/

Riddle #5

I have forests with no trees, I have Oceans with no water, I have roads with no cars. What am I?

*Hannah ;-)

Riddle answers!

Hear are the answers to the riddle i posted in october. Congrats to Ingird Marlo who figured out three of them and posted a riddle of her own in the comments section.

Ok the answers are (drum roll please)...........



Riddle #1
One of the sons is also a father.

Riddle #2
A clock.

Riddle #3
A dictionary.

Riddle #4
A coffin.

Riddle #5
A map.

There you go! I'll post more riddles later!

Egg in a hole!

Here is one of my favorite recipe's for breakfast, simple but scrumptious, the amazing egg in a hole!  It's great for a Saturday breakfast becuse it's super easy and it feels like you put a lot into it when you actully made it in 15 minutes.

 Melt the butter in a pan.  Don't burn it.  (I made that mistake one to many times.)  Do not use oil!!!  it toatally ruins it.

 

While your butter is melting cut a circle in the middle of the bread.  (You can use a biscuit cutter, cookie cutter or just cut it yourself like me).

Put the bread in the pan and crack an egg into the hole.  Cook it until you think it's cooked, then.............

flip it!

Cook it until you think its cooked all the way through but with soft insides............... then eat!  Enjoy!

Shrinky Dinks!

Here's a fun craft to do! Shrinky Dinks are a fun, easy,
and really quick craft to do. You can use them as necklaces, key chains, little art pieces or something different and they're all unique. They get so small that your friends will wonder how you got so much detail into them!

What you'll need:
Shrinky Dinks or Shrinky Dink paper (look for them at craft stores or online)
Pencils or markers
Oven
Cookie Sheet
non-stick aluminum Foil
Hole punch (optional)

What to do:
Preheat your oven to 325 f.
On your shrinky dink, color what ever you want on the rough side. If you write something on it make sure it's backwards, as you will look through it on the shiny side. If you mess up, it doesn't matter a ton what side you look thorough, it just looks a little better on the shiny side.

You can also cut them into shapes if you want to.

 If you want make a necklace or keychain out of them, make sure use a hole punch before they go in the oven. Make three hole punches in a triangle shape because it will shrink.

 Put the foil on the cookie sheet and the add the shrinky dinks. Put them in the oven. Don't be alarmed when they shrink and curl up, they almost always flatten out again. When they do flatten out again (this can take about 5 to 15 minuets), take them out and let them cool. If they don't flatten out again, try heating them up again and keep the edges from touching.

   
There you go! Enjoy your Shrinky Dinks!

*Hannah ;-)


text and top photo by Hannah other photos by Kelly

Chocolate Sable Cookies

Cathryn found these delicious Chocolate Sable Cookies in San Francisco's Miette bakery and bought me the cookbook.  I tried making them and they turned out great!  We both love them and hope you do, too.  Try it for yourself at the Kitchn.

Photo by Frankie Frankeny

My first post!

Hi everyone, my name is Kelly and I am 12 year old.  Me and my friends (Adelle, Cathryn, Hannah and Emma) decided that we wanted to write a blog!  So here it is!  Let's start off by looking at this cute cat photo!