Okay, when I post Do-It-Yourself projects of my own making, you can bet that they will be super-simple and super-quick. Otherwise, I would probably fail at them.
I also dislike spending a lot of money on a craft (except knitting! I will spend more on knitting projects), so the materials must be easy and inexpensive to acquire.
This project was inspired by my creative son and took almost no extra work to put together.
Background: My five-year-old keeps coming up with ideas for creative foods to make and asking that we cook them. They are creative enough that most of the time we wouldn't be able to make them right then and there. I finally decided I wanted to encourage this creative cooking streak, so I did the following:
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1.) Bought a spiral-bound index card notebook. (Like this*, although ours is 3" x 5.)
2.) Told my son the plan and got his go-ahead.
3.) Decorated/labeled the book. My son wasn't into decorating it at the time, otherwise we could have really gone to town on it.
4.) Wrote headings on separate index cards for his recent suggestions that I remembered.
5.) Planned a time to make the recipes, one by one, over time.
These are the names of a few of his recipes: Fruit Salad Pizza, Doughnuts (decorated just like Arnie - see this book*), Yogurt with Sprinkles, Chocolate Sauce Bananas.
I think this would be one of my best ideas yet, if it were my idea. Thanks, son!
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