By Amanda Rose | Half Pint Fun
Just before Alastair’s birthday this year we found a piece of 2-year-old birthday cake in the freezer. I wondered what the kids would do if that cake ended up in their Mystery Tasting. Frederick totally went with it. He knew we had an actual cake from this year because he had helped make it the […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Edible Flowers
This is one you are going to want to try. I expect most of us love the idea of using edible flowers in lovely little food items and this may be the easiest idea around. In this “recipe” it’s all about that chocolate and some eye-popping spring flowers. We used violets and dandelions. Using flowers […]
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We love balloons around here. There is no end to the fun you can have blowing them up and chasing them around. The Half Pints have made themselves balloon experts over years and offer some wisdom for you. First, how do you blow up a balloon to be as big as it possibly can be […]
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By Amanda Rose | Natural Remedies
Pardon me while I GUSH about a home remedy for itching. It started one May with relieving a rash from stinging nettle. We were foraging for lambs quarters to make our very green soup and ended up in a stand of stinging nettle as well. I am quite allergic to stinging nettle but I harvested […]
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If you’ve ever questioned whether a candle puts off gasses as it burns, this video will give you a pretty good visual that it does. Leverage those gasses to relight the candle. It’s these same gasses that concern people about the fumes from candles and cause them to seek out beeswax candles with essential oils. […]
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My kids may have been the last Americans who have never tasted “Peeps” Easter candy. (Or perhaps your kids are? Good for you!) Well, no longer. They did it. They were ecstatic to discover that their “mystery tasting bowl” had actual candy under it (instead of cod liver or quail eggs). The candy was so […]
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