Granny’s Pumpkin Pie Bars

Over Thanksgiving, one podmate took advantage of a full sized kitchen, and made her great-grandmother’s pumpkin bar recipe. They are quite delicious, and put a new twist on a traditional holiday favorite!

Materials:

1 box yellow cake mix

¾ cup oleo/margarine

3 eggs

1 lg. can pumpkin

2 ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice

1/2 c. brown sugar (packed)

2/3 c. milk

1/4 c. white sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Procedure:

Bottom

1 pkg. yellow cake mix

1/2 c. oleo(margarine) melted

1 egg

Reserve 1c. of dry cake mix for topping.  Combine rest of ingredients and press in 9 x 13" pan.

Filling

3 c. Canned pumpkin(1 large can)

2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

1/2 c. brown sugar (packed)

2 eggs

2/3 c. milk

Combine ingredients and stir until smooth, then poor over bottom layer.

Topping

1 c. cake mix

1/4 c. white sugar

1/4 c. oleo (margarine)-NOT MELTED

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Sprinkle over mixture in pan.  

Bake 350 degrees, 40-50 minutes.  Until knife comes out clean. Cut in squares, top with whipped cream.

Until next time, craft responsibly!

Christmas White Trash

First off, this name is catchy, but if it offends you, we’re sorry! This recipe was found on pinterest, and is very yummy! Yup…we’re taking on food now-hold on!!

Materials:

24 oz. vanilla flavored candy coating (almond bark)
6 cups Kellogg's Crispix cereal
3 cups Christmas shaped pretzels (or whatever kind you want)
16 oz. M&M'S (whatever kind you want-we used mint, peanut butter, and plain)

Procedure:

1.      Melt almond bark according to package

2.      Pour cereal, pretzels and m&ms in a bowl (the bigger, the better)

3.      When almond bark is melted, pour into bowl.

4.      Mix with a wooden spoon, and maybe even pour onto wax paper to try and evenly coat everything.

5.      Attempt to not eat it all!

Until next time, craft responsibly!

Light Bulbs Turned Penguins!

Who doesn't love a little penguin? The girls of pod 1-1-2 sure do! Ornaments were made to help celebrate this holiday season. Enjoy!

Materials:

Light bulbs (can be recycled, or new; any wattage)

White spray paint

Black paint

Sharpies (blue & orange)

Pipe Cleaners

Hot glue gun

Procedure:

1.      Spray the bulbs white. Make sure to spray in a well ventilated place.

2.      After dry, paint black around bottom and back of bulb (when holding upside down)

3.      Add a pair of eyes and a beak with your sharpies.

4.      Using hot glue gun, wrap pipe cleaner around metal part of bulb and also for loop.

5.      Attach to your tree, give as a gift, or even name your cute little critter!

Until next time, craft responsibly!

Wintery Vases

This adorable craft was inspired by Pinterest.  They are a great addition to any home to celebrate those cold, winter months. 

Materials

Clear bottles (size of your choice; we used a 16oz bottle)

White paint

Spray adhesive

Epsom salt

1.      Clear your bottle of any labels.

2.      Apply a coat of white paint to the bottles and allow they to fully dry.

3.      Prepare your area with newspaper and spread a layer of Epsom salt.

4.      Apply spray adhesive to the bottle.  (Hint : be careful where you spray as it will be sticky wherever you spray!)

5.      Roll bottle in Epsom salt until covered. 

6.      Once bottle has a good amount of Epsom salt, you are done!

Frosty pine needles

These look great in the wintery vases! 

Materials

White Spray paint

Pine needles

1.      Find a pine tree and choose a branch with a good needle bunch.

2.      Lightly spray with white spray paint.

3.      Allow to dry and you have a frosty pine needle to put in your wintery vase!

Glitter branches

These look great and can be used in many different seasons, including putting them in your wintery vases!

Materials

Tree branch

Glitter

Spray adhesive

1.      Find a nice branch from a tree that would look nice in a vase.

2.      Apply the spray adhesive to the branch (Hint : be careful where you spray the adhesive; wherever you spray, it will be sticky!)

3.      Apply glitter to the branches.

4.      Allow to dry and you have glitter branches to put in your wintery vase!

Craft Responsibly! 

Cookie Sheets= Magnet Boards!!

Being the busy girls that we are, we wanted some sort of message board system for communication. We saw this idea on pinterest and had to try it!

Materials:

Cookie sheets

Spray Paint (any color works well)

Crystal clear protective spray paint

Procedure:

1.    Spray the pan with whatever color spray paint you would like. The lighter the color, the more coats you will need. Make sure to spray in a well ventilated place.

2.     After dry, spray with protective clear spray paint. This only needs one coat, but be sure to try and get an even coat.

3.    Using 3M removable tape, decide where you will display these boards, and adhere the tape to the wall. **Be sure to let the tape stick to the wall AT LEAST 60 minutes before you attach the pans to it**

4.     Attach the pans to the wall.

5.     Decorate with magnets & messages! 

Until next time, craft responsibly! 

Welcome!

Well ladies and gentleman, here it is-the first blog post from the ladies of Pod 112!! We are just a group of college girls who like to be creative; food, arts and craft projects, home décor, and even lesson plans and presentations—we do it all! We have decided to share our creative ideas with the world. Some of these ideas we may have gotten from pinterest, but others we have dreamed up on our own. If you ever have any questions, feel free to comment or shoot us an email! Enjoy!

Until next time, craft responsibly!