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Tie-Dyeing!

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My step daughter is hilarious.  She is constantly asking me if we can make things that she has heard about from friends or seen demonstrated in a You Tube Video.  One week she will be begging me to make homemade slime, the next it will be flip-flops out of hot glue or sponge bombs?!

I feel like I am constantly saying no because the list of ingredients needed is so ridiculous.  She came home from Art Camp this summer and had made a tie-dye pillowcase.  She loved it!  I decided this was one experiment I could get behind so off to Michaels we went to purchase a kit.

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I am notoriously bad for not following instructions… if it is too complicated sometimes I just cannot be bothered.  (Do not ever ask me to assemble IKEA furniture! My brain would explode… lol!)  This project was thankfully super simple and she could basically do it by herself without me having to do it all for her 🙂

  1. Wash the T-shirt before you begin (we decided to apply while the shirt was still wet)
  2. Add water to the marked line on the bottle and shake well
  3. Choose which pattern you wish to do from the instruction sheet provided (or the internet), place rubber bands where indicated for your pattern & apply the dye being careful not to oversaturate or the colours will run together
  4. Wrap in plastic wrap for at least 6 hours
  5. Rinse well & wash separately in the washing machine
  6. Start rocking your sweet 70’s style T-shirt!!!
Our tie-dye colour palette!
Our tie-dye colour palette!
The pattern she chose suggested wrapping around an object
The pattern she chose suggested wrapping around a round(ish) object
Wrapped in plastic, letting the colours soak in
Wrapped in plastic, letting the colours soak in
The finished product!
The finished product!

 

Of course she wanted me to make one as well.  I think they turned out great and she loves it!  She actually gets a ton of compliments when she wears her tie-dyed shirts (she has a few different ones now!)  This was a relatively inexpensive and easy craft to do if you are looking for something fun to do with your kids 🙂  I see a collection of tie-dyed bags, shirts and whatever she can get her hands on in my future…. lol!  I also have a sneaking suspicion what we will be giving out as Christmas gifts this year 😉

Thank you for reading!

Shannon xx

 

 

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Nutella Ice Cream!!

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Once in a while you come across a recipe that is so delicious that you cannot believe it is low fat…. this is NOT that recipe… lol!  That being said, it is sinfully delicious and worth every decadent calorie I promise!  You have to indulge on occasion right?!  It is a simple recipe (only 3 ingredients & 4 steps) to make Nutella Ice Cream and you can do it without an ice cream maker.  My children (and hubby!) seriously go crazy for it.  It is easy enough that the oldest two kids love helping me make it.

Nutella Ice Cream ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups whipping cream
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 3/4 cup Nutella

Directions:

  1. Whip the cream
  2. Mix / whisk the condensed milk & Nutella together
  3. Fold the Nutella mixture into the whip cream until it forms a smooth consistency
  4. Scoop your mix into a freezer safe container, and place in your freezer for at least 7 hours

 

Nutella Ice Cream

(See what I mean? My husband snuck a spoonful before I could even take the picture!!!)

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This mixture could also be placed into the fridge and served as a chilled mousse, however frozen it is an incredibly smooth ice cream.

 

If you like a little texture in your ice cream, feel free to add a few chopped peanuts, or hazelnuts when folding in the Nutella with the whip cream.

Homemade nutella ice-cream

I hope you enjoy…

Thank you for reading!

Shannon xx