Welcome friends! Today is the first Homeschool Days Blog Hop and I am so excited to collaborate with an awesome group of homeschool bloggers. Please visit the other great posts at the bottom of this post. Get ready for a Valentine’s Day Treat and Free Printable!
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Today I am sharing a fun and easy treat for Valentine’s, and a free fun Valentine’s Day word game printable. This treat is one we all know and love, crispy rice treats with a Valentine’s day twist.
Math skills were used in making these yummy little treats. We are learning fractions and used this opportunity to learn about 1 whole cup and 1/2 cups, as well as Tbsp. You can make any cooking activity into a math lesson. Remember when you homeschool you can learn anywhere!
Don’t forget to scroll on down after the yummy treat and download your free Valentine’s word games.
Crispy Valentine’s Treat:
To make these fun little treats this is what you will need:
- 10oz Mini Marshmallow bag
- 3 Tbsp Butter
- 6 Cups of Crispy Rice Cereal
- Icing and Sprinkles
- Food Color
- Mini Heart Molds ( I found mine at the dollar store )
- Wax paper
Directions:
- Microwave your 3 Tbsp of butter for 2 minutes in a microwave safe bowl
- Stir after 2 minutes and microwave an additional 1 minute
- Add food color for fun to your marshmallow mixture and stir well
- Add 6 cups of Crispy Cereal to a plastic bowl
- Pour in marshmallow butter mixture and mix well
- Quickly add mixture to molds and press the top to flatten the hearts and fill in the mold
- Flip hearts onto wax paper
- Decorate with your icing and sprinkles
- Enjoy!
Here are our finished treats after my daughter decorated them!
Now that you’ve made a yummy treat download your free Valentine’s Penguin Printable here. I hope you have a lovely day!
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What an adorable way to use math skills in the kitchen! My kids will really enjoy the printables, too! Thank you so much for sharing this terrific blog hop with us!
I love this! They look so delicious. My kids love to make anything in the kitchen. They will be so excited to make these. I look forward to more of your fabulous ideas in this Homeschool Days Blog Hop.
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Love this! I will have to go on a hunt for heart molds now. Too bad “our” dollar store is so far away, or I would go today. My kiddos love treats with Rice Crispies…and so do I. So glad to be sharing this Homeschool Days Hop with you. Thanks! 🙂
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