4th of July Fun!

We celebrated a day early here for Independence Day.....I was closed on the 4th to spend the holiday with my family.  Here are a few of the things we did that day to celebrate.

We first painted some fireworks......take 4 pipe cleaners, fold in half and then twist the folded end and spread out the opposite end to look like this.

 

Then dip in paint.....we did red and blue on black paper......and start stamping.  You stamp and then spin it a little and stamp and spin, stamp and spin.  You could dip in other colors or just one.

Then we sprinkled with some glitter.

Here is some of the yummy food we made for snack.....flag fruit pizza.....soooo gooood!!!

They did an excellent job decorating it!

We also had red and blue star jigglers with our snack and for our drink, we made red and blue kool-aid and froze them in ice cube trays.  Then added them to our sprite.

We also made some exploding bags, but I'll save that for another day.

Below is the recipe for the fruit pizza......so easy and so yummy!

Fruit Pizza Recipe:

 

Crust:
1 c. sugar
1 stick butter
2 eggs
2 c. flour
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. baking soda

Frosting:
1 cup sour cream

1 box vanilla pudding (powder....do not make the pudding)

12 oz. cool whip

Sliced fruit for topping-strawberries and blueberries

Cream sugar, butter and eggs together.  In a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.  Slowly add to sugar/butter mixture and mix to form soft dough.  Spread on a greased jelly roll pan.  Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Set aside and cool.

Blend together sour cream and vanilla pudding (powder), then whip in the cool whip and spread on cooled crust.  Then arrange fruit on top.  Refrigerate until ready to serve.