Do you want to build a snowman? Yes! Especially when it makes a terrific last-minute gift for anyone on your Christmas list! Chocolate snowmen ready for gifting These Snowmen are sweet, inexpensive gifts you can customize for anyone on your list. Why not make some today? Here’s how:   First, gather these supplies: Large chocolate bars like Ghiradelli or Lindt Stretchy gloves (usually less than $2 a pair) Ribbon or yarn A 7” square wrapper featuring a snowman drawing or a phot

Diner Dragon! Multiple artists ages 5 to 65. Waiting! It's hard for adults and even harder for children, especially when everyone's hungry, seated in a restaurant, and surrounded by the aroma of woodfired pizza, sizzling fajitas, or burgers on the grill. But, instead of everyone grumpily reaching for a phone, transform "cranky" to "creative", "hangry" to "happy" by drawing a Diner Dragon together! This activity requires nothing more than a placemat, a pen, and a few artists o

Plate of perfect brownies   Have you noticed that, throughout the Pairables books, Talia, Mika, and Chloe often bake brownies?   In “The Unfair Day” ( Pa i rables 2 , Chapter 37), Talia and Mika even use a batch of brownies to remind Chloe that bitter, oily, floury, and sweet things, when mixed together, make delicious brownies - just as God promises to use all things, the hard, happy, and unfair things in life, for good.   What a beautiful thing to remember as you bake your