Substitute teaching 1st Grade Religion Class This Week

Jesus said come follow me and I will make you fishermen of men Luke 5:1-11.

This is first grade so to reiterate the lesson I made the kids these little graham cracker treats. These were super simple to make! I just spread 3/4 of the graham cracker with blue tinted melted white chocolate. While the chocolate was wet I sprinkled some graham cracker crumbs on the bottom of the graham cracker and added the goldfish with little sprinkle balls.

The kids loved the graham cracker treats. I used cinnamon graham crackers which made them so sweet. 

We also learned about St. Blaise because the feast day of St. Blaise was February 3rd.  To reiterate the lesson of St. Blaise I made the kids some candle cookies. We watched a short movie about the life of St. Blaise and since he is the patron Saint of throat disorders Monsignor John came by the classroom and blessed the children's throats. It was adorable.

I simply cut a small marshmallow on the diagonal. Press the sticky portion of the marshmallow into sprinkles and using melted white chocolate adhere the marshmallow to Pirouette cookie. Adding a few white chocolate candle type drippings. They dried on a piece of wax paper.

Once the chocolate is dry they can be packaged into pretzel bags. The kids loved taking home a little reminder treat of St. Blaise.

This week we also started learning a little bit about Lent. Ash Wednesday is next week on February 10th. It is so early this year. 

God Bless all of these darling first graders.

Pumpkin Oreo's and Marshmallows

Today I made some pumpkin Oreo's and Marshmallows! A fun treat and easy treat to make. No baking involved.

Aren't these adorable? I just dipped the Oreo's in the orange candy melts that you can buy at Michael's or any party store.

While the orange tabs were melting.......

I found some black icing, green Tic Tac's and broke some pretzels.

Then I set out the Oreo's and marshmallows on parchment paper.

Once the Oreo's were dipped in the orange chocolate - I immediately added a green Tic Tac or broken pretzel for the stem.

When the orange candy coating has completely dried - add the face decorations with black icing.

On the marshmallow once the orange candy coating is dry - you can make the face decorations and tie a little green bow to add a little color.

If you want to put these treats into little plastic bags - they need to dry overnight. So that the icing faces don't get smudged.

Marshmallow Pops For Memorial Day

Yesterday I made some Memorial Day Marshmallow Pops to bring to Christian's class on Friday.

First melt some red chocolate disks.

Then place the lollipop sticks into the marshmallows and put them on parchment paper.

After you dip the marshmallow in the chocolate - hold it over the sprinkle bowl and use a spoon to apply the sprinkles. If you try to roll the marshmallow in the sprinkles it will create a giant mess.

I always place the marshmallows into a block of styrofoam to dry. I usually clean up while the marshmallows are drying. Then I lay out the plastic bags and ribbon.

Once the marshmallows are completely dry - you can package them into little bags and tie them with ribbon.

This is a super easy project!

St. Patrick's Day Marshmallow Lollipops

I made some marshmallow pops for Christian's classroom in addition to the rainbow treats. These are so easy to make!

While I was melting the chocolate - I put lollipop sticks inside of each marshmallow.

I put the St. Patrick's Day sprinkles on a paper plate.  Then I dipped the top of each marshmallow in white chocolate and then in the sprinkles.

Then I laid the marshmallows on parchment paper to set.

Notice how I just put the white chocolate and sprinkles just on the very top of the marshmallow.

Once the white chocolate was completely dry - I packaged the marshmallow pop in a plastic bag and tied with a green ribbon.

Once finished I placed the treats in a white basket.

S'more Lollipops

If you have a fire pit in your backyard (yes, I have a fire pit) you always have marshmallows, chocolate bars and graham crackers in your pantry.

My kids love S'mores. So I decided to experiment with S'more lollipops.

First I mashed a baggie full of graham crackers with a kitchen mallet.

Then I put lollipop sticks in the middle of each marshmallow.

I put the graham cracker crumbs in a bowl and melted some chocolate.

I coated about half the marshmallow in chocolate.

Then I rolled the chocolate covered marshmallow in the graham cracker crumbs.

My kids loved them!