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Review ~ What Does it Mean to Be Green? from Little Pickle Press

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What Does it Mean to Be Green? from Little Pickle Press Review

I was given this book from Little Pickle Press in exchange for my honest opinion.  

Looking for a simple way to explain to a child what it means to be Green and Eco-friendly?  The book, What Does it Mean to Be Green?  by Rana DiOrio and published by Little Pickle Press Publications  is perfect to help you do just that!  It is written well with cute illustrations and easy for childern to understand.  This books encourages children to help others, even Grown-ups, to be Green too!

My 7 year old was able to read this book with just a little help from me.  After reading it we talked about ways are family is being Green and ways to help others be Green too. My son said that his school does recycle but sometimes the other kids do not throw their paper in there. He said he is going to start helping others be Green by reminding them to recycle.

This book is really cute and even has silly parts like, “Does it mean feeling sick in the car? No.” It also included great ideas that even a child can do to be Green like truing off lights, turning off water, recycling, using both sides of your paper to draw, and so on.

What Does it Mean to Be Green from Little Pickle Press

I really do love this book and want to share it with everyone! I already contacted my son’s teacher about reading for his class and maybe all the 1st grade classes for Earth Day!

Product Description:

This colorful, insightful story demystifies for children what it means to be green by helping them to view everyday tasks through an environmentally-friendly lens. The book empowers children to do whatever they can to protect the earth’s precious resources. Don’t be surprised if they start coming up with suggestions of their own for you!

This book is published by Little Pickle Press. Be sure to check out their other meaningful books and medias!

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Disclosure: I received the products mentioned above for free. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. 

Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake Cupcakes

Blog, Gluten Free, Gluten Free Recipes

This is super a moist cake and the perfect amount of chocolate flavor for me.  I prefer a subtle chocolate flavor rather then a dark chocolate.  This is perfect with a milk chocolate icing.

Gluten-free Chocolate Cupcakes

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/4 cups Gluten Free Flour All Purpose or Pastry Flour I use Sun Mills Pastry Flour (GF).
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp xantham gum
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 4 large eggs

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven 350°
  • Mix all dry ingredients. GF Flour, baking soda, baking powder, xantham gum, cocoa and sugar.
  • Add softened butter, oil and vanilla.
  • Add milk, water and eggs to mixture. Mix well.
  • Pour batter in cupcake cups until cup is 3/4 full. I used a 1/4 cup measuring cup.
  • Bake for 18-20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  • Let cool completely then frost and sprinkles.

Notes

This recipe can be used for cakes or cupcakes. This recipe will make approximately 2 dozen cupcakes.

 

This post was shared on the following: Gluten-Free Wednesday, Gluten Free Recipe Round-Up, Allergy-Free Wednesdays , Gluten Free Fridays

Lego Ninjago Party Favor Ideas

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Lego Ninjago Party Favor Bags

For the favor bags I wanted to include a couple of DIY crafts. I decided to go with a lego figure crayon and a lego block soap! They were a huge hit and super easy to make!

I used a snack baggie for my favors and stapled on a Lego Ninjago Thank You for Coming Printable.

Here is the Printable with 4 per page for FREE:

Free Printable Lego Ninjago Party Favor Label

Free Printable Lego Ninjago Party Favor Label

You will need to buy the molds to make these party favors. You can also make candy figures with them!

I purchased my silicon molds from Amazon. (This is an affiliate link.)

Lego Minfigure Crayon

These were so easy to make! It took one crayon (wax) per minifigure mold and about 3 crayons for block mold.

  • Remove wrapper from crayon. (You can soak in water for 10 minutes to make removal easier.)
  • Break crayons into small pieces to fit into mold.
  • You will need to sit your silicon mold onto a baking sheet to make it easy put in and remove from oven.
  • Bake them in the oven at 225° degrees for 10-12 minutes.
  • Remove carefully from oven to avoid liquid crayon spilling out.
  • Let your crayons harden by either cooling down at room temperature or put them in the freezer for about 10 minutes. (I am impatient so I went with freezer option)

 

Lego Blocks Soap

Lego Block Soap for Party Favor Bags

These were a little more work then the crayons but still super easy! You will need to make a trip to your crafty store and buy: Clear glycerince soap base, special coloring for soap, and optional special glitter or fragrance for soap.

  • Cut soap base into small squares. I did my soaps in 4 batches.
  • Put first batch into microwave safe measuring cup.
  • Microwave on high for 30 seconds. Then 10 seconds intervals until completely melted.
  • Stir in the color imeditely after removing from microvave. DO NOT WAIT or soap will begin to harden inside cup.
    • Blue 6 drops,
    • Red 12 drops
    • Yellow 3 drops
    • Green= 3 drops Yellow + 6 drops Blue
  • Optional *Stir in a few drops of fragrance and glitter. (I used a few drops of Lavender essential oil.)
  • Pour very carefully into molds.
    • To help remove air bubbles mist the top of the soaps with alcohol in a spray bottle.
  • Let the soap sit 30 minutes- 1 hour or until completely cool
    • I moved mine to the freezer for about 10-15 minutes to speed this up.
  • Once cooled gently press the molds and the soaps will pop right out!

 

The boys wanted some for their restroom of course. They really look awesome!

Lego Soap

For the favor bags I added little labels to the soap and crayons. I simple cut up cardstock paper, hand wrote, “Lego Crayon” and “Lego Soap” and tied it on with ribbon.  I wanted to make sure everyone knew it was not candy!

You can check out my other DIY Lego Ninjago Post:

 

Be sure to check out my other DIY party ideas!

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