Super Easy Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge

I've made this recipe for years and it is so ridiculously easy to make!  Total preparation and cooking time is probably under 5 minutes.  The long part is waiting for the fudge to harden in the refrigerator. So if you need a quick treat for gifts or a dessert this recipe will do the trick.  Everyone will think you took hours to make this... (everyone thinks I have every  time!)  

Here is the recipe:

Super Easy Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge

Ingredients:

1 oz. unsweetened Chocolate

1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk

2 cup peanut butter chips

1 cup peanuts

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Combine, chocolate, milk, and peanut butter chips in a microwave dish and stir

2. Cook 1 minute in the microwave or till smooth.

3. Stir in peanuts and vanilla.

4. Cook for 3 minutes in the microwave.

5.  Stir again until smooth and pour into a 8 x 8 pan and chill.

6.  Cut into squares.

7.  Put in fancy containers or bags to create a special gift of the sweet people in your life.

8.  Enjoy!

New Christmas Book: The Legend of Tommy The Tiny Christmas Tree

I'm excited to share with you a new book that I have been involved with that features one of my Christmas Art Activities at the end!!! The book that I am proud to present is a special Christmas story called: Tommy The Tiny Christmas Tree by Sidney Louis Fleishman and illustrated by Jeanne Carr.

It is about Tommy,  a little tree that stands alone wishing to become a Christmas Tree.  After many years, it seems hopeless, as though he will never get his wish.  Until one day, an unusual visitor comes to the forest. Will the visitor be able to grant Tommy's wish? A tale of wonder for children of all ages.

The story and illustrations in this book are delightful.   Here is just a sampling of some pages of the book:

If you are looking for a new Christmas book to add to your library,  The Legend of Tommy The Tiny Christmas Tree will definitely fill that space. This book would make a great gift for the children or teachers in your life. You can purchase the hard copy of this book here for $14.99.  You can also purchase the book in E-book form on Amazon.com  here for $3.49.  Hope you enjoy the book as much as my daughter and I have.

This book is a special book because it is produced by Lucky Missy Publishing,  a start up publishing company with the belief that Magic Happens when amazing talents emerge! The founder, Michelle Scotton believes that a team should be fully involved when creating a book.  Many times when a book is created many people are working on it, but not collaboratively. This book was created by a team who truly had synergy and excitement through and through.

Review: Roylco Straws and Connectors Building Set

Roylco sent us an amazing toy a few weeks ago: Straws and Connectors, and we absolutely loved it. Right away my daughter got constructing as you can see below. It is wonderful for fine motor control and is recommended for ages 4 and up. 

The set comes with 400 total pieces of straws and connectors shown here. So colorful and appealing to children (an adults like me!).

My seven year old daughter decided to build a huge building structure and then put blankets and pillows within it. It stayed in our living room for over a week and it became a structure for imaginary play.  This toy can be easily deconstructed and put away,  so it doesn't  take up much room when not in use. In the instruction booklet there were many examples of endless possibilities for creative building such as making rockets, cars, spheres, and so much more.

Roylco is an educational supply company with so many great resources for teachers and parents. They have endless products to purchase for Art, Crafts, Science, Math, Toys, Multicultural, Language, and so much more. Check out heir website here: Roylco.com. I know that you will find something that would be valuable for your children and their learning.

Dixon Ticonderoga School and Art Supply Review

Dixon Ticonderoga sent us some wonderful art and school supplies to try out a few months ago and we  have truly enjoyed their products these last few months. Having tried these products has also influenced me to order their art supplies for my High School Art classroom too. Keep reading to find out more.

When we first received these products my daughter C got right to work on a watercolor painting using Prang's fabulous 8 color set Oval pan watercolor set. These are the BEST watercolors and I have even bought them for my High School Art students.  The colors are much more vibrant and rich compared to competitor brands. The nice thing about these watercolors are that you can replace the colors without having to buy a whole new set.  As a teacher, it is really a money saver to be able to replace colors and not have to throw away the rest of the watercolor set.

My daughter also added Prang Markers to her masterpiece pictured here.  She loved these markers and the advantage is that you can leave the caps off these markers and they do not dry out unlike competitor brands!!!

Here are some wonderful Watercolor paintings done by my High School Students using Prang Watercolors.  I will definitely continue buying this brand for my students.  I highly recommend them as an Art Teacher.

Another GORGEOUS painting!

I truly LOVE Ticonderoga Number 2 Pencils too. They say on the package that they are The World's BEST Pencil and I can honestly say that I agree with that statement!!!! They write so smoothly, are already sharpened, and stay intact.  Other competitor pencils tend to break, are difficult to sharpen, and just do not give the same quality writing experience.  My husband even stole the package of these  pencils and brought them to work and I was so angry and told him to bring them back!!!! I missed them dearly.  I will never buy any other pencil brand after trying these. Please try them and you will see...

We truly enjoyed these Dixon Ticonderoga Products and hope you try them soon! Visit their Website here to view other great products too. 

What We've Been Doing The Past Month...(and we are on Instagram!)

Sorry I haven't posted in a long time. I have been super busy with the beginning of the school year teaching High School Art and with life.  I've been posting on Facebook and I'm now on Instagram if you want to follow me there. Here are some of the things we've been doing: painting bird feeders, making blueberry waffles (and chocolate chip too), starting first grade, making apple pancakes, riding bikes and playing with shadows, visiting the galleries of Artist Don Drumm, playing with Grandfather's toy train,  practicing Taekwondo and earning a yellow belt!, chalking sight words and hopping on them, making corn dolls, admiring flowers, making zucchini bread, playing with vintage Bristle Blocks, playing with Magna-Tiles, Playing String Games, playing with Bloonies, deconstructing my camera that fell in the ocean, riding our plasma car, drawing trees, writing stories, making buckeye land art and so much more.....

I miss posting here and hope to write some official posts when things slow down....will they ever?

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Take care!!!