Festive Food!

I like to try to make the food I make fit with the holiday or season. I made heart shaped muffins on Valentine's Day, Jack-o-lantern shaped pancakes around Halloween, and recently snowman shaped Rice Krispy treats. My latest attempt at being festive...the snowman pizza!

Here's the recipe:
1 1/2 cans of large biscuits (you can use more or less depending on the size you want your pizza to be)
A few tablespoons pizza  sauce (to taste)
Cheese (We used cheddar cheese, an Italian blend, and Kraft's new mozzarella cheese with Philadelphia cream cheese in it, and some feta on top)
Other toppings: pepperoni, olives, pineapple, etc.

1. Knead the biscuit dough into a large ball of dough. Roll it out onto you pan in the shape you want. I spread mine into two circles and then added a hat on top.
2. Spoon sauce onto the dough and spread it around, making sure to cover the entire pizza.
3. Sprinkle cheese on top of the sauce, once again making sure that you don't miss any spots.
4. Top with any additional toppings you want. We put pepperoni on the hat and feta all over.
5. Bake for about 15-20 minutes at 350 F.
6. Eat!

It didn't turn out perfect, (I probably could have been better at making it look like a snowman) but it sure did taste good!

Second Advent Calendar

Here is my second advent calendar. I started by making small ornaments out of felt for each day of December (I forgot to take pictures of those).
We had collected 24 cans over the last few months. I cleaned out each one and then wrapped it in white paper. I also covered all sharp edges with a thin layer of hot glue to prevent any cuts.

Then, I placed a felt shape in each one, along with a small piece of candy. Next I wrote a number from 1-24 on each one.
I had had some tissue paper left over from a previous project. I cut several colors into squares about 6 in by 6 in and glued a square onto the top of each can.

Can Advent calendar

Finally, I tied a piece of black ribbon around the top of every can to further secure the tissue paper. This was the hardest part of the project. When I was done, I stacked the cans in several small pyramids. Every day of the month we punch through the tissue paper on a can to get the candy and ornament out. We hang each ornament on a small tree that I got from Target a few years ago.

It is a cheap yet fun and colorful advent calendar to have on display in our house!
By the way, I got the inspiration for this project from http://www.sheilazellerinteriors.com/articles/advent-calendars-its-almost-time