Little Girl On the Go: Crafts

Happy Fourth of July! Here are some easy and fun crafts for Independence Day, plus a yummy pie recipe. Let's start with a basic bead bracelet. I like to make my bracelets on pipe cleaners, since it helps the beads stay put. You can buy bead sets and pipe cleaner at Walmart for about 1 dollar each. This is a good craft for boys and girls.Next, I'll show you how to make a patriotic candy necklace. You'll need candy, cellophane or saranwrap, and some ribbon. If you want to take your necklace outside, don't use candy that will melt. I used patriotic taffy and my brother is using York Peppermint patties. Miniature Nestle Crunch bars would be good, too. Cut your cellophane or saran wrap into a piece about 3 feet long and six inches wide. Place your candy along the long side, one piece about every two inches.
Cut some ribbon in about six inch pieces.
Roll the candy up in the cellophane and tie off each section with a bow.

Close the ends together with a ribbon and TA DA! Open it up and share the candy with friends.Now for the recipes:
Use your favorite pie crust recipes or buy some ready made pie crust at the grocery store. Cut out a round circle and press it into a ramekin. Mix together some berries and sugar and flour. (I used 3/4 cup raspberries, 1 tablespoon sugar, and 1 teaspoon flour. My brother used a combination of raspberries and blueberries.) Pour into your ramekin. Cut some strips to lay across the top. Weave the strips over and under to make a lattice top pie. It's really easy on a small ramekin. Just lay the first crust strips across like a T and go from there. Bake at 350 for about 25 minutes.

For another great recipe, use your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, but replace the chocolate chips with patriotic M and Ms. Press the M and Ms into the top of each cookie right when they come out of the oven.

Have a Great Fourth of July!Come back tomorrow for a very quick sparkly firecracker craft idea.

All you need: red, white and blue construction paper, glue, ribbon, and glitter.

Hello everybody! I promised I'd be bringing you my latest craft craze and here it is. You can buy these sequin art kits at the dollar store. It comes with a little pencil shaped wand for placing each sequin in its exact position on the printed black sheet of paper. Each paper takes about 20 minutes to complete. There are dolphins, crabs, butterflies, snails and seashells. They're really fun so head over to the dollar store and pick some up!