Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Gingerbread House Gate Recipe and Instructions

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous season 2 premieres exclusively on Netflix January 22, 2021! That means the one month countdown to season 2 starts today! I can hardly wait. The first season was epic!

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In anticipation of the release of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous season 2, we can celebrate the holidays by creating our very own Jurassic World Gingerbread Gates! The PDF below contains printable templates and instructions on how to support and build these Jurassic World gates. simply click the image below to download the PDF and begin the baking fun!

I have included the recipe from the PDF below so that you can get a sneak peek of the ingredients and items needed.

Gingerbread Gate

  • Difficulty: easy
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Jurassic World Gingerbread Gates


Credit for Gingerbread Gate Design: https://popcornerreviews.com/

Ingredients

    Ginger bread cookies
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup molasses
  • 2 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp ginger
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground cloves
  • 5 cup flour, plus extra for dusting
  • Royal Icing
  • 3 tbso meringue powder
  • 4 cup powder sugar
  • 1/2 cup warm water (divided) – 1/4 cup for the icing base and remainder to reach desired consistency
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Food coloring (red, yellow, brown, black, green and more)
  • Supplies
  • Small, round icing tips
  • Icing Bags
  • Paring knife
  • Wax Paper
  • Rolling Pin
  • Cookie Stencils (print and cutout)
  • Large baking sheet

Directions

  1. Prepare the Gingerbread cookie dough by combining all of the ingredients in a large bowl, adding the flour gradually until combined.
  2. Cover the dough and chill in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours
  3. Once the dough is chilled, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F
  4. Roll out a large piece of dough to 1/4 in thickness directly onto a baking sheet. Use the stencils to cut out the shapes with a paring knife. Bale for 17-19 min (until firm and dark brown around the edges).
  5. Prepare the royal icing by mixing the meringue powder, powdered sugar, vanilla, and 1/2 cup warm water until combined.
  6. Follow the instructions in the provided PDF to make each Gingerbread cookie

Delicious Gingerbread Cookie Recipe and Decoration Instructions from Nickelodeon!

Christmas is two days away, the kids are home, and a happy chaos is echoing through the house. It is a great opportunity to sit the family down and watch some Nickelodeon favorites to celebrate the holidays! In anticipation of the coming of Christmas, Nickelodeon shared these delicious Gingerbread Decoration Instructions! We can learn how to make Blue and Josh’s house out of gingerbread and how to turn regular gingerbread cookies into our favorite Nickelodeon characters.

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To get started, make the gingerbread cookie dough using the recipe provided below. Once it is rolled to 1/4 inch thick, use the template to cut out Blue’s house shape and use cookie cutters to create the following shapes:

  • Bow
  • bone
  • football
  • gingerbread man
  • paw print
  • Star
  • Square
  • House (use template)

Once all the shapes have been punched in the dough, bake according to instructions. After the cookies have cooled, start the decorating. Be sure to click and download the instructions below to learn how to decorate all the Nickelodeon cookies

Gingerbread House

  • Difficulty: easy
  • Print

Nick Gingerbread recipes.


Credit for Gingerbread House Design: asthebunnyhops.com

Ingredients

    Ginger bread cookies
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup molasses
  • 2 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp ginger
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground cloves
  • 5 cup flour, plus extra for dusting
  • Royal Icing
  • 3 tbso meringue powder
  • 4 cup powder sugar
  • 1/2 cup warm water (divided) – 1/4 cup for the icing base and remainder to reach desired consistency
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Food coloring (red, yellow, brown, black, green and more)
  • Supplies
  • Small, round icing tips
  • Icing Bags
  • Paring knife
  • Wax Paper
  • Rolling Pin
  • Cookie Stencils (print and cutout)
  • Large baking sheet

Directions

  1. Prepare the Gingerbread cookie dough by combining all of the ingredients in a large bowl, adding the flour gradually until combined.
  2. Cover the dough and chill in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours
  3. Once the dough is chilled, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F
  4. Roll out a large piece of dough to 1/4 in thickness directly onto a baking sheet. Use the stencils to cut out the shapes with a paring knife. Bale for 17-19 min (until firm and dark brown around the edges).
  5. Prepare the royal icing by mixing the meringue powder, powdered sugar, vanilla, and 1/2 cup warm water until combined.
  6. Follow the instructions in the provided PDF to make each Gingerbread cookie

Marble Cake Pops Recipe Inspired by The War With Grandpa

The War With Grandpa is available now on Digital and on Blu-ray and DVD December 22nd! To celebrate the Home Entertainment release of The War With Grandpa we’re excited to share this tasty recipe to add some fun to your holiday treat table. Ring in the holiday season with these festive Marble Cake Pops!

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With just a few ingredients and supplies, these cake pops are easy to make and delicious to eat. The supplies needed are:

  • 9-imch round vanilla cake
  • 3-5 tbsp. of vanilla frosting
  • White candy melts
  • red candy melts
  • cookie dough scoop
  • 9-inch candy treat sticks
  • cake pop stand
  • baking sheet

To get the recipe and the instructions click the image below and save the PDF to your computer. Then simply print and create!

After grabbing the recipe, be sure to go and enter for a chance to win The War with Grandpa on Blu-tau combo. Or buy it from Amazon.com (affiliate link).

Celebrate the Holidays with Nickelodeon and Their Printable Holiday Cards!

Hanukkah is here and Christmas came early for all us Nickelodeon fans! Many of our favorite shows are on DVD this holiday season! From Spongebob Squarepants to Paw Patrol, our holidays are filled with fun adventures. To help us celebrate the holidays, Nickelodeon released adorable holiday cards that we’re so excited to share ! The kids will love filling them out and using them as gift tags or sending them to all their friends and relatives.

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The Characters included in these 8 printable holiday cards are:

  • Patrick
  • Spomgebob
  • Paw Patrol
  • Hey Arnold
  • Blue’s Clues
  • Jojo

To download simply click the image below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print, cutout, and fill in the info to make your holidays filled with fun!

Be sure to check out Nickelodeon’s DVD holiday collections on Amazon.com (affiliate link)

The War With Grandpa Blu-Ray Combo Giveaway!

It’s the wise guy vs the pint size when Robert De Niro gears up for an epic prank battle in this heartfelt family comedy now available to own for the first time on digital and available on Blu-ray December 22 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. When Grandpa comes to live with his daughter and grandson Peter, a begrudged boy looks for ways to cause havoc in his grandpa’s life. He didn’t expect retaliation which leads to an all out prank war. Old School vs New School, who will win?

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about The War With Grandpa:

Sixth-grader Peter (Fegley) is pretty much your average kid—he likes gaming, hanging with his friends and his beloved pair of Air Jordans. But when his recently widowed grandfather Ed (De Niro) moves in with Peter’s family, the boy is forced to give up his most prized possession of all, his bedroom. Unwilling to let such an injustice stand, Peter devises a series of increasingly elaborate pranks to drive out the interloper, but Grandpa Ed won’t go without a fight. Soon, the friendly combatants are engaged in an all-out war with side-splitting consequences.

Alongside De Niro and Fegley is a top-notch cast including Academy Award® nominee Uma Thurman (Kill Bill series, Pulp Fiction), Rob Riggle (21 Jump Street, “Modern Family”), Cheech Marin (Cars series, Coco), Golden Globe® winner Jane Seymour (Wedding Crashers, “Jane the Virgin”), Laura Marano (Lady Bird, “Austin & Ally”) and Academy Award® winner Christopher Walken (Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can) that bring even more laughs throughout the mischievously funny and charming film. From director Tim Hill (The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, “SpongeBob SquarePants”) with a script by Tom J. Astle (Get Smart, Failure to Launch) and Matt Ember (Get Smart, Epic), THE WAR WITH GRANDPA is sure to entertain audiences of all ages.

With the purchase of THE WAR WITH GRANDPA on disc or digital, fans are eligible to earn points towards special rewards via the Universal All-Access Rewards program. Members can redeem their points for digital movies, signed collectables, box sets, win exclusive prizes and more! For FREE registration and details please visit www.MyUniversalRewards.com.

Grab a copy of The War with Grandpa on Blu-ray from Amazon.com (affiliate link) or enter the giveaway for a chance to win using the rafflecopter form below. Many will enter, one will win.

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A Craft Fair Had An Item that Brought Back Fun Ski Memories

I found the perfect decoration to put on my door for the holidays this year and every year after! I was at my final craft fair of the year selling some of my crochet goods when I saw a booth by Wood and Glass Creations selling adorable skis from reclaimed wood. I had to have them! Not only were they absolutely adorable, but skis also have a significant meaning in my home. Let me tell you why with a wonderful winter story that actually happened.

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Many years ago, when I was still in grade school, my family took a trip to Eaglecrest, a ski resort in Juneau, Alaska.  It has different levels of difficulty from the bunny hill being one of the easiest to Ptarmigan being one of the hardest.

As a family we decided since no one had really ever been on skis that we would take lessons.  My mom, who doesn’t even like to read instructions, found this idea tedious.  I mean, how hard can it be to glide downhill? But since the whole family was together and enjoying the snow, she reluctantly took a lesson. 

The first lesson was basically: this is how you put your skis on, this is how you stand, and this is how you stop. It was all pretty easy and mundane for a woman who balances like an Olympic gymnasts.  But, since the lesson was paid for, she completed the pizza stop technique before bailing. 

Now, my mom has never, and I mean never done anything the constitutes as “the safer route”.  Her main goal has always been go big or go home.  So after her first and might I add only lesson, she looked at the bunny hill and scoffed.  With so many newbies and kids skiing on the bunny hill, my mom obviously found this hill thrill-less .  Each level of difficulty looked unappealing and a waste of valuable ski time.  And let’s face it, the adrenaline rush seemed non-existent.  That is, until she hears just how amazing Ptarmigan is. 

Before she can even second guess her decision, she hops on the ski lift and makes her way to the top of expert ridge. Through what I have heard and the legends that were shared after, her downhill mastery went something like this:

After leaving the ski lift and glancing around for only a second, my mom, never changed her decision to commence with her downward motion. If anything, the determination pulsing from her body made the mountain tremble. This was gonna be a good day to fly. 

With her adrenaline pumping, my mom left the edge and began her amazing journey through the snow.  With each second she rocketed down the mountain faster.  The bodies of other skiers are left almost standing still.  Their only mark in her path is the sound of a whoosh as she quickly passes by their stagnant bodies. 

I should note that her one and only lesson never taught her how to move while on skis.  She never learned the back and forth motion, to do a wave upon the snow. Instead, my mom had become one with her skis, gliding across a cloud as she raced to the bottom with ease.  Her smile crossed the distance of the valley as she screamed to herself in excitement. That is, until a blip formed in her path.  Ahead she spied a small dip in the snow like a tiny ditch.  Realizing her lesson never taught her to turn, she crouched her body a bit more for better aerodynamics and figured she would fly over the tiny hole.

When I say mistakes were made, it is an understatement. My mom’s whole day had become a series of unfortunate events leading up to this one massive life changing occurrence. 

My mom hit that hole at nearly the speed of sound and the sonic boom of her hit made the world pause.  The whooshing sounds stopped, the air stood still, and for a brief moment,, all eyes were glued to her. At that pivotal moment when she expected to soar over the snow like an eagle in flight, her skis lodged into the snow drift and came to a dead stop. The most epic depiction of how a slingshot works then ensued as she was launched from her skis. Some might be thinking that this is an exaggeration to add a bit of intense drama to the scene, but let me assure you, I seriously mean she was launched like a rocket. The energy and forward motion of her nonstop downhill momentum had no where to go but into shooting her from her skis and launching her forward parallel to the snow covered ground.  Friction became a theory as she literally broke all barriers of natural laws.  I can only image her as a cartoon character as she flew head first downhill, her cheeks must have been peeling back to her skull. 

I am not sure if she had the events unfold in slow motion,, while her adrenalin rush peaked to maximum, or if it happened so fast that all she remembers is the flight.  I do know that she eventually sticks the landing and tumbles to a not so welcomed stop. And then all went black. Her body sprawled out in the classic accident pose and she can no longer recall about a minute of her life. It was left in the frozen water they call snow forever

Thankfully, rescuers were not far away.  They must have seen her flying down the mountain and knew they were going to be needed.  My mom awoke from her snow induced coma to find 3 men standing over her asking if she was OK, if she could move, and if she knew where she was.  In the distance, another rescuer was in a tree shouting he had found a pole while another was far off up the mountain screaming he found her skis.
You would think at this moment, she would have accepted the assistance to make it down the mountain.  But nooo, not my mom.  Embarrassed and frustrated with the situation she grabs her equipment from the rescuers, puts them back on, and resumes her death defying run down. In the wind she hears one rescuer call out,  “a woman after my own heart, she knows how to take a fall”.

Later the mistakes were felt as the injuries sustained reared their ugly head.  A sprained neck, massive bruises, and a doctor insisting she remain in bed for 3 days.  Normally, she would have defied the doctors orders but when one goes from having a beautifully long neck to no neck at all, listening to a doctor seems wise.  

This event is now forever carved into the memories of every member of my family. So when I found these adorable skis, it seemed appropriate to display her iconic ski trip on the door for years to come. I love craft fairs!

Merry Christmas to all this holiday season!

Free Coloring Page featuring La Grande from Disney’s Princess Palace Pets

Thanks to an awesome fan, Marissa G., I found out that not all the Disney Palace Pets had been turned into epic coloring pages. Not only did she provide the information needed so that I can create the La Grande coloring page, she was also an awesome cheer squad. With the go team go mentality, I put the pedal to the metal and began making the coloring page of La Grande.

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La Grande Story and details:

La Grande was a birthday present to Cinderella from the king (Prince Charming’s father). She is a buttercream corgi puppy with a lighter face and chest, and dark brown nose. It has pale pink cheeks and inner-ear to match its long tail. It wears a blue bow on its tail, a crown, and a blue collar to match its eyes. (disneyprincesspalace-pets.fandom.com)

I took a few liberties in making this La Grande coloring page. The image was so small that the details of her jewels were hard to decipher. I hope I still did her justice.

To download The Berry Coloring Page:

  1. Click the image below
  2. Save the PDF to your computer
  3. Print, color and enjoy

Click the image below to find even more printable coloring pages, activities, and games featuring Disney’s Princess Palace Pets.

Printable Dreamworks Holiday Christmas Cards Are Here!

Every year Dreamworks releases a fun set of printable Christmas cards. Thank goodness 2020 is no different. This year the cards feature our favorite characters as babies from their Dreamworks Jr. shows and movies. The eight printable cards feature:

  • Baby Po
  • Baby Shrek
  • Baby Puss
  • Baby Skipper
  • Baby Donkey
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Baby Po and Baby Skipper are my favorites. I am looking at them with the realization that their eyes can easily be replaced with googly eyes! How cute would that be?!

Each Card also features a fun and cute holiday saying:

  • Ska-Doosh It’s the Holidays
  • Happy Holidays All-Star!
  • Meowy Holidays!
  • Thank You!
  • And In the Morning I’m getting presents!
  • Ready for those Holiday Treats
  • Happy Holidays best friend
  • have a purr-fect Holiday!

To get these printable holiday cards click the image below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print, cut them out, and fill them out to give to friends and family.

Cubeecraft Paper Craft of Marshall from the PAW Patrol!

Nickelodeon and Christopher Beaumont (the creator of the Cubeecraft template) have combined their efforts to bring fans a fun and totally adorable Cubeecraft of Marshall from the PAW Patrol! In celebration of the release of the PAW Patrol: PUP-tastic! 8-DVD Collection Limited Edition Marshall’s Fire Truck gift set (affiliate link), available now on DVD, we’re ruff-ruff ready to share instructions on how to make your own Paper Marshall!

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Like all of the cubeecrafts we have come to love, this Paper Marshall doesn’t require any tape or glue. In fact, after the template has been cutout and the designated notches sliced open, interlocking tabs will connect all the pieces together and form a wonderful new paper toy! In this case it is the happy and helpful pup, Marshall.

To Build the Cubeecraft:

Materials needed:

  • Printer
  • Card stock
  • scissors
  • x-acto knife

To make:

  1. Cut out each item along the outer black lines.
  2. Cut along the white on each tab using the x-acto knife
  3. Cut along each white lines above the ears, at the bottom of the head, and the white lines on the body for the legs and feet using the x-acto knife
  4. Fold along each inner dotted black lines, color facing out
  5. Slide each tab into the slots you created with an x-acto knife to form a cube of the head, body, arms, and feet
  6. Slide the arms through the white slots on either side of the body.
  7. Slide the feet through the white slots at the base of the body.
  8. Slide the now completed body through the white slots of the head.

Paper Marshall is now complete! There are more detailed instructions with the template as well as pictures to help make this fun paper toy! To get the template click the image below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print and create!

For more information about the PAW Patrol: PUP-tastic! 8-DVD Collection Limited Edition Marshall’s Fire Truck gift set check out our review here. The be sure to grab your copy of the PAW Patrol: PUP-tastic! 8-DVD Collection from Amazon.com (affiliate link):

Printable Cubeecraft Template of Miko from Glitch Techs in Her Street Clothes

The Glitch Tech cubeecrafts have been a big hit, which is awesome! I am so happy everyone is enjoying them. I received a lot of positive messages loving them and in those messages there was one resounding request: Can I make Miko in her street clothes? The answer to that is YES!

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Miko’s creativity and enthusiasm didn’t start when she was hired by Glitch Techs, she was hired because of her exuberant attitude. Her street clothes reflect her creative style. With her bright yellow cat shirt, purple pants, and purple hair, Miko doesn’t hide from the world, she gives it an epic kick or an amazing dance off. Below, is the long awaited cubeecraft of Miko in her street clothes.

To Build the Cubeecraft:

  • Materials needed:
  • Printer
  • Card stock
  • scissors
  • x-acto knife

To make:

  1. Cut out each item along the outer black lines.
  2. Cut along the white on each tab using the x-acto knife
  3. Cut along each red line using the x-acto knife
  4. Fold along each inner solid black line and slide each tab into the slots you created with an x-acto knife to form a cube of the head, body, arms, and feet
  5. Slide the arms through the red slots on either side of the body.
  6. Slide the feet through the red slots at the base of the body.
  7. Slide the now completed body through the red lots of the head.

To get the cubeecraft, click the image below and save it to your computer. Then print and create