Apple Cupcakes  

Here's a fun long weekend activity that will also make a delicious back-to-school classroom treat! Decorate cupcakes with our naturally tinted icing, pretzel sticks, and mint leaves. Each one will look like one smart apple! It's just 60 minutes from the start to finish. Tools your kids will use include:

• 12-cup muffin tin


• 12 paper bake cup liners


• mixing bowls


• measuring spoons and cups


• aluminum foil


• strainer

Kitchen skills the kids will learn are baking, frosting and very creative presentation. The ingredients are muffin or cupcake batter (Easy Applesauce Muffins or your favorite recipe), vanilla frosting, fresh raspberries, pretzel sticks and 12 mint leaves.

Lunch Note Love!

We know how much you love your little ones, so how about sending a little surprise in their lunch boxes? Cut out our creative lunch box notes and your kids will remember that you love them to the core! There are a half-dozen illustrated lunch box love notes here to print and send to school with the kids. It includes:

• Love you to the core! (Apple)


• You’re the apple of my eye (Apple)


• Orange you glad it’s lunchtime? (Orange)


• This note is cheesy i love you! (Cheese)


• Have a grape day! (Grapes)


• Don’t worry, BE HAPPY! (Watermelon)

School's On!

Once school is on, so are playdates! We might be biased, but cooking together is a great way for kids to have healthy fun together! How about telling a friend about Kidstir and getting $10 off your next kit? Or picking up a single kit to keep on hand for the next time you host some young friends? Happy cooking!



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