• Recipes

    Pastitsio

    Pastitsio Nancy Groff Print Recipe Greek Ingredients  2 pounds hamburger1 1/2 Tablespoon tomato paste1/2 large onion (chopped)3/4 teaspoon cinnamon3/4 pound Mostaccioli or Ziti noodles … [continue reading]

  • Life

    List of Search Engines

    This is a partial list of the search engines that are available. Alta Vista http://www.altavista.digital.com/ Goshen Another Christian Search Engine www.goshen.net Homeschool Search http://www.cyberstation.net/~may/ca/findit/homeschool/home.htm Dogpile searches 13 other search engines. http://www.dogpile.com/ Infoseek http://www.infoseek.com/ Inktomi http://inktomi.berkeley.edu/ Lycos http://lycos-tmp1.psc.edu/ Open Text http://index.opentext.net/… [continue reading]

  • Recipes

    Deer Jerky

    Deer Jerky Nancy Groff Deer Jerky Drying meat is a process of experimentation. Just do a small batch the first time in order to get the feel of it and to decide on your tastes. Print Recipe American Ingredients  … [continue reading]

  • Crafts

    Styrofoam Ornament

    Take a Styrofoam vegetable tray, and use a cookie cutter to press out a shape. Decorate with sequins, glitter, etc. Punch a hole on top, and put a string through to hang it up.

  • Crafts

    Walnut Strawberries

    Walnuts Photo by Jakub Pabis on Unsplash

    You start with a walnut. Then you paint it shiny red. Then you glue tiny pearls all over it like strawberries have those marks seeds. I can’t remember how you make the stem. The end result is really pretty. For … [continue reading]

  • Crafts

    Reindeer Candy Canes

    Really easy, you will need: small wiggly eyes, brown chenille sticks and candy canes. Use about a half of a piece of chenille stick for the antlers, and glue the wiggly eyes on for a reindeer candy cane. *Ideal for … [continue reading]

  • Crafts

    Handprint Ornament

    Use red and green felt. Trace handprint on a piece of card stock and then cut out red and green handprints. Then glue a red handprint back to back to a green handprint, with a loop of yarn in the … [continue reading]

  • Crafts

    Glitter Balls

    Adult supervision is a must for this one; glitter can be dangerous around little eyes and faces. (Anyone got any substitutes?) Fill a few small paper bags with different colors of glitter. (A little glitter goes a long way.) Roll … [continue reading]

  • Crafts

    Santa Pine Cone

    Pine Cones Photo by Timothy Eberly on Unsplash

    Gather pine cones. Supply cotton or cotton balls, chenille sticks (pipe cleaners), and red, black and white felt scraps, and googly eyes. The bottom of the cone is the top of Santa’s head. The kids can glue red triangles to … [continue reading]

  • Crafts

    Hammered Silver Ornaments

    Cut Ornament shapes (bells, balls, trees, stars, squares, whatever) out of old pie tins or other assorted “disposable” heavy aluminum foil baking pieces that you didn’t dispose of. You could also use tin ashtrays. Show the kids how to “draw” … [continue reading]