"Recipe" Dish Towel Gift
Ask your kids what food Grammy or Papa makes that they like best and you'll probably get an answer pretty quickly. Ask them how they think it's made, though, and things get a little more interesting: Those magic cooking sprinkles and fairy wings may prove hard to find.
You'll need:
- Crayons or markers
- 8 1/2-by-11-inch sheet of white paper
- 15-by-26-inch white cotton dish towel, washed and dried
- Iron
Instructions
- With your child, pick a favorite dish that a favorite relative makes.
- Have your child use the crayons to draw a picture of the food, covering as much of the paper as possible but leaving room for the recipe. Then she can write (or you can write for a younger child) her version of the recipe, including ingredients and directions. You can ask her to sign and date it too. (No corrections from Mom or Dad, please — if she thinks that dumplings are made from cotton balls, go with it.)
- Take the paper to a copy shop (call ahead to make sure they do iron-ons) and have an iron-on transfer made at 50 percent of the size (about $10).
- If the copy shop has a heat press, you can have them iron on the transfer there (about $18). Or an adult can iron it on at home.
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