Of course not! Now, I didn't really want to do something that would allow Little N to make a huge mess and possibly ruin something in his parents' house, so painting was out. I also didn't want anything that required a whole lot of planning, but I did want something that would peak his interest and get him excited! What do little boys like more than anything (other than The Wiggles, that is)? COOKIES!
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| Big box of cookie cutters... $9.99 at Bed Bath and Beyond |
We went out and got some sugar cookie dough, cookie cutters, chocolate frosting and sprinkles! I rolled the dough out between two sheets of parchment paper and let Little N pick out his cookie cutters. I won't lie and say I let him do it all by himself. I'm too much of a control freak for that. I let him do a couple and then sent him off to play for a few minutes while those cooked. While they were in the oven, I rolled and cut most of the rest.
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| Little N chose this one for mom and dad... Apparently he thought they spent their whole vacay on the plane. |
When they were out and cooled, I let Little N help me put some frosting and sprinkles on top of the cookies. He was so proud. I wish I'd taken some pictures of the final product because no one in the world will believe the insane amount of sprinkles that were on some of these cookies. It would have made a large man have a sugar high that could last for days.
With the left over dough and sprinkles, I had a great idea. I rolled it into balls and let Little N roll them around in bowls of sprinkles. They turned out really cute, but he didn't like these as much as his crazy sugar-coated sugar cookies.
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| All I can say is YUM! |
All in all, I have to say this was the highlight of my weekend with this little guy! I had so much fun, I almost wanted to tell his parents to go away for another few days so we could do more fun stuff! :) Almost...
