Candied Sweet Potatoes/Yams with Marshmallows

Here is a great recipe for the holiday season!  Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1 (29 ounce) can sweet potatoes/yams
• 1/4 cup butter, cut into pieces
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
• cinnamon (to taste)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 F.
2. Drain sweet potatoes and then put in a medium baking dish.  Coarsely chop or mash if you like.  Then distribute butter pieces evenly over the sweet potatoes. Sprinkle with cinnamon and brown sugar. Top with a layer of miniature marshmallows.
3. Cover with aluminum foil sprayed with non-stick spray and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.  Uncover and cook for another 5 minutes to brown marshmallows.

Thanksgiving Place Card Holders

Here is an easy and fun way to display your place cards at your Thanksgiving dinner this year.  All you'll need is:

• Green Floral Wire
• Small Pumpkins (real or artificial)
• Needle-Nose Pliers

1. Take one end of the floral wire with your needle-nose pliers and make a small loop by twisting your wrist. 
2. Hold the small loop with two fingers and use your other hand to slowly bend the wire into an open spiral.
3. When you are done making your spiral, use your needle-nose pliers to make a 90 degree bend in the wire.  Leave about 2 inches of straight wire for a stem.
4. Insert the stem of your spiral wire into the top of the pumpkin close to the pumpkin stem.
5. You can purchase small place cards or make your own with card stock and scissors/decorative scissors.  Insert the place cards into the spiral to be displayed.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Thanksgiving Crafts and Printables

Now that the weather is cooling off, we are spending more time inside.  And what better way to pass the time with the kids than crafts and games.  Here are some fun ways to spend time with your children and teach them about the meaning of Thanksgiving:


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Crafts

• Cute Crafts To Give Thanks
• Thanksgiving Turkey Crafts
• Thanksgiving Crafts

Printables

• Thanksgiving Games and Activities
• Thanksgiving Activities
• Thanksgiving Decorations