Quick & Easy Crafts and Recipes

Exodus 35:35, "Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work."

Papier-Mache Bowl
  1. Mix some flour and water in a large plastic bowl, keeping the mixture runny.
  2. Tear up strips of newspaper, soak them in the mixture.
  3. Inflate a balloon. Starting near the balloon's middle, apply the soaked paper in layers.
  4. To make the bowl's base, sit the balloon on a plastic lid. Cover the lid with more papier-mache.
  5. Leave overnight, then remove the balloon. Paint the finished bowl for decoration. Varnish it for extra protection.

    Further Ideas:

    You can use a real bowl as a mold. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap first to make the papier-mache easy to remove.

    RECIPES

    One-Step Lasagne

    1 1/2 cups water 1 container(15 oz.)cottage cheese
    2 jars(15 1/2 oz.)spaghetti sauce 8 oz. mozzarella cheese,thinly sliced
    1 box(16 oz.)lasagne noodles 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

    1. Combine 1 1/2 cups water with spaghetti sauce in bowl. Cover bottom of 13x9x2-inch baking dish with 1 1/2 cups of sauce.
    2. Arrange layer of uncooked noodles, slightly overlapping, on top of sauce. Spread half the cottage cheese and half the mozzarella over noodles. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons parmesan. Top with layer of noodles. Pur remaining sauce over; spreading evenly to cover edges of noodles. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup parmesan. Cover tightly with heavy-duty foil. Set on jelly-roll pan.
    3. Bake in preheated moderate oven(350 degrees) for 1 hour or until knife goes easily through pasta. Let stand, covered, on rack 10 minutes.

    Dump Cake

    1 can cherry pie filling
    1 lb. can crushed pineapple
    1 box yellow cake mix
    2 sticks melted margarine
    1 small bag coconut
    1 cup pecans

    Spread the pie filling in a 9 x 13 inch pan. Spread can of pineapple (do not drain). Spread dry cake mix. Press down in liquid. Pour melted margarine over this mixture. Add coconut and pecans. Press coconut and pecans into margarine. Bake at 325° for 1 hour.

    Potato Casserole

    ½ cup butter or margarine, melted
    1 can cream of chicken soup
    10 oz. processed cheese spread (velveeta type)
    8 oz. sour cream
    ¼ cup onion, chopped
    2 lb. frozen hash browns
    1 tsp. salt
    ¼ tsp. pepper
    Topping:
    ¼ cup butter or margarine, melted
    2 cups crushed corn flake cereal

    Over low heat, cook butter, chicken soup, salt, pepper, sour cream and cheese until smooth. Add onions and hash browns. Mix well. Mix butter and corn flakes for topping. Pour potato mixture into greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Add topping and bake 45 minutes in 350° oven.


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