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Thursday's Temptation #65 & Fabulous Features

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Thursday's Temptation!!

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FABULOUS FEATURES"

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Easy Ice Cream Cake

I have a great and easy Summer Dessert Recipe for you today!

This is a great dessert to take to BBQ'S and summer parties
and it goes together so quickly.

I recently made it for a family party and everyone LOVED it,

especially the kiddos!

I actually got this idea from my friend a few years back who made it for us.

The Recipe today is for an

EASY ICE CREAM CAKE:

What You Will Need

To Make This:

As you probably can guess from the picture,

the SECRET easy ingredient in this is Ice Cream Sandwiches!

- You will actually need 4 boxes of ice cream sandwiches if you are doing a 9x13 pan. You can do any flavor, my favorites are the mint chocolate chip and also the cookies and cream.

-1 large Cool Whip

-Chocolate & Caramel Syrup

How To Make It:

First you are going to need to unwrap a few ice cream sandwiches and put 1 layer of them in the bottom of the pan. I do 2 rows across width wise with the ice cream sandwiches going length wise. You will need to be creative and cut some of the sandwiches up to fill in the smaller areas.

Then you are going to put a layer of Cool Whip on that. I use half the container.

Next, you will do another layer of ice cream sandwiches.

It will look something like this:

Then you will put the rest of the Cool Whip on the top for the last layer.

After you get that on, you will drizzle the chocolate and caramel syrup all over the Cool Whip.

It doesn't look to pretty right now, but that's ok!!

Lastly I take a knife and swirl the syrups in.

It will look like this:

Much Better Looking!!!

It is best to put it back in the freezer for a couple of hours
before serving so the Cool Whip can freeze a little.

When you are ready, just cut and serve.

I just love all the layers that are in this. It looks so pretty!

Hope you will try this recipe!
ENJOY!

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Thrifted Table Makeover

As I told you in my End Table Makeover Post HERE,

my hubby and I are getting ready to open a store. We needed a big table to do our

work at.

My hubby heard about a surplus store that they have at the University of Utah.

We went to check it out one day. I can't believe all they had there for

super cheap. We bought this table there for $30.00. It is a solid wood table, so

really good quality.

I didn't really care for the color of it so I talked my hubby into letting me

refinish it to something to match our store.

I knew it would be so pretty to do the two toned table with the dark stain on top and white on the bottom.

Here is a Tutorial on

how we gave this table a makeover:

First, we had to sand and strip the finish that was on top of the table. We didn't worry about the legs or underneath boards because I am going to spray paint them.

I tried sanding the table, but it was taking forever so my hubby got out his paint stripper cream and we did it that way. We rubbed it on and used a big scrapper to get it off. We did a little sanding after we stripped it.

After a few hours of trying to get that off we were finally done.

Next, we put it on top of work horses upside down. Then I spray painted the legs and lower boards of the table. I used the Rustoleum white spray paint. I put about 5 coats on it so it was bright white.

After that dried a little we flipped the table over, still leaving it on the work horses, so we could stain the top of it. We used the stain color Jacobean. We put 2 coats of that on.

We let that dry over night and the next morning we put our company logo on it.

{If you are doing a dinning room table you can totally skip this step :)}

I forgot to get a picture of this last step. Sorry!

Lastly we put 3 coats of the Polycrylic Semi-Glossy Clear Coat on top of that. It was with the quart can and we just used a paint brush to put it on with. You could probably get away with 2 coats but we needed 3 to help smooth where the vinyl lettering is so you couldn't really feel it in the table.

It was a lot of hard work getting this one done, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the way it turned out!

I will be doing this on my future kitchen table...when I have one in my own place!

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Pinterest Picks #34 {Kids Summer Activites}

Happy Friday!!

I missed you all last week! It was so nice to go on a little getaway with my hubby for our anniversary though! It was much needed.

Today for Pinterst Picks I have another little special edition for you.

Since we are approaching summer and the kids are going to be getting out of school,

I thought it would be fun to put together a little list of fun summer activities to do with the kiddos.

Let's get to our

KIDS SUMMER ACTIVITIES

Edition of Pinterest Picks!

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I thought this was the cutest idea. Its an Alphabet Scavenger Hunt! What a great way for some educational learning for the elementary and preschool age kids. I will be doing this one for sure!

Source: Boys Germs

Pinned HERE

This is a great spin on the super fun side walk chalk! This is a recipe for sidewalk chalk paints!! How fun for the kiddos. I know my daughter would love this!

Source: All Things Simple

Pinned HERE

How fun does this homemade water gun look?!? I am sure lots of boys out there would love something like this! Looks like fun!

Source: Instructables

Pinned HERE

These paints are so cool. It is make with condensed milk. It doesn't drip and it dries shiny! What a fun activity to do inside when its too hot outside and you don't want to do water fun.

Source: ECE Made Easy

Pinned HERE

This is the best idea for those times when the kiddos want to play night games or are just staying up late on a summer night. How fun to do the glow stick necklaces for ring toss. I will be doing this for sure!

Source: Momma Did It

Pinned HERE

Now this looks like a super fun activity for the kids. You could get a lot of the stuff you need at the dollar store so it would be super cheap to do. There are also lots of other ideas on the source site for other summer activities as well.

Source: Camp Mom!

Pinned HERE

I love this idea! Water Pinatas!! What a great thing to do on a hot day!

Source: Design Dazzle

Pinned HERE

If you live in UTAH there is always exploring new parks for the kids to play at. This one is in West Jordan. I have been there before, but it has been awhile. It is so fun. If you go to the source site there are also other fun things to do in Utah.

Source: Things To Do, Utah

Pinned HERE

This is a great idea as well! Have the kiddos pick from a different jar everyday to do something fun instead of just sitting around the house. There are free printables on their site too!

Source: The Crafting Chicks

Pinned HERE

There is always the cute and traditional lemonade stand. This one is adorable! This is a great way to teach the little bit older kids about hard work and earning money. Then they could spend some money on some ice cream or a summer toy!

Source: Cute as a Fox

Pinned HERE

That's it for our

Summer Activities for the Kiddos!!

Hope you found some ideas to do with your kids this summer!

Have a Fun Filled Weekend!