Today's Muffin Tin Monday was no theme, however, our theme was The Very "H"ungry Caterpillar. We studied the letter "Hh" in our Preschool Corner last week and Hanna is beginning a study of butterflies (among other things) in her Science lesson. We are awaiting our caterpillars and lady bug larvae in the mail to begin our hands-on studies, and we already have a container of mealworms we are observing:-). We have "hatched" butterflies each year since Hanna was 5 and love it. We did this once back in *May* with caterpillars Hanna caught herself. All of this said, it was a perfect week for me to finally do a book themed Muffin Tin Monday. This Eric Carle book is one our very favorites!
Nothing too elaborate in our tins this week--simple sounded so good to me! I would have loved to have decorated the cupcakes more elaborately, but couldn't find the tip I wanted to use and honestly didn't feel like messy colored frosting this week:-), so I took the very easy way out! I let the kids enjoy these Sunday. I am thinking we will be having our Muffin Tin meals on Sundays for awhile. Sometimes it is really time consuming to make what I put in them, and it's super helpful to have my husband home so I can do this alone:-). I know this will be a must when our new arrival is here--only one month till my due date!!
Here's what was in our tins today:
- "H"omemade carrot cake cupcakes with "H"omemade cream cheese frosting
- strawberries
- swiss cheese
- oranges (clementines)
- ham and cheese roll-ups
- plums
- pears
Muffin Tin Monday (or Sunday) rocks!! Head over to Michelle's and see what everyone else served today in their super cute Muffin Tins--I can't wait to see!
That is so cute. We love Eric Carle. There is an Eric Carle museum in MA and we are planning a visit later this week.
ReplyDeleteAdorable! We love using our silly feet too!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute!! What an amazing idea.
ReplyDeleteawww it looks cute :) kids look like they loved it
ReplyDeleteThat is too cool!! I would love to do this with my boys...I don't think of it until I see your posts though. lol
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get the muffin cups? Those are SO cute!!
I love it. What a great use for the silly feet.
ReplyDeleteHow cute is that?! I love it.
ReplyDeleteYou are so very creative! I think we will continue to do ours on Sunday as well!
ReplyDeleteToo cute! Love the caterpillar theme and the cups!
ReplyDeleteOhhhh!!! I can't tell you enough how ADORABLE those caterpillar muffin tins are! Love them.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you look like you do an incredible job home schooling. I know it is a LOT of work! My mom home schooled me all the way through high school and it was the best things my parents could have ever done for me. Way to go! You are doing so well. I would love to show my mom your blog here. <3
ReplyDeleteThose tins are perfect for the story. How cute!
ReplyDeleteVery cute. Where did you get those adorable muffin tins?
ReplyDeleteVery cute! I love that idea.
ReplyDeleteIm excited to send out your package! Im almost done putting it together, I just have a few more things to make.=)
TTYS!
Colee
Super cute! Now I have to get a second set of footed cups to make a caterpillar too! ;)
ReplyDeleteOh, I just love coming to see what you do every week for MTM!! I LOVE that catepillar! (am I spelling that right?) And I love how your son was stacking the muffin cups, so cute!
ReplyDeleteToo cute!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE those cups!
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love this!!! VHC is my daughter's VERY favorite book and I know she'd love a MTM themed after it. I might just have to copy you, if you don't mind!!
ReplyDeleteI made felt board pieces for the story yesterday so maybe I need to revisit the whole story and use the muffin tin, too (I'm thinking out loud! Ha!).
Anyway, love it!
Cute take on this theme! We love that book too and have used it before in MTM but I think we will have to give it another try this way.
ReplyDeletePerfect theme for the silly feet muffin cups! Looks like everyone had fun!
ReplyDeleteOMG! What a super cute theme! I love that book (and all Eric Carle books), and I'm sure my son would love eating this too! :)
ReplyDeletei'm in AWE of this great idea -- I wold have never thought of this. Simply brilliant!!!! Great way to integrate reading the VHC book
ReplyDeleteThose little cups with feet look great. Super novel.
ReplyDeleteSusana,
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea! Those muffin cups are perfect for that Eric Carle book! I might have to start doing ours on Sunday too... my DH works late every Monday so he never gets to see the fun things we do with MTM.
Have a great week!
We just got some of those feet cups, too. I'm going to have to steal this idea. So cute!
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