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While it might be too cold to play outside, you and your child can keep busy by celebrating the season with these easy winter-themed recipes!

Peanut Butter Snow Balls

What You Need:

• Regular-sized jar of peanut butter
• Honey
• Dry milk
• Coconut shavings

Instructions:

1. Put all of the peanut butter into a bowl.
2. Mix in two or three tablespoons of honey.
3. Pour 1/4 cup of dry milk into the mixture.
4. Stir until the mixture resembles play dough. If the mixture is too moist, add a bit more of the dry milk.
5. Take out the dough and roll it into balls.
6. Lastly, roll the balls in the coconut shavings.

Marshmallow Snowman

What You Need:

• Marshmallows
• Tic Tacs (orange and other colors)
• Melted chocolate
• Pretzels
• Various candy to decorate
• Small, clean paintbrush

Instructions:

1. Take two of the marshmallows and “glue” them together using the melted chocolate. Then take a 3rd marshmallow and “glue” it on top of the other two using chocolate, as well. It should look like a tall stack of marshmallows.
2. Take two short pretzel sticks and insert them into the middle marshmallow to act as the snowman’s arms.
3. Using three Tic Tacs, poke them into the snowman’s body in a vertical line to act as his buttons.
4. Using your paintbrush, paint on eyes and a mouth for the snowman with the melted chocolate.
5. With the orange Tic Tac, press it into the top marshmallow for his carrot nose.
6. Using the rest of your candy, decorate your snowman however you want!

Orange Cream Snowflake Dream Smoothie

What You Need:

• 1 can of mandarin oranges
• 1/2 cup frozen pineapple chunks
• 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
• 1 tablespoon of honey
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup ice
• Blender

Instructions:

1. Drain mandarin oranges. Place the oranges in a plastic bag and freeze them for a few hours.
2. Pour all the ingredients into a blender.
3. Blend till the mixture is of a smoothie consistency. Enjoy your Orange Cream Snowflake Dream Smoothie!

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