Rice crispy treats are a favorite in our house, yet another reason to love them is you can make them for any holiday. We have made Christmas trees, pumpkins, Easter Eggs and now four-leafed clovers! Not only are they very easy to make, they are also delicious to eat as well. My son helped with every step of making these and had a blast while doing it.
Ingredients Needed:
1 box rice crispy cereal
1 bag of marshmallows
Green food dye
Butter (we used coconut oil instead)
Melt 2 tbsp of butter and 40 marshmallows in the microwave in a microwave safe bowl for 1 minute. Mix melted ingredients together and add green food dye. Add 4 cups of rice crispy cereal, add another cup if needed. Let set for about 5 minutes and then use cookie cutter to cute out. We used a coconut oil spray and sprayed the cookie cutter a few different times so the rice didn’t stick to it. After you have cut them out set on wax paper to set. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Legoland Water Park is located inside of the Legoland resort in Carlsbad, California and is an amazing place to bring children. We visit at least once a week during the summer, and truth be told I enjoy it as much as my kids do! A great option if you are planning on spending the day is renting a cabana. It is great to have a place to sit, relax, and refuel when needed, especially with little ones.
Cabanas are perfect for a family up 6 (although 2 additional guests may be added at $10 per person). If you have a larger party than 8, not worry you may just ask for two cabanas that are next to each other, Legoland will accommodate any request they can. Each cabana features two deluxe chaise lounges, two seating chairs, two complimentary towels. Included in the cabana rental is six bottles of water in your own mini-frig, two complimentary towels, and a duplo table with bricks for the kids to play with. One of my favorite things about being a cabana guest is you will receive front-of-line-access to Build a Raft River as well as unlimited float time on the ‘Lazy’ River. Whether you are renting a standard cabana or a premium cabana, both come with an ALL DAY Legoland Host during the visit to the water park. The host will help with any needs you may have during your visit as well as deliver any food and beverage purchases you make.
The cabanas 1-16 are in the main water park and are considered standard cabanas. Cabanas 17-28 are located in the Chima area, 18-24 are considered premium cabanas and 25-28 are private premium cabanas. If you are traveling with someone or someones who would like to go unnoticed while at the water park cabanas 25-28 are perfect for you.
For older children ages 6 years and up I would recommend the cabanas by the Build a Raft River, the cabanas in that area are Shark, Manta Ray, Parrot and Dolphin (13-16). All of these are great because they are right by the Joker Soaker, Twin Chasers, Splash Out, and the Orange Crush, where you can watch your children go down the larger water slides.
If you have younger children under age 6 reserve a cabana in the Duplo Splash Safari area, the best cabanas in this area are 1-5 my favorite being the Polar Bear. The Polar Bear cabana is very close to the three water slides for younger children. If you have toddlers or babies the cabanas Tiger, Giraffe, and Elephant(10-12) are great options because they are right by the Safari Splash Zoo. If you would like to be in the Chima area of the park with younger children the best cabanas are 17-22 because they surround Cragger’s Swamp hosts Crug’s Run a fun hands on area for younger children and includes two different water slides. The costs for the cabanas depend on which cabana you choose. For more details on prices and hours visit Legoland’s website here.
If you do not plan to purchase a cabana plan to arrive at the water park when it opens. This will allow for you to get a chair or chairs near where your children will spend most of his or her day. If you are saving chairs, only save chair for the number of adults in your party, the kids will be playing nearly the entire day and don’t need a chair. Most of the chairs will fill up fast if you want to have a place to put your things you should consider a cabana rental. Entry into the water park is not high, the cost of the cabana will make your day a lot more enjoyable.
Please note if you are a guest of the Legoland Hotel or the Legoland Castle Hotel see the concierge because they will offer special pricing for guests at either hotel. If you plan to reserve a cabana I would recommend you do so in advance by calling (760) 438-5346, a minimum of one day prior to your visit is required.
This year the annual Spring Egg Hunt will be held at the new Encinitas Community Park, if you have yet to visit the park now is your chance. The Spring Egg Hunt is all about the kids! The City of Encinitas will hold the annual Easter Egg Hunt Festival on Saturday, April 4 2015 at Encinitas Community Park from 10:00am to 1:00pm. This free event features arts and crafts, entertainment, prizes, jump houses, face painting, pictures with the bunny (for a small fee), and of course, 24,000 eggs!
Egg hunt times are as follows and depend on the age of your child, the ages range from baby to 9 years old. For children ages 2 years and under the time is 10:15. For children ages 3 years old the start time is 10:45. Children ages 4 and 5 years old will begin at 11:15. Children 6 and 7 years told will begin at 11:45. Children 8 and 9 years told will be the oldest children and will begin at 12:15. The city asks that you please bring your own basket or bag for eggs. For more information, please call the City of Encinitas Parks & Recreation Department at 760-633-2740.
Now open at Legoland California in the Star Wars Miniland is the Death Star! The Death Star is 8-fee wide, over 13-fee high and weights more than 1,900 pounds! We were lucky enough to get a sneak peek at a media preview earlier this week and we loved it! My son loves anything lego and Star Wars so it was pretty much a win win for us. The cool death star has a super laser which lights up with green lights when zeros in on its target. It is made out of 500,000 lego bricks and includes the trench run scene where Luke Skywalker maneuvers through with his X-wing fighter, see below.
It is adjacent to the Lego Death Star, you can use your imagination to construct your very own Lego starships at building stations while X-Wings, TIE Fighters and Y-Wings circle overhead. My son loved building his own ship out of all of the fun Lego pieces surrounding the famous trench, were Luke Skywalker raced through the combat zone to destroy the Death Star. The Lego Star War Miniland Death Star is designed from the Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. It includes six animated Turbo Laser Turrets and Lego starship models built out of more than 20,000 Lego bricks.
New Lego models have been added to each of the seven scenes including an underwater scene featuring an Opee sea killer on Naboo and a Jawa sandcrawler on Tattooine. At Legoland Star Wars Miniland you can enjoy 12 Lego models, each standing 3-feet-tall, of favorite Star Wars™ characters including Yoda, Wicket, Anakin and Princess Leia. A life-size LEGO Darth Maul honors the release of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.
This weekend is Lego Star Wars days at Legoland California, travel to a galaxy far, far away with the Lego Star Wars Miniland model display area. You’ll experience model displays of scenes from the six live-action Star Warsmovies and one from the animated series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, plus interactive features and life-size Lego models.
Hip, hop, hippy hop, the Easter bunny is coming to town! We all celebrate Easter with the ones we love, including those little ones who can’t wait to see what the Easter Bunny has left them. This year instead of just candy, think about putting fun items in their basket that they will enjoy. We are offering two face paining kits from FacePaint.com as a special Easter giveaway. A little about Facepaint.com, they been in business for almost 30 years and their products are for professionals and beginners alike. They make it very easy with free face paint designs, downloadable instructions and video tutorials so our kids will look amazing! FacePaint.com offers free shipping in the US, and same day shipping guarantee, that is great customer service.
A little about the products we are giving away: Snazaroo Face Painting Kits combine fabulous easy to follow instruction books and Snazaroo face paint to create all sorts of exciting designs. All Snazaroo face paint instruction books include general face painting tips and techniques on face painting along with many exciting full-face designs.
Snazaroo Face Paints are hypoallergenic and the world’s safest face paints, meeting US FDA, Canadian, and European standards for cosmetic safety and the only face paint with a Child Toy Safety Rating. Snazaroo paint is non-toxic and easy to use face paint that is water-based, fragrance-free and wash off easily.
Carlsbad @ Poinsettia Park – Saturday, April 4th, the annual EGGStravaganza Spring Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Poinsettia Park. Please note this is not a free event, the cost is $6 for the Activity card. Which allows you to participate in what is called the “Egg Scramble,” plus tons of fun things for the kids to do in the Fun Zone with bounce houses, a giant slide, obstacle courses and a chance to “soak the bunny.” The kids will collect eggs in the ongoing “Egg Scramble” activity between 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Children race to collect assorted eggs on the baseball fields. This activity sends groups of approximately 20 children of similar age into the out field to collect as many eggs as they can.
There will also be sampling from the Parks & Recreation Summer Camps program. Instructors will be on site to perform demonstrations and answer questions about their programs.
Activity card must be purchased for $6 to participate in “egg scramble,” crafts, fun zone or bunny balloon soak.Unlimited fun zone wristbands are also available for $6.
Saturday, April 4, 2015
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Poinsettia Community Park, 6600 Hidden Valley Rd, Carlsbad, CA, 92011
Food, beverages, and merchandise will be available for an additional cost.
Rice crispy treats are a favorite in our house, yet another reason to love them is you can make them for any holiday. We have made Christmas trees, pumpkins, Easter Eggs and now four-leafed clovers! Not only are they very easy to make, they are also delicious to eat as well. My son helped with every step of making these and had a blast while doing it.
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