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Gift giving should come from the heart, and there is nothing more personal than gifts made by hand -- especially ones you can eat! With over 30 fun, inexpensive recipes in this book in the Kids Can Do It series, kids won't need a lot of time -- or money -- to dazzle their friends and family. In addition, there are more than 25 ideas for making and decorating reusable containers, so they'll be creating one-of-a-kind presents that can be enjoyed long after the edible goodies are gone! Kids can make * chocolate truffle mice * a fuzzy felt gift bag * stained-glass fudge * great granola * homemade muffin mix * a button-covered gift box (200111)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #632717 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 40 pages

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Stained glass fudge, shortbread valentines, truffle mice, chocolate spoons, and oatmeal muffins are just a few of the delicious recipes offered in Elizabeth MacLeod's Gifts to Make and Eat, which appealingly combines creative cooking with gift-giving. Not all of the recipes are sweet and high in calories. Spice mixes, flavored oils, vinegars, mustards, and soup mixes will certainly have great appeal for the adult cook (and palate) too. Cheerfully illustrated by June Bradford, Gifts to Make and Eat is quite grown-up in style and content. Still, it manages to instruct the young chef in some of the basic kitchen techniques that the seasoned cook takes for granted, such as "Wet ingredients and dry ingredients require different measuring cups," and "Bake cookies, muffins and loaves in the center of your oven." Once the treats are prepared, MacLeod shows how they can be attractively wrapped, in packaging that can often be recycled for useful or decorative purposes after the edible part of the gift is gone. (Ages 8 and older) --Martha Johnson

From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6-These series entries are attractively designed and have eye-catching photos and lots of kid appeal. Each book contains a wonderful assortment of gift ideas and projects. MacLeod's introduction covers measuring (metric and imperial), baking tips, and other dos and don'ts concerning food preparation. Appropriate safety/allergy warnings are given. The edible presents, prepared in three or four steps, include chocolate, party food, cookies, soup, seasonings, muffins, candy, and beverages. Ideas for wrapping, tagging, and mailing gifts are also given. Children will especially enjoy Truffle Mice, Great Granola, Gingerbread People, Chocolate Pretzels, and Reindeer Canes. Storms opens with a discussion of fabric, thread, supplies, stitches, and more. The instructions give the basics of this craft and specific projects, such as appliqu ing clothing, a pincushion, or a wall quilt; making a pencil case, book bag, organizer, pin, pillow, a pieced mini-quilt, and the most challenging project-a Hopscotch Lap Quilt. In both books, the colorful photos and illustrations capture details and design and are an excellent accompaniment to the clear, step-by-step instructions. Useful and popular additions to library collections.
Augusta R. Malvagno, Queens Borough Public Library, NY
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Reviewed with Biz Storms' Quilting .

Gr. 4-7. Books in the first-rate Kids Can Do It series continue to give children an opportunity to develop craft skills by providing projects that are both age appropriate and lots of fun. Quilting uses step-by-step instructions keyed to excellent color illustrations to present basics. Ten kid-pleasing projects of increasing difficulty follow--from an appliqued tee shirt to a full-size quilt--each as appealingly and clearly presented as the last. Gifts is a little different. It assumes that children are comfortable in the kitchen and puts as much emphasis on the package as on the culinary product. Instruction for making fudge, for example, is accompanied by ideas for an inventive gift wrap for it. Even though many of the foods are no-cook (fancy salt, flavored vinegar), younger children will need adult help; older ones who like crafts and know cooking basics will do fine on their own. REVWR
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