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Have Some Fun with Pixel Art!

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I love playdates and kids can’t wait to have guests over, but how to decrease post-guest cleanup? If you are getting ready for the Christmas season and looking for something fun and productive to do with kids, we have a couple of things to share – both involve M&Ms, games, and a little creativity.

QUICK AND EASY TO DO: 8 bit pixel art games ideas

With the weather getting colder in the Midwest, we spend more and more time indoors, and that means we have to think ahead how to keep the kids constructively busy and not boredom destructive. I love play dates and kids can’t wait to have guests over, but how to minimize post-guest cleanup? If you don’t know what I am talking about, this is what I walked into recently: Who plays like this? My kids do (even so they did try to blame their guests for the damage).

Messy room and boredom #shop

Party Idea: Pixel Art

Make sure to find great containers for M&M pieces – either separate them by color in a muffin pan or put the entire color variety on a big baking sheet

Pixel art in progress #shop

Sure you might lose some candy in the process (because real artists get hungry while working on their masterpieces), but you might be surprised how far their creativity can take them.

8-px-art-MnMs-Pixel art #shop

Party Idea: Decorating Cupcake

Rather than just letting kids eat their candy or cupcakes, make them work for it. Kids as young as three can help to make cupcakes, and it is the simplest things to do. The Best part of the project is cake decorating. Don’t be judgmental – just let them have fun with it and check out our recipe for the whole wheat banana cupcakes at the bottom of this post.

Cupcakes-kids-MnMs2 Pixel art #shop

Christmas Tree Cupcake

You know you want to make your cupcake, but are brave enough to do it with the kids still around? I wait for kids to be some place else when I try to get crafty in the kitchen. While the kids were inhaling their cupcake creations in the living room, my cousin and I made our fancy cupcakes. (Scroll to the bottom of the post for the recipe)

Christmas Tree Cupcake - very easy to make pixel art #shop

Christmas Tree Cupcake - very easy to make pixel art #shop

Christmas Tree Cupcake pixel art #shop

Don’t Stop Playing

My husband got a bit competitive making our pixel masterpieces – what do you think?

Steering Wheel 8 pixel art #shop

Steering Wheel 8 pixel art

Racing Helmet 8 pixel Art #shop

Racing Helmet 8 Pixel Art

Wrench, bolt, and nut 8 pixel art #shop

Print
Christmas Tree Whole Wheat Banana Cupcakes
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep time:  10 mins
Cook time:  25 mins
Total time:  35 mins
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • CUPCAKES:
  • 3 bananas (Ripe)
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 tbsps sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup whole milk
  • 4 tbsps of melted butter
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • TOPPER:
  • Sugar Cones
  • Green frosting or vanilla frosting with green food coloring
  • M&Ms
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Combine the first seven ingredients and mix well
  3. In a bowl combine the Baking Powder and Whole Wheat Flour.
  4. Add the content created in step 2 to the bowl and mix well.
  5. Grease muffin pans or prepare paper liners.
  6. Fill each Muffin cavity to ¾ full.
  7. Place in the oven. After about 8 minutes, turn the oven off and leave the cupcakes in the oven for another 7 minutes. Do not open the oven door until you are ready to remove the cakes at the 15-minute mark.
  8. If you are using paper liners, immediately turn the cupcakes out of the muffin tray. Otherwise, allow to cool for 5 minutes in the tray, then remove.
  9. For the Christmas Tree Toppers:
  10. Place a sugar cone on top of each cupcake and press into the cupcake firmly. Ice the entire cone with green frosting. Decorating the trees is entirely up to you—just have fun with it!
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Comments

  1. valmg @ From Val's Kitchen says

    December 6, 2013 at 1:32 pm

    Those Christmas tree cupcakes with the M&M’s look awesome!

  2. Stacie @ The Divine Miss Mommy says

    December 6, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    Fabulous pixel art! We did some too but yours turned out much better!!

  3. Camille says

    December 6, 2013 at 4:26 pm

    My kids love M&Ms! They’d love this!

  4. Tammilee Tillison says

    December 6, 2013 at 7:21 pm

    The M&M pixel art is fantastic. I might have had a heart attack seeing the room so crazy.

  5. Mari Corona says

    December 6, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    All those M&M’s made me hungry for a bag must grab one tom after Yoga class :). Nice share must pass on…

  6. Ellen says

    December 7, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    What adorable party ideas!

  7. Patty says

    December 9, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    Wow – great pixel art! As I look at all of these great designs I marvel ’cause I know that I wouldn’t get far because I would be eating all of those M&Ms!

  8. Theresa Gould says

    December 9, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    Wow! Those are great, I love them especially those christmas trees!

  9. Dawn says

    December 9, 2013 at 3:41 pm

    I had no idea there were white M&Ms! How cool! I want to try some of the pixel art. That looks like fun. 🙂

  10. Tiffany says

    December 9, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    I keep seeing these awesome M&M’s posts! I especially love your trees! Those are crazy adorable!

  11. Amber Edwards says

    December 9, 2013 at 4:29 pm

    I absolutely adore having M&M’s with game playing! Perfect combination! And I love your pixel art! So much fun!

  12. Kayla @ TheEclecticElement says

    December 9, 2013 at 5:14 pm

    All this talk of chocolate and art makes me hungry! LOL I wonder if we have any “artistic supplies” in the house for me to ea….I mean work with 😉

    I love this idea to help get kids into the artistic and creative spirit, especially around the holiday time! And hopefully it helped prevent any more messes like the one in the above picture o.O

  13. Stevie says

    December 9, 2013 at 5:47 pm

    Pixel art with M & Ms? So fun! And that tree looks so yummy! Great for the holidays!

  14. katherine says

    December 10, 2013 at 6:33 am

    I really like the pixel art designs!

  15. melissa says

    December 13, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    What adorable Pixel art designs!!

  16. Amy says

    December 17, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    A pixel art party is such a cute idea! (Although I’m still a fan of just eating all of the M&M’s. 😉

    #client

  17. Rebecca Parsons says

    December 21, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    Lol love the toy room… I have kids that do that 🙂 I love the idea of this using candy as art. I am sure the kids will love it too.

  18. Amanda says

    December 20, 2016 at 9:41 am

    Yummy

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