It's January and a Brand New Year!

It's January and a Brand New Year!

Believe it or not. . . while the winter winds are blowing and snow is covering the ground. . .  Keith and I start planning for summer camp! We are contacting artists and thinking up themes for Dutchess Arts Camp 2013. 

Just thought we'd pass along some fun ideas for things to do in the meantime.

Check out these yummy cupcakes from  spoonful.com

Create marshmallow snowmen and invite some friends to go sleigh riding!

What you'll need

• Cooled cupcake (baked from your favorite recipe)
• White icing
• Large marshmallows
• Waxed paper
• Pretzel sticks
• Decorators' gel
• Orange slice candy
• Junior Mints
• Thin Mints
• Fruit leather

How to make it

1. Frost a cooled cupcake (baked from your favorite recipe) with white icing.

Flatten a large marshmallow on waxed paper with the palm of your hand. Cut a second marshmallow in half horizontally, then stack the halves on the first marshmallow to form a torso and head.

1. Push a thin pretzel stick down through the snowman (this will help him stand up), then set him on the cupcake.
2. Use decorators' gel to create a mouth, eyes, and buttons, then add pretzel stick arms and a wedge cut from an orange slice candy for a nose.
3. Accessorize with a candy hat (a Junior Mint secured to a Thin Mint with icing) and a fruit leather scarf.
     
   Check out Dutchess County Tourism's

   Top Ten Ways to Spend Cold Days with the Kids

   I hope you'll join us 

   Saturday February 2,  from 10:00am to noon at

   Vassar College for a Family Fun Event 

   We'll be visiting the Lehman Loeb Museum at Vassar College then creating colorful flags to brighten the Vassar Cpllege student center as well as one take home.
   Kevin Goveia and Nina Tantillo Elton will be our teaching artists for this fun Family Event,
   RSVP (845) 471-7477
       

   Here's a video of DAC Week 2 2012

   http://video214.com/play/oAMmtvfKn0JrmlwaX2QrsQ/s/dark