Muffin Tin Monday – Christmas, Week #3

Okay, before you say anything…Yes, I went overboard this week.  All I can say in my defense is that an idea was planted in my head, and it just grew and grew.  And what was said idea?  To create a muffin tin meal based on the song “12 Days of Christmas”.  And I did.  Here’s what we came up with:

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I have been working on my (point and shoot) camera skills, and obviously still need some practice.  The silicone cups I used were a beautiful bright red, but look orange in the pictures.  Sorry, but I promise it was festive.

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I told Skylar that each of the characters from the songs left us something special for our muffin tin:

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12 Drummers Drumming left us drum sticks (Pocky Sticks)

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11 Pipers Piping left us their mad piping skills (mashed potatoes piped with a ziplock bag)

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10 Lords a Leaping left Skylar with one of the foods that makes her jump for joy…Mac and Cheese

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9 Ladies Dancing left us a music note (fruit leather, cut by hand)

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8 Maids a Milking left a nice cup of milk

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7 Swans a Swimming left us with some tin foil to wrap up any leftovers (in the shape of a swan, of course)

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6 Geese a Laying laid us a beautiful hard-boiled egg

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5 GOOOOOOOOLD RINGS!!!!!!! (Salerno butter cookies!!!!!)

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4 Calling Birds left nuggets from another bird (chicken)

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3 French Hens left french cut green beans

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2 Turtle Doves left us some homemade turtle(ish) candies.  (I will post a tutorial on these soon)

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And finally, the Partridge stuck around to show us the pear from her pear tree.

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So, there you have it, all 12 days of Christmas represented as a muffin tin (tree). Whew!  Skylar loved everything about this meal.  I thought for sure she would go for the chocolate first, but surprised me by going after the hard boiled egg.  In the end, she ate every single bite.  Yeah!

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I had a great time creating this.  If you are interested in what all the other moms are doing for Muffin Tin Monday, check out Muffin Tin Mom’s site.

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Thanks for making it all the way through this post, and have a great week!

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Lizz