Wednesday Toddler Activity: Homemade Valentine Dried Apple Slices

Sooo….this post was supposed to be about HOMEMADE BATHTUB CRAYONS/CHALK. But alas…they turned out to be an EPIC FAIL. Goodness…who knew you can’t RUSH things in a recipe and BEAT soap with beaters??? Ha ha ha ha ha….I even took pretty pictures of my MISTAKES!

Yeppers…it’s official…beating SOAP makes it very AIRY and BUBBLY…not good for BATHTUB CRAYONS.

They were PRETTY colors at least!!

And the final product = not so pretty.

These pics crack me up. I knew something wasn’t right the minute I started the beaters. LOL. You live and learn. Next time I will be patient. I will read the directions. *wink wink*

Soooooo…..instead…this is the HOMEMADE VALENTINE DRIED APPLE SLICES post. LOL.

I found this POST from Chalk In My Pocket. SUPER CUTE blog. Stop by for a visit by clicking HERE to read the FULL directions.

After reading the post I was immediately INSPIRED…and I knew I had these two little beauties. {and it has never occurred to me to make my own dried fruit?? DUH!}

Soooo I began slicing!!

PRETTY!!

I dug out a heart cookie cutter!

And let Jax “go to town” with it!

I wasn’t sure if he would like it or not. To my surprise….he was TOTALLY into it!

He had a great time. He wasn’t able to PUSH THROUGH every one…but he could at least leave a little indention….

Too CUTE!

I loved how much he enjoyed himself!

We also made STAR shapes too. You know…too many hearts might be too girly! LOL.

We put them in the oven…and headed outside to play for an hour while they baked!

There’s slight chance we might have stayed outside too long. ORRRR…my darn stove cooks a smidgen HOTTER than normal??? Because our little apples…were a little CRISP on some of the EDGES. So funny!

WHOOOOOOOPS!

The did taste MARVELOUS though. And my goodness…think about how much dried apple slices are in the grocery store! This is super cheap and super healthy. I will most definitely be making more of these…ahem…but I better set a TIMER!

Happy Baking!