Pomegranate New Year’s Punch Recipe

This easy punch is sure to be a crowd pleaser!

Pomegranate Punch for Kids (Easily Add Champagne for Adults)

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
1 cup pear nectar

Adult version includes:
1/4 cup orange-flavored liqueur, such as Grand Marnier
1 bottle (750 ml) Champagne

Directions:
In a large pitcher, combine pomegranate juice, pear nectar, and orange-flavored liqueur. Slowly add Champagne. Serve over ice.

Recipe adapted from: www.marthastewart.com

Green Grinch Punch Recipes – Grinch Christmas Punch

St. Patrick's Day Green Punch

GREEN PUNCH RECIPES Adult and Kid-FriendlyGreen Christmas Punch Ideas

St. Patrick's Day Punch (poorgirlsguidechicago.com)
Green Grinch Punch (C) Made by Kids Co

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Hosting a party or looking to make a night festive for the kids? Weโ€™ve got your green Grinch punch recipes covered!ย Weโ€™ve rounded up our favorite Green Christmas punch recipes for both kids and adults.ย 

You can make a kid-friendly or adult version of any punch on this list! Choose your liquor โ€“ champagne, vodka, or whiskey โ€“ and check out the recipes below!

1.ย CLASSIC GREEN GRINCH PUNCH RECIPE FOR KIDS:

Ingredients

  • 2 (1/4 ounce) packages lemon-lime Kool-Aid (powdered mix)
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 (46 ounce) can or jug of pineapple juice
  • 1 quart of cold water
  • 1 (2 liter) bottles ginger ale
  • *2 Bottles of champagne for the adult version*

Directions

  1. Chill liquid ingredients
  2. In a large punch bowl, mix the drink mix, sugar, pineapple juice and water (this makes A LOT of punch, depending on your punch bowl you can also split the batch and refill as needed)
  3. Add ginger ale
  4. *Add champagne to the adult version*

2.ย GREEN APPLEย GRINCH PUNCH RECIPE FOR KIDS:

St. Patrick's Day Green Punch
Christmas Green Punch (C) Made by Kids Co

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 Cups of Apple Juice
  • 2 (2 liter) bottles chilled lemon-lime soda
  • 3 Limes
  • 2 Oranges
  • 1 Ice Ring
  • *Add 1 (750ml) vodka + 2 Cups Green Apple Pucker for the adult version*

DIRECTIONS

  1. Stir together soda and apple juice in a large punch bowl
  2. Slice limes and oranges, add to bowl
  3. *Add vodka and Apple Pucker to adult version*
  4. Add ice ring; serve immediately

3.ย LIME SHERBERT GRINCH PUNCH RECIPE FOR KIDS:

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 (12 oz) cans frozen limeade concentrate
  • 1 (12 oz) cans frozen lemonade concentrate
  • 2 (2 liter) bottles Ginger Ale
  • 2 quarts lime sherbet
  • *1 (750 milliliter) bottle of whiskey for the adult version*

DIRECTIONS

  1. Combine limeade, lemonade and Ginger Ale
  2. *Stir in whiskey to the adult version*
  3. Mix in the lime sherbet; serve immediately

4. HAWAIIAN PUNCH CHRISTMAS RECIPE FOR KIDS:

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 large jugs of green Hawaiian Punch
  • 2 (16oz) container of pineapple Juice
  • *1 (750ml) bottle of vodka for the adult version*
  • Add oranges and limes for extra presentation

DIRECTIONS

  1. Combine pineapple juice and Hawaiian Punch
  2. *Stir in vodka to adult version*
  3. Stir and serve with ice. (This punch can also be served in a pitcher)

12 Days of Christmas Books

We have a fun and free Christmas tradition to start with your family this year. Each year in December, we round up all of our Christmas books in the house. I choose 12 and wrap them in Christmas wrapping. The 12 nights leading up to Christmas, the kids open one a night. Even though they are books we already have, the kids get so excited to unwrap a new book each night. You can also store the books with your holiday decorations to keep them out of sight and together for the next year. We always end with The Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve!

If you don’t have 12 Christmas books on hand, library books work great as well. They don’t cost you anything and after the kids have read them, you can return them to rent a new one the following year. If you’d like to start a Christmas collection of children’s books, we’ve rounded up a few favorites to purchase below!

Happy reading and Merry Christmas!

12 Classic Christmas Books for Kids

  1. The Night Before Christmas
  2. The Polar Express
  3. The Grinch
  4. The Nutcracker
  5. The Giving Snowman
  6. Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
  7. Frosty the Snowman
  8. How to Catch and Elf
  9. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
  10. I Saw Santa’s Underpants
  11. Grumpy Monkey Oh, No! Christmas
  12. The Snowy Day

Letter to Santa Digital Download

This adorable print-at-home letter to Santa is easy to print and give to your little one. They can write out their Christmas wishes and even check if they have been naughty or nice this year. Print one each year and save it in a scrapbook to look back on! If you’re looking for an easy way to add some holiday magic to your kid’s Christmas, this letter to Santa template is it! Your kids will look forward to writing their Christmas letter to Santa each year!

This letter prints on an 8.5×111 piece of paper. You will receive a PDF to download. **Please note: No physical letter will be shipped. This is a digital PDF file.**

**INCLUDES ONE DIGITAL PDF LETTER TO PRINT AT HOME**

Purchase on Made by Kids Company Etsy here!!

Super Easy Vanilla Cake Recipe – Kid-Friendly Christmas Cake Recipe

Holiday baking burnout is no joke! This 7 ingredient cake is so easy to make with kids and you won’t spend hours in the kitchen baking and cleaning up. You can even make a couple and let each kid decorate their own. With 10 minutes of prep time, you’ll have a quick and delicious cake in the oven in minutes. Decorate your Christmas cake with red sprinkles, faux Christmas trees, edible glitter, or colored frosting. The possibilities are endless and this makes for a super fun Christmas break activity. Keep this recipe handy for an easy birthday cake too!

This recipe yields one layer of cake.

If you’re looking for an easy vanilla cake recipe, look no further. This is literally the easiest cake you can make outside of a box cake. 10 minutes of prep time and you have a fluffy, vanilla cake that’s great for a quick dessert, birthday cake, or any time of the year.

Prep Time:
10 mins

Cook Time:
30 mins

Total Time:
40 mins

Servings:
12

Yield:
1 9-inch square cake or circle pan

The Easiest Vanilla Cake Ingredients

1 cup white sugar

ยฝ cup unsalted butter

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 ยฝ cups all-purpose flour

1 ยพ teaspoons baking powder

ยฝ cup milk

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F / 175 degrees C.

Grease and flour a 9-inch square cake pan or circle pan. You can double this recipe for a 2-layer cake.

Cream butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl. The trick to a light and fluffy cake is a light and fluffy creamed butter and sugar mixture. If it isn’t creamed before adding the eggs, the cake will be dense.

One at a time at each egg. Mix between each egg. Add vanilla.

Combine the flour and baking powder in a separate dry ingredient bowl. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix well. Add the milk and stir until smooth.

Pour your batter into the cake pan.

Bake in the preheated oven. The top of the cake will spring back when lightly touched. Use a cake tester or toothpick to test it. The bake time will range from 30 to 40 minutes.

Remove from the oven and cool completely.

Easy Buttercream Frosting

Prep Time:
10 mins

Total Time:
10 mins

Servings:
8

Yield:
2 1/2 cups

This recipe is for one layer cake, double for a 2-layer cake)

Ingredients

ยฝ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

4.5 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted

1 ยฝ teaspoons pure vanilla extract

2 tablespoons milk

Food coloring, or as needed (Optional)

Directions

Cream butter in the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. This will make sure your frosting is smooth and fluffy. Gradually add in confectioners’ sugar until fully mixed. Add in vanilla extract.

Add the milk and beat for another 3-4 minutes. Separate frosting for different colors if desired. If you’re only using one color of frosting, mix in 3-5 drops of desired color and mix well.