Bake It and Build It

by Elizabeth MacLeod

Published 1 January 1998

There's nothing more personal than gifts made by hand -- especially ones you can eat! With over 30 recipes and lots of ideas for decorating reusable containers, kids can create one-of-a-kind gifts that will be enjoyed long after the edible goodies are gone!

Cakes --- especially homemade ones --- make any celebration special! This book is filled with 19 easy-to-do cake designs and decorating tips simple enough for kids to try on their own. Decorating with candies, cookies and other goodies means that no fancy pastry bags or labor-intensive parental supervision is required. The illustrated step-by-step instructions, full-color photos and delicious cake and icing recipes in this book in the Kids Can Do It series help kids take cakes from plain to WOW in no time flat!

Kids can make a
? scary dinosaur
? bright butterfly
? spooky jack-o'-lantern
? cuddly cat
? lucky rainbow
? terrific tiger

Chock Full of Chocolate

by Elizabeth MacLeod

Published 1 September 2005
From a polka-dot pie that's perfect for a party to a silly salami you can eat for dessert, this book in the Kids Can Do It series is choc-a-block with more than 45 tasty chocolate recipes. Includes Quick Treats, delicious chocolate ideas kids can prepare in minutes, or even seconds!Kids can make? triple chocolate cookies? cool shakes? s'more gorp? candy-covered pizza? dirt dessert

With these fast and simple recipes, kids can ring in the New Year with icy shortbread, wow a dinosaur fan with oatmeal dinos, brighten a summer picnic with mouthwatering watermelon cookies or make wishes come true with delicious magic wands. Special days, special friends or just for fun -- there are lots of reasons to make cookies in this book in the Kids Can Do It series.