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Friday 14 September 2012

An Elmo Red Face

Tomorrow is Baby's second birthday.  Since the celebration theme is Elmo, I wanted to try my hand at working the little guy into Rice Krispie squares.  I took this notion while I was standing in the grocery store and realized I wasn't sure what colours his features were.  No problem!  There's a woman in the aisle that looks young enough to have small children. I told her I was wanting to make some Elmo balls and could she tell me what colours I should use.  She seemed rather surprised and I thought this was a good opportunity for her to connect with people instead of grabbing her groceries and getting out of there.  Young people are always in such a rush!

She pulled out her I Phone and showed me a picture.  I graciously thanked her for all her help and she passed on by.  Arm stretched to reach for the food colouring, I froze.  I told her I was making Elmo balls! Elmo BALLS!  No wonder the poor woman looked startled!

Now my face is as red as Elmo's! ~


Please let me never bump into that woman in the store again!  Please let me think before I blurt something out to a complete stranger, ever again!

Anyway, I did figure out how to make these things.  I added red food colour to the butter/marshmallow melt.  It took almost half the little food colour bottle to get the stuff to go from pink to red.

I feel very sorry for the parents who will have their kids bouncing off the walls from all that red dye! ~


It was surprisingly difficult to shape the BALLS.  The best way to do it is to dunk your hands in warm water and smooth the mixture into a BALL shape. ~


I used the can of icing that comes with decorating nozzles to make rosettes in white and added brown Skittles for the eyes.  Orange Skittles made the nose. ~


All you need to remember is to have warm water on your hands for shaping, use lots of red dye and call them Elmo HEADS, not BALLS!

  

24 comments:

  1. They came out fantastic! Elmo balls, hilarious! I'm actually laughing out loud!

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  2. Can you imagine the conversation in THAT home when she got back lol
    These are the cutest things ever Maureen - totally stealing this idea ( for what I have no idea - but they're just too adorable for words!!! )

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  3. I bet Baby loved them!! Me?? I'm am laughing so hard I have tears in my eyes! Elmo Balls!! Hilarious! That lady will be telling on you all over town!

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  4. Thanks for the morning laugh. They turned out really cute and gave me a great idea for my grand-daughter's next bday. Deb

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  5. Maureen, you are always good for a giggle, but you outdid yourself today! Love your balls.

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  6. LOL- Elmo's balls are darling! We all do things like that. One time my rather stodgy boss was having trouble with his mouse. When I looked at it the little ball part underneath was all cruddy. I left and came back in with some cleaner. He said...what are you doing? I said I'm gonna clean your mouse balls...lol....omg...I was MORTIFIED. He never let on that he "got it"...and my face was red for days everytime I thought about it ...as a matter of fact- it is red right now.

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  7. They are darling. I love rice crispy treats of any kind especially home made. I find they are tricky to make and you must be very fast to make them. hugs, olive

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  8. They are so cute, the kids will love them.

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  9. I love the balls and I can totally picture you standing in the grocery store asking this poor woman, I know she is laughing and I am sure you made her day and I am TOTALLY stealing the idea. Great post, thanks for the laugh.

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  10. But it's so much more fun to call them Elmo balls!! My girls were Elmo one Halloween and it's still one of my favorite memories of them. Happy 2nd to Baby!
    Kelly

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  11. Oh my gosh did that make me laugh out loud! Plus the Elmo Balls are super-cute (so I hope you don't mind that I pinned them)!
    --Elena
    acasarella.blogspot.com

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  12. That's so funny! I can see me doing that very thing! Laughing as I type!
    Your Elmo balls turned out adorable! I have to share this with my daughter- she does nanny work part time!

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  13. How cute! It makes me want to have little kids again. Well, almost. I'd better make some for the neighbor kids.

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  14. HJahahahaha! Maureen that is so hilarious. Don't fell bad I've done things like that before and just like you hope I never run into that person again. Those Elmo faces are the cutest thing I've seen lately. Thanks for sharing at Totally Transformed Tuesday.

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  15. Oh I lol! Your elmo balls are adorable!!! thanks for pinning my chairs!

    Carol

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  16. Elmo's balls are gorgeous! :-) :-)

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  17. That is so funny! I love your Elmo heads. They are adorable!

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  18. Maureen, They turned out adorable and I know the Elmo balls will be a big hit at the party. Thanks so much for the sweet comment you left me about my dad.

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  19. I love RK squares when I was a kid. I would have been thrilled with these!

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  20. I might need those one day! I am pinning them. Thanks!

    Stopping by from Seven Alive. Love for you to stop by and return the follow when you can ;)
    Julie @ Naptime Review
    www.thenaptimereview.com

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  21. Hi Maureen! Love this idea and looks yummy. I'm featuring you today on my FB page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/PJH-Designs-One-of-A-Kind-Vintage-Antique-Furniture/148837665199074 Have a great week.

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  22. I always make my rice krispies as balls but never used water before. Me and the kids melt some butter and cover our hands real good.

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