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The week of Thanksgiving is crazy. My kids are out of school, I am busy trying to get the house in tip-top shape for the holiday and family is arriving from out of town.
On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, my kids and I make salt dough place cards for Thanksgiving dinner. I buy a STOUFFER’S® Lasagna with Meat Family Size Entreé at Walmart so I don’t have to worry about making dinner.
Before the kids and I start on the salt dough place cards, we make the base for our non-alcoholic White Grape & Cranberry Sparklers.
Non-alcoholic White Grape & Cranberry Sparkler
Ingredients
- 4 cups Cranberry Juice
- 4 cups White Grape Juice
- 4 cups White Soda to be added later
- Fresh Cranberries optional
Instructions
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Mix cranberry juice with white grape juice.
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Refrigerate.
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When you are ready to serve, fill 1/2 a glass with the juice mixture.
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Fill the other 1/2 of the glass with white soda.
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Drop in a few cranberries, optional.
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Serve and enjoy!
We only make the base because if you add the soda, it’ll go flat.
After the sparkler juice is ready, the boys and I move into making salt dough place cards.
You’ll Need:
- 1 cup salt
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup water
- Wax paper
- Cookie cutter
- Paint, permanent markers, etc., optional
Instructions:
- Measure out all ingredients
- Use your hands to combine it all together. (It’ll feel like rough dough.)
- Roll into a large ball and then flatten it (to about 1/2 an inch thick) on a piece of wax paper.
- Cut your shape with a cookie cutter.
- Roll & repeat until you have as many as you need.
- Bake at 200 degrees for about 90 minutes.
- Let them cool.
- Decorate the place cards with paint and/or permanent markers.
- Set them out on your Thanksgiving table!
It’s nice to take a break from cleaning and cooking to spend time with my family. James, Colin and I have made these place cards for the last few years and we have so much fun making them!
I pair the White Grape & Cranberry Sparklers with a pre-made salad and STOUFFER’S® Lasagna with Meat. It’s a delicious meal and makes the Wednesday before Thanksgiving so easy!
STOUFFER’S® Lasagna Family Size is on Rollback at Walmart from 10/1/15 to 12/31/15.
This is such a fun, easy, and festive way to have dinner this time of year. I love the place card idea! STOUFFER’S® Lasagna is so good! -client
What a great idea. I host Thanksgiving dinner at my house every year and I always say it’s all about those special little touches.
such a neat idea. I would be a little too freaked out with kids around so I would probably use an edible marker to write on them. Other than that, awesome idea!
After they are baked, they are rock-hard. I don’t think they’d be able to get a bite off!
OH no, i get that but you never know with kids… LOL. Even trying to suck on them because they first grab it thinking it’s a cookie.
What a cute idea for name cards!!! Thanks for sharing the idea and inspiration!
Blessings,
JD – altamontefamily.com
What an adorable idea! I especially love the looks of that drink. YUM!!!
We LOVE STOUFFER’S® Lasagna! Those place cards are a clever idea!
My kids are grown up but I still want to make these. They are so cute and add such a special touch. Speaking of special…Stouffers Lasagna is delish!
Oh this looks like a great idea to try out! Our house loves STOUFFER’S lasagnas. They have the best tastes.
Those are just darling! I would love to make those salt dough place cards with the kiddos for our feast.
Those are SO cute! I have made salt dough ornaments but never thought to use them for place cards!