Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?!

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS

Dylan turns 7 on the 30th of September! he wanted a pool party this year, so we are leaving the house parties behind and heading down to blackberry farm this weekend!! hoping for some sunshine to go with our fun :) his auntie jan & shelley are making his 7th cake of his life!! this year he gave them his OWN ideas. no help from me. i cannot wait to see what they have come up with. for everyone who knows these ladies too, knows they always seem to top the previous cake.

[how its possible, i'll never know]!! 

so, Spongebob & a water party go great together!! when i think of him i think of a square. i got this idea weeks ago to make rice crispy treats look like Spongebob, himself. to get the treats as perfect squares, i opted for the already packaged treats from the store. blessing in disguise, since these treats took longer then expected to make. luckily i didn't have to add: make rice crispy treats to my list of to-do's tonight.

what i needed:

• rice crispy treats
• sucker sticks
• white chocolate melting chips
• food coloring
• vanilla & chocolate frosting.
• pyping tips and bags
• a picture of Spongebob himself :)
• clear bags to wrap
• ribbon 

first i unwrapped all the treats and stuck the sticks through the bottom of them. i melted the white chocolate chips and dyed it yellow. next i dipped each treat into the chocolate and layed them on parchement paper to dry. a quick trip to the freezer helped to. then came the decorating part. the most time consuming part was changing all the frosting colors & bags/tips. i did this like an assembly line. eyeballs first, then his pants, smile, eyelashes and lastly his red tie :) i am a perfectionist so i can spot all the imperfections of these homemade treats BUT my mom reminded me that these are for the kids and they will appreciate them for what they are... Spongebob Treats covered with yummy chocolate & frosting!! i am happy with how they came out. i must say they do resemble the yellow guy. tomorrow i will bag them up so they are ready for his party :) 

i had to post a pic earlier to FB because i was proud of the 3 hours of work i had just completed. thanks to everyone who thought they were cute, i really appreciate it. and for the record: i know i complained about it, but i would never have done it, if i didn't enjoy doing things like this! 

there really isnt anything i wouldnt do for my kid!! 

time to party :)