I recently heard about the Betty Crocker #SpreadCheer campaign that’s going viral and thought it would be the perfect family date to kick off the holiday season!
Here’s the premise: if you’ve heard of being “Boo-ed” at Halloween, it’s the same idea for Christmas! One family starts out the chain by making a plate of treats for another family with a Spread Cheer printout or card. That family then returns the favor by sending a plate of treats they have baked to a new family or two in their neighborhood. By the end of the holiday season hopefully the entire neighborhood has been blessed with a little holiday cheer in treat form!
Because we’re limited on time with a newborn, we picked up a few Betty Crocker cookie mixes so we could make a cute plate full of variety.
I love that there’s only about 2 ingredients to add, and you have some delicious cookies ready in no time! Soften butter, an egg, a mix, and a mixer and you’re all set (cute baking buddy optional).
We made sure to introduce our little man to one of our favorite pastimes- the holiday baking date.
And we got to enjoy his eyes get huge in awe of the mixer. Seeing things through the eyes of a baby has already made me enjoy life a lot more! I forgot how cool electric mixers are, and sometimes his awe of things remind me how cool the world really is.
We won’t mention which family member has spit up functioning like a geyser these days, so we’ll just pretend we’re not all wearing new shirts and say we had a lovely time delivering cookies and teaching our baby to #SpreadCheer and give and serve during the holiday season!
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Best of luck, and don’t forget to tag your images online so we can spread the joy in person and through the Internet!
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I would make the Chocolate Chip Reindeer Cookies and share them with my friends.
So fun! I like the little poem and can fully relate to the outfit change. That's happened many, many times between my 2 kids.
Cutest pictures ever, and I love these ideas!
How adorable!! And thanks for the giveaway–ps I have NO idea how I wasn't already following you on Twitter. Gah! Well, now I am at least #BetterLateThanNever
You guys are cute with or without spitup 🙂 those cookies look tasty!
I love these cookie mixes during the holidays! I use them all the time.
This looks like so much fun! Such a fun way to add your little man to your dates!
I'd share the chocolate chip reindeers with Hudson! 🙂
Here is the link to our #SpreadCheer goodies:
I would make the holiday blossom cookies and share them with the local fire and police stations in my community.