Every year, my class makes sugar cone Christmas trees. We incorporate
lessons about measurement, fractions, geometry, and reading and following
written directions.

If you have young ones to entertain this season, ice sugar ice cream
cones with green frosting, and decorate with small candies and
sprinkles. The Christmas trees always turn out so creative.

https://www.google.com/search?q=sugar+cone+christmas
+tree&client=ubuntu&hs=JvU&channel=fs&tbm=isch&tbo =u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=2cW0UpzEJs6-
sQTG74LwAw&ved=0CCsQsAQ

http://tinyurl.com/nvrjav7

Tara

"Tara" > wrote in message
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> Every year, my class makes sugar cone Christmas trees. We incorporate
> lessons about measurement, fractions, geometry, and reading and following
> written directions.
>
> If you have young ones to entertain this season, ice sugar ice cream
> cones with green frosting, and decorate with small candies and
> sprinkles. The Christmas trees always turn out so creative.
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=sugar+cone+christmas
> +tree&client=ubuntu&hs=JvU&channel=fs&tbm=isch&tbo =u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=2cW0UpzEJs6-
> sQTG74LwAw&ved=0CCsQsAQ
>
> http://tinyurl.com/nvrjav7

I used to make those and also the cake tree. Bake a rectangular cake, then
when cool, cut two triangles off the sides lengthwise. It is recommended to
use a fluffy white frosting tinted green but I never liked fluffy frosting
so just used my standard buttercream. Frost the top of the cake the fit the
cut pieces across it so that you have two layers. Frost the whole thing,
sprinkle with some red candies, then stuff three candy canes with the curves
broken off in the bottom for the trunk.

On 12/20/2013 3:42 PM, Tara wrote:
> Every year, my class makes sugar cone Christmas trees. We incorporate
> lessons about measurement, fractions, geometry, and reading and following
> written directions.
>
> If you have young ones to entertain this season, ice sugar ice cream
> cones with green frosting, and decorate with small candies and
> sprinkles. The Christmas trees always turn out so creative.
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=sugar+cone+christmas
> +tree&client=ubuntu&hs=JvU&channel=fs&tbm=isch&tbo =u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=2cW0UpzEJs6-
> sQTG74LwAw&ved=0CCsQsAQ
>
> http://tinyurl.com/nvrjav7
>
> Tara
>

Brilliant project, bookmarked and thank you!

On 12/20/2013 5:42 PM, Tara wrote:
> Every year, my class makes sugar cone Christmas trees. We incorporate
> lessons about measurement, fractions, geometry, and reading and following
> written directions.
>
> If you have young ones to entertain this season, ice sugar ice cream
> cones with green frosting, and decorate with small candies and
> sprinkles. The Christmas trees always turn out so creative.
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=sugar+cone+christmas
> +tree&client=ubuntu&hs=JvU&channel=fs&tbm=isch&tbo =u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=2cW0UpzEJs6-
> sQTG74LwAw&ved=0CCsQsAQ
>
> http://tinyurl.com/nvrjav7
>
> Tara
>
Very cute! You always add a lot of fun to the learning process for
those children.

Jill