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This little pot of strawberry flowers is the perfect spring snack. My kids loved it. Works great in a muffin tin meal. Here's the simple "how to":

You'll need:

• Large Strawberries
• Toothpicks
• Honeydew Melon 

Many of you have emailed me with requests over the last few weeks wanting to know where to find 6 cup muffin tins. After emailing back and forth with one kind reader, I decided I would post about it. Because I am sure there are more of you out there. Because the 6 cup variety is used less frequently by traditional bakers, they are not as readily available as the 12 cup muffin tin.

I use both 6 cup and 12 cup tins when I make MTMS. 6 cup tins are significantly harder to come by and often times more expensive (go figure). SO here is a list of places that you can find them in stores and online.

In Stores:

Michaels/Hobby Lobby
Armed with a 40% off coupon, you can snag a cute shaped 6 cup silicone muffin pan made by Wilton for around $5.99

Sur La Table
You will find a what you are looking for in this charming store for around $9.95 (also available for purchase online.).

Walmart
The Walmart website says they have them available in stores.  However, I went in and they were out of stock. Check availability before you go in. You can also purchase it online and have it shipped, sometimes for free via their "site-to-store" option.

TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Ross
I went to 3 different locations and I was able to find 1 six cup muffin pan for $7.99. It was one of my favorite brands, Calphalon. Finding the right bake ware will be purely by chance, but when you do, it's usually very good quality.

Dollar Store
Check your local dollar store. They may have them in stock. Mine didn't, but I have seen them in the past.

Online:

Amazon has a wide variety of brands and prices.
Target has a wide variety and some square options which are super cute.

Welcome to Muffin Tin Monday! We are still  wrapped up in post- Easter fun. How about you? I will keep it short and sweet this week for Muffin Tin Monday. Here is the Muffin Tin Meal I made this past week. We had a healthy Muffin Tin Lunch.

Ham and cheese sandwiches with fruit leather bunny cut outs, carrot sticks and ranch dressing, honeydew bunnies. The tools I used, including the the pink bunny food cup, the cutters for the honeydew melon and the fruit leather can be found through allthingsforsale.com the 6 cup muffin tin is made by Wilton.

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In this muffin tin: Ham and cheese sandwich squares with fruit leather bunny cutouts, honeydew melon bunnies, carrot sticks and ranch in a bunny cup.

A pretty little apple flower for snack time today. My kids eat apples any which way I serve them, so this food art was really just for me.

Be sure to slice your apples super thin so they lay flat, and choose a round-ish food for the center. Carrots perhaps? Or maybe red grapes or a dollop of peanut butter.

Welcome to Muffin Tin Monday! This is the weekly blog link up that showcases reader submitted Muffin Tin Meals. Muffin Tin Mom is the official home of the Muffin Tin Meal and your go-to resource for all things Muffin Tin Meals.

Didn't want to leave you hanging this week...

This week's links

Simple Bites: Learn the in's and out's of creating pantry staples from scratch in this "Eat Well, Spend Less series.

A Little Learning For Two: Earth Day is Aprill 22, teach your child gratitude for the earth with this simple play-dough and Popsicle stick activity. Found via Teach Preschool on Tumblr.

Meet The Dubiens: Easy shaving cream bathtub paints in a muffin tin. As my son likes to say "easy peasy lemon squeeze-y"

Photo credit: A Little Learning for Two

Fruit-filled Muffin Tin Meal with low fat vanilla yogurt  for dipping.....shhhhhh, this was my MTM and it was gooooooood.

I purchased these white cupcake cups from my neighbor's son who was raising money over the holidays for his school. They were six dollars for six cups. So cute!

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Welcome to another edition of Muffin Tin Monday, the weekly blog link up that shares reader submitted Muffin Tin Meals. Muffin Tin Mom is the official home of the Muffin Tin Meal and your place to find all things MTM.

Serving food in a muffin tin is a fantastic way to introduce new foods to kids. It also helps parents break up the "sandwich rut" as I like to call it. You never know what your child might try.


I bought some "sandwich thins" made by orrow wheat at the market this week. They look like rectangles. The bread is soft whole wheat goodness. The kids loved them!


We used butterfly silicone cupcake liners we found at Target last year. Keep your eyes peeled this year for some fun finds like these.


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Punkin Patterns: Do you sew? Looking for a way to help your little one learn to set the table on his/her own?Then this table setting placemat tutorial is perfect for you. Found via One Pretty Thing

Family Fun: Squee! These little "Dye-ving Dudes" dyed Easter Eggs are so stinkin' cute. They make me giggle and smile.

Crafts By Amanda: Love this angry birds craft made from carboard tubes! Do you your kids love angry birds as much as my kids do?

CupKate's Event Design: Pushpop Cupcakes? Um, hello! I am so there. Found via Love from The Oven via Edible Crafts on Craft Gossip also, if you want the containers...and puh-lease, I know you do, Kate sells them in her etsy shop. However, she is currently sold out. Boo!

{Image Credit: Love From The Oven}

Muffin Tin Mom is the home of the Muffin Tin Meal and Muffin Tin Monday, the weekly blog link up showcasing reader submitted Muffin Tin Meals from around the web. It'also your place to get the scoop on all things MTM. Have you seen our theme suggestions page? It's packed with theme ideas to help you create a themed Muffin Tin Lunch, Snack, Meal or Dessert. And our Flickr group has hundreds of photos just waiting to be exlored!