A Party For Dad

Sports-themed cookies help make this Father’s Day a memorable one. (NAPSA)—San Diego Padres catcher Mark Parent’s contract included a clause requiring that he be in the opening lineup on Father’s Day. Fathers and sports go togetherlike hot dogs and mustard. Now you can make Dad’s favorite sport a Father’s Day theme. For example, a baseball day might include team flags and baseball cards decorations—and a gameof catch in the back yard. Baseball-themed snacks such as cookies round out the celebration. It can be easy to make basketball, baseball or tennis ball cookies this year. It starts with oven-fresh cookies you can bake yourself. All you need is your Easy-Bake Oven and some supplies: * One four-pack of Easy-Bake sugar cookie and chocolate cookie mix. * One Easy-Bake white frosting packet (included with EasyBake cake mix) or canister of white frosting. * Red, yellow and blue food coloring. * Black ropelicorice. * Sour tape. Then decorate to celebrate any sport: Basketball * Make orange frosting by adding 1 drop of red and 2 drops of yellow coloring to frosting; cover cookies with frosting. * Make basketball stripes using 4 pieces of black rope licorice. Baseball * Frost a cookie with white icing. * Cut strips of sour tape to create the baseball stitching. Tennis * Add one drop of blue food coloring and three drops of yellow food coloring to white frosting to make green icing; cover cookies with frosting. * Use the sour tape to create the white line on the ball. Cookie and cake mixes for your Easy-Bake Oven are available at supermarkets and toy stores. For more tips and ideas, go to www.easy bake.com or call 1-800-255-5516.