Most of my holiday stuff has been purchased after the holiday, on clearance. A couple of years ago after the 4th of July, I found this star-shaped silicon ice cube tray on clearance at Michael's Crafts for about $1. I forgot to use it last year.
The other day I got it out and began making star cubes. Such a fun little thing to make our holiday feel festive.
After I'd made a nice pile of star ice cubes, I used the mold to make some white gelatin stars for the top of our red, white, and blue jello salad.
For those interested in how my Kool-Aid jello salad turned out, here's a photo. This was a collaboration between one daughter and me. She really wanted to have white cake inside the jello, making this more of a dessert. I said that if she wanted cake in it, she would have to bake the cake.
So, what you're seeing on the side is a cake layer that is partly beneath the blue jello and blueberry layer, then topped with a red jello and strawberry layer. The cake actually "floated" up when I poured the jello onto it. Originally, I place the cake at the bottom of the soufflé dish.
For your information, the ice cubes popped out of the mold a lot easier than the jello cubes. But it all turned out okay, anyway.
