Resurrection Day Breakfast
Today I have a little breakfast to celebrate the Easter story. Make a fun little breakfast to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead! An egg-in-toast is a great way to portray the empty tomb and this breakfast will be a great way to talk about this great story. Ingredients: 1 slice of bread 1 egg […]
4 easy play date snacks
I have some easy, healthy, and fun snacks for your next play date. Now that the weather is cooler, we will be hosting more play dates here at the house as opposed to meeting our friends out at the park, pool, or outside entertainment. I thought I’d share a few ideas of healthy and cute […]
Mike Wazowski (2 versions)
Monsters Inc is one of our favorite Disney Movies. Mike Wazowski is one of the hilarious characters who works with Sulley. I have two versions of Mike Wazowski to make for your Monsters Inc fan! Do you recognize this guy from Monsters Inc.? Mike Wazowski is made of a honeydew melon sliced and cored. His […]
ABC Lunch
Is your child learning the ABC’s? How about their vowels? Today I have a lunch for you that is inspired by a story and that is perfect for teaching the ABC’s, practicing vowels, and spelling. Slice a banana into 21 sections, and then find something else, like celery or perhaps apples or graham crackers, to […]
Joshua and the battle of Jericho
Joshua 6:1-27 tells the story of the great city of Jericho with walls so high and fortified that no adversary could break through. God called the Israelite leader Joshua to march around the city with the priests blowing their trumpets of ram’s horns in front of the ark of the covenant for six days. On […]
Healthy Halloween Snacks
Healthy Halloween Snacks are hard to come by sometimes. For those of us who are into providing healthy Halloween Snacks, here are two to try. Create a spooky spider in his web! Peel string cheese and lay it on the plate in a pentagon shape starting on the outside layer. Move inward, creating another smaller […]
Ghost
I have seen SO MANY adorable Halloween treats out there on the web, but how about a healthy Halloween Snack? Create a friendly ghost for your child’s snack by spooning some cottage cheese into shape onto a plate. Next, give him some eyes by slicing a baby carrot into two circles for the background of […]
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Today’s post features Eric Carle’s beloved Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you see? story book as well as a learning activity and snack to go with it! This comes from a series I been calling Read.Play.Eat. Take a look at the snacks and learning activities I shared for the following children’s books: Blackout It […]
Lion King Lunch
“The Lion King” is one of my personal favorite Disney movies of all time. We just got a copy for Christmas and the songs “Circle of Life” and “Can you feel the love tonight” are stuck in my head for hours every time we watch it! Simba and Mufasa are the heroes of the story, […]
READ.PLAY.EAT – Lousy Rotten Stinkin’ Grapes
READ. By Margie Palatini Lousy Rotten Stinkin’ Grapes is an adorable story about a fox trying to reach grapes high up in a tree and getting all of his friends to help him. He thinks he is the smartest of all the creatures in the forest, so he is boss and tells all of his […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Party Drinks
Today’s post is part of a collection of ideas I’m putting together for one of our Facebook friends who asked for some creative ideas for her son’s upcoming birthday party. We’ve already shared the Ninja Turtle Apples, and today we have a beverage for you. (Do YOU have a kids birthday party coming up soon? […]
