Cereal Necklace

This Edible Cereal Necklace  can be a Great 100th day of school activity..It can also be a fun preschool party activity.This also makes a great activity for kids’ birthday parties.This cereal necklace activity is great to keep the kids engaged and entertained indoors when its cold and rainy days.

This is a great fun craft for kids to do.They can create a beautiful piece of jewelry that they can wear. When they want to have a little snack they can eat the cereals/ Cheerios off the necklace.

My daughter made this for her 100 th day of school activity.

What you need:

Fruit loops/ cheerios / Apple Jacks/or any other cereals with a hole in it like cheerios
Yarn or strings

Instructions:

Divide cereals in bowls. If multiple children are making necklaces, give every child their own dish of assorted ingredients to minimize squabbling.
Take the piece of yarn or string and cut it so that it is about sixteen inches long.
Take one of the pieces of cereals and fit it into the end of the yarn.
Then tie that one piece of cereal onto the end of the yarn . This is the end of the necklace and the one piece of cereal that is tied to the yarn will prevent all the other pieces of cereal from slipping off the yarn.
Let the kids put the cereal onto the string one piece at a time.
Once the  yarn is full of cereals you can tie the two ends of the necklace together and wear it.

Make sure the cereal and yarn or string you use is clean. You may also have your child wash their hands before they make the cereal or Cheerio necklace.

Milk Carton Ginger Bread House

If you are looking for an easy gingerbread house to make with kids,in the classroom or at home then a milk carton gingerbread house is perfect for you.Milk carton gingerbread houses are easy for kids to make and fun to put together.This  Christmas craft allows kids to be hands on and involved from the very first step- no waiting around for mom or dad to complete the complicated prep.As your child's imagination is stimulated, his motor skills will receive a boost!Yesterday my daughter's class was having Christmas Party. There they made and decorated this no-bake Ginger bread house.

Materials Needed:-

Milk Carton
Graham crackers
Frosting / Icing
assorted candies
Small candies
M&M's
Gum drops
Red Hots
Peppermints
Candy canes
Pretzel Sticks
Mini Marshallows
Cherrios
Paper Plate
plastic knife
shredded coconut / coconut powder
News paper
Cookies
Sprinkles

How to build:-

# A few days before the activity, We rinse out the milk cartons and let them dry.Otherwise, a sour-milk will come out of milk carton.
# We used milk carton as the base of the house.
# First gather all needed materials and get organized before beginning to assemble milk carton gingerbread houses with your kids.
# Its best to have all of your candies ,pretzel sticks,cookies and gingerbread house decorations in individual
bowls or in a big paper plate separated each thing.
#If you are using homemade icing, prepare it ahead of time. Always cover homemade icing as it will dry out
quickly.
# Cover the tables where kids are going to make ginger bread houses with newspapers.
# Place a milk carton on a paper plate.
# Smear Frosting onto the side of your milk carton, covering all 6 sides.
# Stick on the graham crackers across the angled tops of the cartons to make the roof and 4 sides to make the walls and press firmly to attach.
# Using the frosting as a glue have kids decorate the gingerbread house with candies.
# Use green candy as shrubbery for the front of your house.
# You should have variety of candies on hand to use to decorate gingerbread houses. Look for unique candies.
# Sprinkle coconut powder / Shredded coconut all around the house as snow.
Be creative !Use your imaginations.If desired create detailed designs.

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Christmas Themed Paratha

My daughter is a picky  and fussy eater so I had to do something to keep her interest in the food.Trying to give small servings in frequent intervals makes it more easy for the kids, rather than forcing them to eat full meals. And making it more interesting makes things easy for us.Yesterday it was Palak Paratha dinner at my place.She as usual started saying that she don't want to eat the paratha. So I made her cut the paratha into different shapes using cookie cutters. She enjoyed and had fun cutting the paratha into different shapes and she ate it without any fuss.You can make the parathas / chaptis/ rotis in the form of unique images such as stars,animals,flowers,fun objects,themes etc...Kids will love and enjoy this.


Materials Nedded :-

Paratha / Chapati dough
Different Cookie cutters
Rolling board and Pin
Griddle /Pan

Method:-

Take a small ball out of dough and Very lightly flour a rolling board or clean counter surface and roll ball into a round Parathas.
Then cut it with different cookie cutters.My daughter cutted it into stars, flowers,gingerbread man,stockings,candy cane ,snowman.
Heat a griddle and fry the different shapes of parathas one at a time like this: Put a paratha on the griddle. Do the first flip when you see tiny bubbles rise on the surface of the paratha. As soon as the first flip is done, drizzle a bit of the remaining ghee on the top and spread well over the surface of the paratha. Flip again in 30 seconds and drizzle ghee on this surface too. The paratha is done when both sides are crispy and golden brown.
Christmas Themed  Palak Paratha  is ready to enjoy!

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Ants on a Log

This is a quick and tasty treat for kids. This is very easy to make.Even kids can make this. My daughter enjoyed spreading the peanut butter and arranging the ants on log.

Ingredients:-

4 stalks of celery
1 package spreadable cream cheese / Peanut Butter
1/2 cup Raisins / dried cranberries or your favorite toppings
knife

Method:-


   1.First Wash and dry 4 celery ribs. Cut off and throw away the ends.Cut each long piece of celery into 3-inch logs.
  2.Spread the Peanut Butter / cream cheese in the valleys of each piece of celery.
  3. Put your “ants” on top. For some variety, they could be: Raisins , dried cranberries, chopped dried apricots, small pieces of sliced banana, small cubes of crunchy apple, chopped almonds,chopped pistachios etc… Be creative!
   Healthy and tasty snack is ready within minutes to Serve .

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