Fun activity ideas

[mkcornflower]

Since I homeschool, I am always trying to come up with really fun things that we can do as a family and incorporate into our school lessons.

The most recent one we did was a Shrek movie night. The kids had been wanting to see the new movie, Shrek the Third, so we got that and had a "Shrek dinner and a movie".

The menu consisted of snack/appetizers, main dish, and desserts. Here is what we came up with.

Snacks/appetizers:
Leeches on a log (aka: bugs on a log)--raisins, peanut butter on celery sticks

Goldfish--Puss in Boots' favorite snack

Bugs--We used bug shaped crackers (keebler, I think) and fun bugs gummies (gummy bugs that have juicy centers like gusher fruit snacks)

Main Dish:
Worms and Eyeballs--Spaghetti and Meatballs

Q-tips and Earwax--Breadsticks and Cheese sauce to dip

Desserts:
Dirt pudding--Vanilla pudding with crushed oreos on top for dirt (I used mint oreos to add some green to it) and gummy bugs sticking out. I also put them in edible waffle bowls for easy cleanup and to look more "rustic"

Spider cookies--I opened oreos and laid strips of chocolate licorice across it for legs. I used chocolate frosting to hold them down and then put the top back on. Frost the top with chocolate frosting and use mini chocolate chips for the eyes.

Gingerbread cookies--you can't have a Shrek night without decorated Gingys..lol

Drink:
Swamp Juice--can't forget this! Green Hawaiian punch made into punch with pineapple juice and 7up (add the pop last)--Put spoons of green sherbet all across the top to cover it--add the 7up now to make it foam and look like a swamp. We made bug ice cubes by using ice cube trays and the fun bugs gummies that I mentioned earlier--put one to two bugs in each tray and fill with water.

It was a lot of fun and the kids are still talking about their gross dinner!

What other fun ideas do you have like this? I am always looking for new ideas.

Thanks! :D

[busbus]

Since I homeschool, I am always trying to come up with really fun things that we can do as a family and incorporate into our school lessons.

The most recent one we did was a Shrek movie night.

The menu consisted of snack/appetizers, main dish, and desserts. Here is what we came up with.

Snacks/appetizers:
Leeches on a log (aka: bugs on a log)--raisins, peanut butter on celery sticks

Goldfish--Puss in Boots' favorite snack

Bugs--We used bug shaped crackers (keebler, I think) and fun bugs gummies (gummy bugs that have juicy centers like gusher fruit snacks)

Main Dish:
Worms and Eyeballs--Spaghetti and Meatballs

Q-tips and Earwax--Breadsticks and Cheese sauce to dip

Desserts:
Dirt pudding--Vanilla pudding with crushed oreos on top for dirt (I used mint oreos to add some green to it) and gummy bugs sticking out. I also put them in edible waffle bowls for easy cleanup and to look more "rustic"




It sounds as if you guys had a great time. I truly enjoyed reading about this "adventure." It is something that I can suggest to some of my new teachers. I like to give them things to store away for future use. Thank you.

When I was in the classroom, as a follow-up to our reading of Green Eggs and Ham, we decided to create a breakfast of green eggs and ham. We added pancakes with syrup to the menu, along with juice and milk. :)(If I had been imaginative, I might have come up with some interesting names for the pancakes, syrup juice and milk.)

We had fun creating the green eggs and had a ball entertaining our guests and answering their questions about the green eggs.

[Bananas]

And on one St. Patrick's Day, we had green food. Not moldy food, but with food coloring. Hubby and the kids could stomach, and swallow, their green milk. They could also eat the green apple sauce. They did not want to touch the green mashed potatoes, though.

[Teacherwaves]

Over here in Scotland, UK, Burns Night was coming up, so our class designed tartan placemats on A4 paper which were all laminated. To celebrate Burns, all the kids took their placemats to the dining hall where they ate haggis, neeps and tatties on them and watched a Scottish fiddler play to them.

You could use this idea for all sorts of themes throughout the year!