More Summertime Activities and Snacks

By Francine Belliveau

ACTIVITIES

All About Me Book/Poster
Have the child create a special book about themselves with a variety of pages:
*my hand, my foot, my family, my house, my pet, my favourite toy, book, food, things I like to do with my family.

Shadow Tracing
On a nice sunny day trace your friend's shadow on the driveway with chalk or on paper with crayons or markers.

Shadow Tag
Chase each other on a sunny day and try to tag their shadow.

Wheel Painting
Paint with dinky cars. Run the cars through the paint and onto paper to make tracks.

Paper Towel Dip
Fold a paper towel in * several times and dip it in red water and then yellow water. Open carefully. Orange designs will appear.

Colored Celery Stalks
Place a celery stick with it's leaves in a glass of red or blue water. Watch what happens. The celery will eventually "drink" the water and it's leaves will turn the same color!

Greeting Card Puzzles
Use various old greeting cards and cut them into 4 - 5 pieces. Put it back together. Store in a Ziploc bag.

SNACKS

Zippy Drink
2 ripe bananas, 2 cups orange juice, 2 cups orange sherbet, ice cubes, orange slices. * Mash bananas, add orange juice, sherbet, and beat with a beater. Pour into a pitcher, add ice and orange slices.

Sailboats hard boiled eggs (sliced in half), slice cheese, toothpicks * Cut cheese slices into triangles and place through the cheese and stick it into the egg.

Animals in the Grass or Mud
graham wafers or other crackers, cream cheese (with green food coloring) or peanut butter, animal crackers. * Spread cream cheese or peanut butter on the cracker and stick an animal cracker in it.

Bugs on a Log or Raft
celery (or crackers), peanut butter or cheese whiz, raisins or rice crispies * Spread peanut butter in celery stick and top with raisins.

Cheese Hammers
pretzels sticks, cheese chunks * Stick sticks into cheese chunks.

Stop Signs
8 Sided crackers, peanut butter and jam.

Banana Bob
* Cut bananas into chunks and dip into honey. Roll in wheat germ and serve on a toothpick.