No-Bake Banana Split Cake

Ingredients: For each serving of overnight oats ½ cup rolled oats or old fashioned oats 5 oz of milk ¼ cup Greek yogurt 1 tablespoon maple syrup 1 tablespoon chia seeds   Directions: 1.      In a jar, add all of your ingredients. Stir until combined then cover with a lid and refrigerate. 2.     To serve, […]

Overnight Oats

Ingredients: For each serving of overnight oats ½ cup rolled oats or old fashioned oats 5 oz of milk ¼ cup Greek yogurt 1 tablespoon maple syrup 1 tablespoon chia seeds   Directions: 1.      In a jar, add all of your ingredients. Stir until combined then cover with a lid and refrigerate. 2.     To serve, […]

Rainbow Toast

Ingredients: 1 ½ cups milk Food coloring White bread   Directions: 1.      Pour ¼ cup of milk into 6 different cups and add in food coloring to each cup to make: a.     Red cup, blue cup, yellow cup, green cup, purple cup, orange cup 2.     Stir each milk and food coloring mixture until it is […]

Crockpot Oatmeal

Ingredients: 2 cups steal cut oats 4 cups water 5 cups milk 2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional) Directions:   Before the children dismiss for school in the morning, place oats, water, milk and cinnamon in a crockpot. Cook on low for 8 hours or until oatmeal is cooked through. Set out various toppings for children to top […]

Puffy Chalk Paint

Ingredients: 1 cup flour 1 cup water 1 tablespoon dish soap Various colors of sidewalk chalk Plastic squeeze bottles (recycled ketchup bottles work GREAT) Cheese grater Funnels   Directions: 1.      Mix 1 cup of flour with 1 cup of water. Mix until there are no lumps. 2.     Add 1 tablespoon of dish soap. 3.     Keep […]

Fruit Burritos

Ingredients: 6-inch tortillas Soy nut butter or sun butter Assorted seasonal fruits Vanilla yogurt   Directions: 1.   Spread soy nut or sun butter over tortilla 2.  Place fruit slices down the center of each tortilla 3.  Drizzle vanilla yogurt over the fruit slices 4. Roll up the tortilla and enjoy!

Cold Dough

Ingredients: Baking soda Cold water Mixing bowl   Directions:  1.) Pour 3-4 cups of baking soda into a bowl  *Note: place baking soda box in the freezer 24 hours before to really make the dough cold  2.) Slowly mix in a small amount of cold water until the dough reaches a desired texture (to resemble […]

Magic Playdough

Ingredients: 2 cups of flour 1/2 cup of salt 1 cup of warm (not too hot) water (possibly a 1/2 cup more) 2 tablespoon of baby oil 3-4 drops of food coloring 2 tablespoons of cream of tartar 3-5 teaspoons of thermochromic pigment color   Directions: 1.      Mix flour, salt, cream of tartar and thermochromic […]

Ice Cream in a Bag

Ingredients:   4 cup half and half 6 teaspoons vanilla extract 4 tablespoon of sugar Lots of ice – a bag or two of ice would work best 1 cup of kosher salt 1-gallon sized Ziplock bag and 1 large Tupperware (big enough to hold the Ziplock bag and ice) *Note: this will be enough for […]

Dental Experiment

Ingredients: Ceramic Tiles (1 per child) 1 bottle of soda (a brown soda works best) 1 bottle of lemonade 1 bottle vinegar Water 1 plastic plate per child Toothbrushes Plastic Cups Paper Writing Instruments Directions: 1.      Give each child participating his/her own ceramic tile and plate. 2.     Let them choose which solution they are going […]