Olympic Snacks

As we have been watching and learning

all about the Sochi Winter Olympic,

food has become an

excellent resource to add

to our fun!

Here are some of the snacks/meals

we have enjoyed in honor of the Olympics:

Ring-a-Ding-Ding Drinks

I saw this idea over on

Savannah Smiled.

We placed Gummy Lifesavers at the bottom

of clear cups

(to symbolize the Olympic Rings)

and poured Sprite

on top of them.

To eat with the drinks we had...

USA! USA! USA! Chips and Salsa

All that is needed for this snack is some

yellow or white tortilla chips,

blue tortilla chips,

and serve it with a side of salsa.

These snacks were espscially popular with my crew,

ESPECIALLY the Gummy Lifesavers-

they went CRAZY over them!

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Olympic Pizza

Gotta have a themed pizza night for the Olympics!

I made a pepperoni and mushroom pizza

for Super Dad and I...

...and cheese pizza for the kiddos.

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Olympic Torch Snacks

I fixed these one afternoon for the kiddos

and their friends.

SO super easy and fun!

I found this idea via Pinterest at

Living Well Spending Less.

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Olympic Lunch Trays

For lunch one afternoon

I served a lunch fit for an Olympian.

The meal included:

Winter Themed Chicken Nuggets

Olympic Apple Rings and Carrots with Ski Poles

Gold Medals for dessert

(made from Golden Oreos and Fruit by the Foot)

I found the idea for the medals via Pinterest at

Living Well Spending Less.

(Ah- the calm before the storm...)

The kiddos ended up playing with their food a bit

while they ate,

which I didn't mind,

since it was all in the spirit of the Olympics.

They made skiers...

...and Ice Dancers...

...and even a snowman running the Skeleton!

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Welcome to the Love Lab

We celebrated this past Valentine's Day

with our Lemonhead Homeschooling group

by going...

...to the Love Lab.

I set up some several simple scientific activities

for us to do on a card table,

using test tubes and heart containers,

to get the kiddos in a "experimental" kind of mood.

Most of the experiments revolved around candy

in some way,

since V-Day often has us thinking about

chocolates and conversation hearts.

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Activity 1: Death by Chocolate

OK,

it was really anywhere near death,

but I did torture the kiddos' taste buds

with THIS simple experiment

using Hershey Kisses and their mouths.

(Nice, huh?)

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Activity 2: Floating M&M's

After placing some M&M's and Sixlets

into the bottom of a couple of cups...

...we poured water over them and waited.

Sixlets results

M&M's results

(I know it's hard to see, but we DID get a couple of floating

"M's" on top of the water.

You can read all about this experiment

and how it teaches water solubility

by clicking HERE. 

When the experiment was completed,

these two goof balls

dares each other to drink the

candy filled water...

Yum, yum.

;0)

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Activity 3: Unsinkable Marshmallows 

Using mini-marshmallows...

...the kiddos tried to see if they could sink

them in a cup of water.

A couple of them achieved success,

after they did something to their marshmallows,

which you can read about HERE.

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 Activity 4: Dancing Hearts

To make Conversation Hearts" dance,

all you need to do...

...is drop some into some Club Soda.

Here they are in action:

Read about why this works
by going HERE.

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Activity 5:  Funny Putty 

I got these putty kits

from the leftovers of one of our Vacation Bible Schools

a couple of years ago.

The kiddos added a bit of water to the powder

and waited until they had putty.

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Activity 6:  Awesome Apothecary Pouches

Using THIS tutorial,

the kiddos turned matchboxes

into little pouches they could carry

"medicinal treasures" in.

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Activity 7: Mentos- the Fountain Maker

Using Diet Coke, Mentos, and

Steve Spangler's Geyser Tube,

we ended our

time in the Love Lab with a bang...

You can read why this experiment works the way it does
by going HERE.

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I do believe we all developed a deeper affection

for science in the Love Lab!

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Linking up with Science Sunday...

Monsters University Week: Monster Meals and Tasty Treats

Now what would a 

Monsters University Theme Week

BE 

without...

...foodie fun?

I tried to provide either a 

Monstrous meal

or snack 

everyday during

our week-

and here they are in the order

we ate them... 

:0)

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(Idea via HERE)

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(The Monster student ID cards were from the back

of the Mac 'n Cheese boxes.)

(I "attached" the candy eyeballs to the grapes

with Cool Whip.)

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("Fuzzy" toothpicks were from The Dollar Tree.)

(These Monster cut outs were from the 

back of the Cheez-Its box.)

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This snack is what I like to call

"Mike Wazowski in a Cup."

It is just green jello 

with an Oreo and chocolate chip on top...

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Monstrous Mocktails

were on the snack menu one afternoon...

...along with MU Fruit Snacks.

To make the drink...

...freeze whatever flavor of Kool-Aid you would like

into ice cube trays...

...and pour Sprite on top of them.

Make certain to serve the beverage with

three straws,

since some monsters are known to have 

three mouths... ;0)

I do believe my little "monsters'

enjoyed all of the fun food from out week!

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Linking up with the

After-School Linky Party...