Red Lunch

We invited A over for a Red Lunch, I think she was just as excited to eat it as my son was to make it!
If you haven't guessed it already this week is Red week!

From the top, Strawberries, Pepperonis, Craisins (cherry), Spaghetti-O's, Red Applesauce, Kidney Beans.
This time we guess the things we would like the most before we tasted them. Then we made a chart to see if our guesses were right. I was right that no one would like the kidney beans!
It was a big hit! So here is the list Yellow check, and now Red check, see ya next time A for the rest of the colors!

Recycled Halloween Puzzles

All of your Halloween cards that you get in the mail are so fun for the kids but then what?  Well, you detach the front part of the card...the cute stuff and cut it into different pieces so they are easy to put together later... here are my kids doing it.

 

The best part is that they can do it again next year, you see we just ziplocked it and put it in the Halloween Box for next year!

Pumpkin Seeds

This one is easy but I am assuming no one has a recipe...

Carve pumpkins.

Here are the innards.

Wash the pulp away.

Mix in a bowl 1/4 cup melted butter, 2 TBS of seasoned salt OR 2 TBS cinnamon and sugar. Mix with the seeds.

Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 400 for 45 minutes.

Now my husband is happy. This kids are too I guess.

Bones Puzzle

Here is the link where I found this puzzle. Since R was coming over to play with L...I thought this would be super fun for them to do while I grabbed a snack. I cut out the pieces and then laminated them with packing tape so they would be protected but bendable. It even came with a guide and the kids played with it for 20+ minutes. The best part was that they made their own skeleton men...there was lots of laughter too.
Perfect little halloween fun, I also copied them smaller on cardstock and put mini magnets on the back for a travel game for when we are on the road.

Look and Learn Dinosaurs

My nephew got this for Christmas last year and my son couldn't keep his hands off of it, so with an extra gift card that I had I went to Target and bought one for him. It is from National Wildlife Federation here is the LINK.

It is a view master too, so you buy the little books with the cards in it and let them explore. The best part is that they are 3D and they come with an information booklet with several disks in them.

If you have a little one who loves stuff like this I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this product. They even have a disney set of cartridges too!

Oh did I mention that if you didn't want it to be a view master it has a switch on it so it becomes actual binoculars? SWEET!

I LOVE this thing!

Rice Krispy Dinos

For dino week we also made a special treat, GREEN Rice Krispy Dinos. Here's how...

Bag of small marshmallows, 6 cups of Rice Krispies, 1/4 cup of butter, green food coloring.
I used cookie cutters to cut the shapes and then let my kids after bath identify what each dinosaur shape was and what they did. (eat plants or meat)
It was a great after dinner snack. Here is a tip do not add food coloring until everything is melted...then once the butter and marshmallows are smooth and green add the rice krispies.

Foot print Ghosts

When A came over the other day we made these ghosts.
They are super easy and I'll show you how...

Paint the foot, then stamp it. Repeat, and stamp the two prints so that the heels match up.

Tada!
Cut around the outside and then draw a face. Done!