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| Chick & Egg DAZE |
| Art: Baby Chicks Cut the separate little egg cups from a white styrofoam egg carton. Make jagged edges around the top to resemble a cracked egg. Glue this to a small square of posterboard. Glue dried grass, hay, or excelsior around the bottom of the egg to form a nest. Use either two yellow cotton balls or two yellow pom-poms to form a chick. Glue one of top of the other inside the egg to form the chicks body and head. Cut a tiny diamond from orange felt and fold in half. Put a string of hot glue on the fold and stick on the chicks face. Glue on wiggly eyes. Filter Paper Eggs Materials: Coffee Filters , Food Coloring , Eye Droppers or Straws Directions: Precut egg shapes out of coffee filters. Mix water and food coloring in a baby food jar. (Make several different colors) Let the children use eyedroppers or straws to drip colors on the filter shape. The colors will run together and make beautiful eggs. Drama Games: Musical Easter Eggs Cut out large egg shapes from colored paper. Laminate them and cut them out. Place them on the floor. It is best for younger children to have more eggs than children. Play music and have the children walk around the room. When the music stops each child needs to find an egg to stand on. Language: Math: Music: Recipes: Snack Ideas Cute Egg Chicks These big-eyed chicks will steal the show at your Easter table or on a buffet! The Taste of Home Test Kitchen staff took a little artistic license with a recipe shared by field editor Tami E. of Dumont, Minnesota. and came up with these clever chicks. Yield: 1 dozen 12 hard-cooked eggs 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese 2 teaspoons finely chopped onion 1/2 teaspoon curry powder 1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard 1/8 teaspoon pepper 3 stuffed olives 1 small sweet red pepper Cut a thin slice from the bottom of each egg so it sits flat. Cut a zigzag pattern a third down from the top of each egg. Carefully remove yolks and place in a small bowl; mash with a fork. Add the mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese onion, curry, mustard and pepper; stir until well blended. Spoon yolk mixture into the egg white bottoms; replace tops.Cut olives into slices for eyes. Cut 12 small triangles from red pepper for beaks. Gently press the eyes and beaks into egg yolk filling. Refrigerate until serving. Egg Salad with Asparagus and Parmesan Ingredients 4 large, hard-cooked eggs 1/4 pound. asparagus, cut into bite-sized pieces 2 teaspoons. lemon zest 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/4 c. scallions (green onions), chopped fine 1 tsp. cayenne pepper 1/2 cup shaved Parmesan Directions: Bring a medium pot with 3 cups salted water to a boil. Immerse the asparagus for 2 to 4 minutes or until bright green and crunchy tender. Rinse immediately under cold water. Pat dry and toss with olive oil, lemon zest, scallions, and 1/4 cup Parmesan. Cut eggs in half, and sprinkle each with a bit of cayenne pepper. Serve each egg with asparagus mixture. Edible Birds Nest Chow mien noodles Chocolate chips or brick chocolate Jelly beans Candy coated chocolate eggs Marshmallow chicks Peanut butter Wax paper Paper plates (colored plates optional) Place squares of wax paper onto to individual plates. Put chow mien noodles in a large bowl. If using brick chocolate, break into pieces. Melt chocolate chips or pieces in the microwave, or over low heat on stove, just until melted. Pour melted chocolate over chow mien noodles, mix together to coat. Place mounds of chocolate/chow mien mixture onto several plates (on top of waxed paper). Have children form the mixtures into nests. Be sure the chocolate has cooled, but don't wait too long or it will harden! Using peanut butter as an adhesive, "glue" down the jelly beans and candy coated Chocolate eggs inside the nest cavity. "Glue" marshmallow chick on the edge of or inside of the nest Recipes: Craft Ideas Science Stand Up Egg Place a large spoonful of salt on a counter near a sink. Stand an egg up in the salt. Gently blow the salt away toward the sink. Amazing the egg stays standing! Coloured Eggs Materials: water, food colouring, vinegar, bowl Procedure: Fill a small bowl with water and add ten drops of food colouring. Place a hard-boiled egg in the water for 2 minutes. Take the egg out and look at its colour. Now add three large spoonfuls of vinegar to the bowl. Put the egg back in the bowl for 2 minutes. Look at the colour now. Wow! What a change! Egg Twirl Test Can you tell if an egg is hard boiled or raw without cracking its shell? Just spin the egg on its side. A hard boiled egg will spin much better than a raw one. Egg Carton Fun Use a plastic egg carton for this activity. Fill each hole 3/4 full with water. Add red food coloring to one hole, blue to another, and yellow to another. Give your child an eye dropper, show them how to use the eye dropper to move the colored water to clear water, notice how the color changes. Let them experiment. For older children, ask them how to make green, purple, brown, and aqua colors Sensory |
Prop Box Ideas Include the following collections of objects and materials for children to create, discover, and use for imaginary play. Store collections in boxes or baskets to be accessible at any time (indoors or outdoors) for children to enhance their dramatic play. Have you Tried... c. 2007 -2008 |
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