Wanted: Kids Of All Ages! Kids Stuff

WANTED: Kids of all ages!

debntim 15 years ago

Welcome! I teach children every day and have eight grandchildren. Anyone who knows kids knows that they LOVE to DO stuff, MAKE things, EAT! Bad weather is plaguing us lately, and, just yesterday, one of the assistants at school was telling me that SHE was going to lose it if the kids couldn't go outside one more day because of the rain. The holidays are coming, too, and what better time to make some precious memories in the kitchen with your little ones. You can make everything from dough ornaments to crispy cookies to homemade taffy ~ ever been to a taffy pull when you were a kid? ~ to jelly bean cupcakes. You're limited only by your kids' and your own imagination. I'll start us off with one of my granddaughter's favorites, 'chocolate oaties'. I can't wait for you to share your favorites, too!

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lanacountry 15 years ago said:

Hello Deb and everyone..I am glad to be here..Our nest is empty, and all are
far away, but would love to see what we all can come up with..

Also maybe some ideas for us Grand parents (and others) for things that
ship nicely (and FRUGALLY:) besides money and cards!! :)

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laurieg 15 years ago said:

Hi Deb, great idea for a group. My 2 girls have such different tastes one loves lobster, steak and anything expensive, the other would live on chicken fingers and hot dogs....They both do love to help in the kitchen..

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sharyl4 15 years ago said:

Don't have a little un, my daughter is 16, but am happy to be a part of this new group!! And, yes...Great idea. I will contribute if I can!!! :)

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annieamie 15 years ago said:

We used to pop regular poporn kernals in an air popper and give large bowls out to groups of children. You can allow the kids to string the popcorn on heavy thread using the dull plastic needles used for knitting projects (which have a large "eye") like what people used to do with cranberries and popcorn for the Xmas trees. You can use "fruit loop' kind of cereals that are colored and or add dried berries, large beads, small leaves, buttons, etc to add more color to the strands of popcorn. OR you can make a project where the kids glue four pieces of popcorn together on newspaper with white glue and make several "rounds" of these. Later in the day, they can bead the larger bundles of popcorn together which come out looking like popcorn flowers. An adult can put some glitter on these or you can even have the kids paint them for colorful leis of popcorn. Well that's my idea for a way to keep the girls busy!

The boys? If they don't want necklaces, depending on their age of course, they can make things like houses, open boxes, balls, Ninja-Batman-Superman-Dinosaur-Yoda-Luke Skywalker-banana shaped things with feet. Well they'll find something to make eventually. They can glue the popcorn on to paper cups or other cardboard or styrofoam ware that you might have available. Glue and popcorn is an inexpensive way to let little ones make something creative! A styrofoam ball decorated with popcorn, a few hard candies and some berries actually makes a lovely Christmas ornament for the Christmas or holiday tree.

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juels 15 years ago said:

Annieamie, what a nice bunch of great ideas!!! My kids have made cereal necklaces at school before and they all loved eating them, even the boys. I never thought of decorating a Christmas tree with those, or making them out of popcorn. My kids love popcorn! How exciting!!!

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spoil_me2 15 years ago said:

I have 3 kids that love to destroy my home making crafts and just destroying anything that comes within their paths. I have a craft book of ideas for everything from birthdays to christmas. I also have a cookbook for kids( providing the kids didn't destroy that in their kids make dinner night).
I will try to post some of them later. gotta jet for parent- teacher confrences.
k8

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gourmetana 15 years ago said:

I don't have children, but I have many little cousins! I will add some recipes that I use to make for them :)

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lor 15 years ago said:

Hi Deb.
I remember involving the children with the making of applesauce. It was hands on except for cutting the apples. I purchased a Starfrit apple peeler and it was such a tremendous time saver. We made enough applesauce for the children to enjoy in class and to take home in a 4 serving plastic container. Each child was given a printed copy of the applesauce recipe to go along with the container of applesauce and they were as pleased as punch!
This is a wonderful group concept and I hope it does well...

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