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Egyptian Pyramids version 2

March 24, 2013 by Amy Hudson

I taught the girls a little bit about ancient Egypt last year using this lunch. My older daughter, age 4, was very interested to discover the wonder of the amazing pyramids they built using giant stones to reach the sky.

We thought of a new version that is even more interactive.

Build your own 3D Pyramid

We tried this same snack using canned pineapple, and I will say that it definitely comes out better, (not to mention being tastier and more nutritious), with fresh pineapple.

As you cut the pineapple, try to cut chunks in as perfectly square or rectangular shapes as you can. This will make “construction” easier as all of the pieces will fit together evenly.

Start with the base level. Make a square. Ours was 4×4 pineapple chunks. Once that level is complete, move up to the next level. The square on the next level up will be slightly smaller than the bottom level. Continue working upward until you have made what looks like a pyramid!

The amount of pineapple chunks you need will vary depending on how large you cut your squares, but it doesn’t have to be perfect, and the kids will love creating their own 3-D pyramid snack.

Fill in the plate with “sand”. We used krispie cereal and it was a nice color and visual contrast to the pineapple.

Before we ate, we added a little camel for effect. He completes the look and feel of the snack.

Make sure you check out our other pyramid snack in case you are looking for something a bit easier.

Additional Resources for teaching about the pyramids:

Pyramids and Tombs – Ancient Egypt for Kids

Ducksters: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

Video – National Geographic Destination: Egypt

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Joshua and the battle of Jericho

November 6, 2012 by Amy Hudson

Joshua 6:1-27 tells the story of the great city of Jericho with walls so high and fortified that no adversary could break through. God called the Israelite leader Joshua to march around the city with the priests blowing their trumpets of ram’s horns in front of the ark of the covenant for six days. On the seventh day, they were to march around the city seven times and all of the Israelite people were to shout. When this happened, God told Joshua, the great walls of the city would come crashing down, and, in this way, the Lord would give the city over to His people.

Read this story with your child, or read the story from the children’s bible (HEREis the one we use), and then create this story for lunch!

Build walls using grapes sliced in half, laid flat side down onto the plate. Next, slice baby carrots in half lengthwise and lay a couple of them down to be the Israelites. Thinly slice the other half of the baby carrot and cut to shape for arms and legs. Complete the scene with some green celery grass below the city walls and add two small triangular slices of pineapple for the priest’s horns. A nice sun in the sky completes the picture.

(By the way, once I saw the photo, I realized that the Jericho guy looks like he’s smiling . . . oops! That was supposed to be a round mouth saying “oh no!”)

Once this lunch was complete and we retold the story, Grace “tore the walls down” as they fell in the story. She had fun with that!

Finally, I sliced up the “grass” below the city for her to dip into her peanut butter.

Variations:

Build the wall with other fruit like strawberries, bananas, or blueberries.

Use pineapple for the sun, or cheese for the trumpets.

Enjoy!

Check out our other bible stories HERE.

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Columbus Day Snack

October 5, 2012 by Amy Hudson

Columbus Day is celebrated the second Monday in October across the United States.

Teach the kiddos about why we celebrate Columbus Day with this easy snack! Take one apple and slice to make the bases of each ship. Next, slice a stick of celery to make the pole for the sail. Finally, add a sail by using a cracker (I used Wheat Thins) and add a little sun made of cheese.

To create the waves as well as the names on the ships, use the following method with some yogurt:

Variations:

Use cheese for the sails (those square slices of cheese would work great)

Use little sandwich cut-outs for the boats

Make the pole out of a carrot stick

Use your imagination!

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The Flood

September 5, 2012 by Amy Hudson

Genesis 6-9 tells the awesome story of Noah and the ark. This story has fascinated kids for all time, and they love to picture all of the animals filing in two by two to be rescued in the safety of the ark from the great flood.

Read the story with your kids, or read the story of Noah in the children’s bible. Talk about how they must have felt when they saw all of the water covering the earth. Then talk about how they must have felt when God allowed them to land safely upon dry ground again. You can make a list of the foods Noah might have used to feed all the animals, and which animals your child might like to take care of if he or she were in the ark during the flood.

Create this super easy lunch by inverting a peanut butter sandwich, slicing out two rectangular sections from the sides and slicing the top into a point. Next, create the rain, clouds, and waves using this technique:

Add the lightning bolt with some thinly sliced pineapple or some cheddar cheese cut to look the part.

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Egyptian Pyramids

July 11, 2012 by Amy Hudson

I recently bought a box of sesame crackers for the girls to use to dip into the fresh, homemade peach jam that our neighbor brought over the other day! It’s a blessing to have such great neighbors!

I thought a great use of those sesame chips would be to create a pyramid. So easy!

First, I pulled up this photo and taught the little one about pyramids:

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Next, I created the lunch by using the crackers to build the pyramid, creating a dessert-looking ground using some leftover mexican lasagna (recipe – so good!), and adding an Egyptian sun by slicing the top off of a clementine orange and thinly slicing the section I removed into little rays.

Variations:
Ground: oatmeal, sliced cheese, anything that looks like the desert.
Pyramid blocks: chunks of bread, chunks of pineapple
Sun: slice of cheddar cheese cut to shape.

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