Mini Preschool: Winter: Cooking

I finally made it to preschool this month! Suzy had a really fun cooking themed day planned for the kids. She started by reading them a story about making pizza. Then she had kitchen items inside a paper bag. The kids got to take turns picking things out of the bag and we talked about what each one was for. (Measuring cups, spatulas, the pan, hot pads, etc.)

Then we headed into the kitchen to make our own pizzas. First we put the dough on the tray. Then we smeared sauce, sprinkled the cheese on like snow, and put pepperonis on top.

While the pizzas were in the oven, Suzy had some other yummy things to keep the kids busy. First we made banana snowmen. They got to put three slices of banana on a shishkabab stick. An apple slice and a grape made the hat, mini chocolate chips (or raisins for Ivan) for the eyes and buttons, and a carrot shaving for the nose. Super cute!

Ivan's hat is on upside down, no worries. :)

And Lincoln's snowman is standing on its hat...but it's the thought that counts, right? I'd much rather they use their imaginations and come up with something crazy, than force them to do it exactly like I would have and take the fun out of it.

Then we made cracker sleighs. Using two pretzels for runners, and an oval shaped cracker for the main part of the sleigh, we glued the two together with easy cheese (or peanut butter for Ivan). Then we put snowman marshmallows on top.

By then our pizza was finished, so we took a break to eat it. Very tasty!

Last the best of all, and it was chocolate cake for dessert. Each kid got their own small chocolate cake and they got to frost it and decorate it with marshmallows and then make it snow, by sprinkling powdered sugar on top. They kids loved it, and everyone went home full. :)