Recipe Activities

Doing recipe activities with your children can be a fun way to help teach key skills. They won't even know math is being practiced when you do these fun recipe activities together.

Green Eggs and Ham Recipe!

Green Eggs and Ham Recipe!

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

Bake Crisco Cookies!

Bake Crisco Cookies!

This holiday season, bake these deliciously decadent Crisco Cookies with your child to give as gifts to friends and family for a fun project to do together to celebrate the season.

Bake Your Own Fortune Cookies

Bake Your Own Fortune Cookies

Give your child international cooking experience, as he makes his own fortune cookies. Made-for-them messages personalize these tasty treats for friends or family.

Apple Slice Science!

Apple Slice Science!

When apples are set out in the air, they turn brown, but when they are coated with lemon juice the acid keeps the apples fresh. In this activity your child will design her own happy face snack and experiment with this kid-friendly phenomenon.

Make Your Own Marshmallows

Make Your Own Marshmallows

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

Make Frozen Chocolate-Dipped Bananas

Make Frozen Chocolate-Dipped Bananas

On a hot summer night, trade the butterfat and sugar of ice cream for the sublime sweetness of a frozen chocolate-dipped banana.

Bake Tree Ring Cookies

Bake Tree Ring Cookies

These fun cookies introduce kids to the concept of cross-sections. As they're learning, they'll also be practicing fine motor skills and making a yummy treat at the same time!

Bake Alphabet Pretzels!

Bake Alphabet Pretzels!

In kindergarten, it's pretty much impossible to overdo alphabet practice. This fun baking activity offers hands-on practice, by making delicious pretzels in the shape of letters.

Herbed Popcorn!

Herbed Popcorn!

Make yummy flavored popcorn with your kids. They'll learn more about their palate as well as how to make perfectly popped popcorn!

Make Chocolate Gelt for Gifts or the Dreidel Game

Make Chocolate Gelt for Gifts or the Dreidel Game

Make your own gelt this Hanukkah to give as a gift to friends and family or to use to play the classic game of Dreidel.

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