Finally! The kids get to make a mess with our blessing…. they LOVE it! The only ingredients you’ll need are as many tubs of cool whip topping as you’re willing to pay for, and little foil tart tins, or cupcake cups. Oh, and some food coloring… because it HAS to be colorful for the great photo op that this presents – (Pull out the Flip!!!)

Put a couple drops of food coloring the the various Cool Whip tubs, stir it up, plop the whipped cream into your chosen “vehicle”. And lay them all out on cookie sheets in preparation for the frenzy.

Mood music is great for the impending battle, the more dramatic the better… think Rocky or William Tell overature. Make sure to begin the mayhem with plenty of drama and build up….then get the camera ready and let her fly! The bonus is that dessert is literally at your fingertips, just give ‘em a lick.

This is definately an outdoor summertime activity so squeeze in this family free-for-all while the weather allows. Clean up is as easy as the garden hose… it will be as if the battle never happened! yet safe for the environment and safe for injestion by kidlin’s. The kids will reminisce about these food fights with their own kids at Christmas’ far in the future,”Remember when Mom?…”

(Again,get the Flip ready!)

sorry for having to post again, my email address is klandmeier@comcast.net There sure are some great ideas here! I’m going to steal a couple to add to my repetoire!

Instead of just watching a movie together, make a whole night of it. Include a movie-related dinner, snack, and activities. Here are some of my ideas:

-Charlotte’s Web: Dinner/Snack- fair-type food such as corn dogs, roasted corn, lemonade, etc with cotton candy, fried dough, funnel cakes, or ice cream for a snack or if your family has a semi-twisted sense of humor you could have a based meal (chops, bacon, etc) with pork rinds or gummy spiders for the snack. Activities- spider-theme crafts such as this one from Family Fun or these spider lollipops also from Family Fun; Play The Farmer in the Dell (works best with larger families); sing Old MacDonald; Make a giant spider web with one string for each family member. Wind the string around things and over and under things. Have each person take the end of their string and “unravel” the web together. (this is a lot of fun)
-Lady and the Tramp: Dinner/Snack- spaghetti and meatballs, (of course) and dog bone shaped cookies for a snack Activities- visit the pet shop or pound and look at the puppies available for adoption (I only recommend this if you may actually adopt a dog OR you are willing to hear the endless requests for one); dog crafts such as making a paper bag dog puppet (you can even find a template here) or a toilet paper tube dog (template here), there is also a whole bunch of dog crafts on Danielle’s Place (I am not the same Danielle) website; go in the backyard and try to find Canis Major and Canis Minor and/or the star Syrius (the Dog Star)