Story Night: The Biggest Apple Ever!
I have had so many people say that they love seeing my posts on what I do with my kids on Wednesday nights and to "post the directions" or "can I have that recipe" so I decided to get the ol blog going with each night's events. With having 8 children, it can be very hard sometimes to get them all together at once. Somehow, no matter what the age, they love our Wednesday nights. Coming together with their siblings, crafting, discovering and learning, cooking or baking...it makes for a fun night! We go back and forth weekly between "Story Night" and "Discovery Night". Story Night is basically what it sounds like. We read a kid's book, usually pertaining to the season or holiday, do a craft that coincides with the story and also a dessert that is just as fun! Discovery Night is usually a science experiment also having to do with the season or holiday, no craft on this night, but still a yummy dessert! We switch off each week to keep the kids enthused on what will be coming next!
September 18th was our first Fall event and it was a Story Night.
We read "The Biggest Apple Ever!" Our craft creation were Apple Stamp Crates and our dessert was Apple Pie Snack Cups.
Our Story:
For our craft, we needed:
Apple Halves
Red Craft Paint
Construction Paper: Green and Brown
Black Markers
Glue
Dip the apple half in paint and just start stamping! Make sure to have them close together as you will be cutting the brown paper into strips to recreate a rickety crate design. The green paper will be used for tiny little leaves that will be glued down on the marker made stem. (see the finished pic below for a visual of how our crates came together)
The kids had fun stamping with something other than a foam stamp!
Our Apple Crates are ready to take to the Farmer's Market or in our house, The Art Wall.
We chose Apple Pie Snack Cups for our snack. So easy to make, just layering like a trifle!
Find the recipe here: https://www.fivehearthome.com/apple-pie-trifle-snack-cup-recipe/
We used granny smith because we already had them on hand so ours will look a little different than from the site we found them on. The kids adore doing anything that requires no adult having to do it for them which is why the kids love these nights so much. Check out the smiles!
Unfortunately, I deleted the final pic, but you can see it in the collage pic at the top of the page. Don't forget to watch for our first Discovery Night of Fall, coming soon!
Til next time,
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