Windy Day Snack

I don't remember where I found this idea, but we made a kite treat last year with frosting and Pull 'n Peel licorice. I decided we could make it healthier and this is what I came up with.

Materials:

• graham crackers
• peanut butter
• string cheese
• pretzel sticks
• cream cheese (optional)
• frosting (optional)
• Pull 'n Peel licorice (optional)

Directions:

1. Spread a graham cracker half (square) with peanut butter (or frosting or cream cheese if you prefer).
2. Use three pretzel sticks to make the cross on the kite, breaking them as needed to fit.
3. Turn your graham cracker so it looks like a diamond and form the kite tail with bits of string cheese. (The licorice can be used in place of pretzels and string cheese if you want a sweet treat to pair with frosting.)
4. Enjoy your kite snack on a windy day (or whenever.) Yummy!

Go Fly a Kite! Project

Here is a project we made last March when Mia was 3 years old. She did the painting and I did most everything else. It's for decoration only, but I know there are lots of online directions for making kites that can actually fly (supposedly).

Materials:

• white paper
• scissors
• glue
• paint
• paint brush
• newspaper (to protect work surface)
• 2 pipe cleaners
• yarn
• tulle ribbon (or scraps of fabric)
• tape (optional)

Directions:

1. Cut paper into a diamond kite shape.
2. Have child paint the kite. Allow paint to dry.
3. Glue two pipe cleaners to kite shape. Trim as needed to make them fit.
4. Tie some pieces of tulle or (scraps of fabric) to a piece of yarn to make the kite's tale.
5. Glue (or tape) yarn to the back of the kite shape. 
6. Display your kite. (We taped ours to the pantry. You might also wish to hang the kite, but you would probably want both sides of the paper painted first.)