Dr. Seuss Day Breakfast

Here was our Dr. Seuss Day Breakfast!

We had green eggs with organic ketchup, Cat in the Hat skewers, and Pink Ink Drink. Pink Ink Drink is my own idea and we have it every year! I'll share the recipes on this post.

For the green eggs I used Trader Joe's organic brown eggs with added omega 3's. I cracked them into a bowl and whisked them a bit, then I added in quite a few drops of neon food coloring, and regular green food coloring. They mixed together to make just the color I wanted when I whisked the rest of the way. They came out beautiful after cooking as well, as you can see.

For the Cat in the Hat skewers I put some slices of organic bananas and organic strawberries on a skewer to look like the cat's hat, and then I put a jumbo marshmallow on for the cat's face. We didn't have a food marker or I would have drawn him a little cat face on there.

For the Pink Ink Drink (which I was inspired by One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish to make) is made by blending some organic strawberries with some organic almond milk.

Mulberry Street Playdough

This brilliant idea, like most brilliant ideas, came straight from my daughter herself! I asked her what kind of playdough she wanted to make and told her to keep in mind that St. Patrick's day and Dr. Seuss Day were both coming up. She then said she wanted to make blue playdough so she could make her own Mulberry Street. What an amazing idea! I love it because it brings a book to life.

So we made the blue playdough together, and then flattened it out on her table and added some of the animals and Little People we thought fit the descriptions from the book, and then some of her own ideas as well since she was making it her own after all.

I also made a Mulberry St. sign for it by using a popsicle stick and ripped a Post-It note down to just the size I needed to write that at the top, and stuck it into the playdough.

If you're wondering how we made the blue playdough, here's our recipe:
- 1 cup of all purpose flour
- 1 cup of water
- 1/4 cup of salt
- 1 TBSP lemon juice
- 1 TBSP vegetable oil
- Blue food coloring, as many or as few drops as it takes to get the color you desire

Step 1:
Put all the ingredients into a pot and stir them together with a wooden spoon.

Step 2:
Put the pot on the stove over medium heat and stir CONSTANTLY with the wooden spoon. Once a ball forms gather up all the playdough out of the pot and put it into a bowl. Once it cools down a little bit knead it until it's not sticky anymore.

Delicious and Healthy Breakfast for Kids

I know most parents are always looking for new ideas for healthy meals to feed their kids, especially breakfast since it's the most important meal of the day. Look no further than this post for a lovely breakfast idea for your toddler or preschooler. 

On the divided plate pictured above there is sliced organic strawberries, vanilla soy yogurt, and what I like to call Chocolaty Hemp Heart Banana Slices.

Here is my recipe for them:
- 1 organic banana, sliced
- Trader Joe's Cocoa Almond Spread
- Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods Hemp Hearts

Step 1:
Take a slice of banana, and use a butter knife to coat one side of it with the cocoa almond spread.

Step 2:
Pour some hemp hearts into a small bowl, and roll the coated side of the banana in them so they stick to the cocoa almond spread.

Glitter Hot Air Balloon Craft

As part of our transportation theme we made this Glitter Hot Air Balloon Craft. It looks so cute hanging in our classroom/playroom. 

To make it you need:
- a paper plate
- hole puncher
- yarn
- glue
- glitter
- paper cup
- tape
- scissors
- a puppet of your child (you make a puppet of your child by cutting out a picture of them, and taping a popsicle stick to it

Step 1:
Punch a hole in the top of the paper plate so you can put some yarn through it. Use enough so you'll be able to hang it down from the ceiling, taping it to the ceiling and tying it around the paper plate's hole. You can also tape it down to the paper plate for more security.

Step 2:
Punch a hole in each side of the paper plate, and do the same for the paper cup you'll be able to hang the paper cup from the paper plate. You can tie the yarn around the holes and then tape it for extra security like you did with the plate.

Step 3:
Smear/squeeze glue all over the paper wherever the glitter is wanted. Shake the glitter over top of the plate, trying to get most on the glue, then shake paper plate over the trashcan to get the excess glitter off. Set on the counter or somewhere to dry.

Step 4:
Once it's all dry, put the puppet of your child into the paper cup. Use the popsicle stick to poke a hole through the bottom of the paper plate and stick the puppet down far enough into the paper plate until it looks normal for this craft.

Step 5:
Tape it to the ceiling if you want!

Homemade Protein Packed Pops

Homemade Protein Packed Pops:
Put some organic almond milk, organic almond butter, and organic strawberries into the blender and blend them up together! I don't measure these ingredients when I put them in the blender I just go by how it looks to me. Probably a couple spoonfuls of almond butter I'd say though, four-five strawberries, and like 1/2-3/4 cup of milk for about two popsicles of this size.

Cat's Hat Bath Paint and Thing 1&2 Bath Paint

Dr. Seuss Day was yesterday and I made this awesome bath paint for my daughter the other day to get her excited about it!

For the Cat's Hat Bath Paint I used a small baking sheet, squirted some shaving cream on it in the shape of a hat, and then put a few drops of red food coloring in rows to make the stripes, took a paint brush and spread the food coloring drops out to make the stripes. 

For the Thing 1&2 Bath Paint I just put some shaving cream in a little plastic bowl and then mixed in some blue food coloring. Just like their hair! 

Pretend Play Driver's License

We've been doing a transportation theme and to kick it off we started by making a Pretend Play Driver's License. 

What you'll need to make your own is:

- Contact paper

- Construction paper

- A small picture of your child's face

- A car sticker (or draw your own car)

- A marker 

- Scissors

- Glue stick

Cut the construction paper down to size, and glue your child's photo onto it. Use the market to write "Driver License" at the top and the child's name to side. Put the car sticker on. Then use the contact paper to laminate it. Do this by cutting the contact paper into to two pieces that are a little bit bigger than the driver's license and put one on the back and one on the front, then trim off the excess.