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Family Night Activity-My Body Unit

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For our family night activity this week we made watermelon men!  It was a fun way to talk about the parts of the body and do something as a family.  Plus, with summer making everything so hot outside, it was a healthy no bake snack idea! 

Materials:

  • A seedless watermelon
  • Gingerbread man cookie cutter/s
  • Pineapple Rings
  • Marciano Cherries
  • Mandarin Orange Slices
  • Bananas
  • Wax Paper
  • Plates

Directions:

  • Use a paring knife and scour the rind of the watermelon in 1/2 inch rings.
  • Cut the watermelon into 1/2 inch rings using the scoured lines as a guide. 
  • Lay a ring of watermelon for each person on a sheet of wax paper.  This makes for a quicker and easier clean-up
  • Using your cookie cutter, cut a man out of the watermelon slice. 

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  • Decorate the watermelon men with the other fruit pieces.

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  • Enjoy snacking on your cute creations!

Suggestions:

  • If you don’t have large gingerbread man cookie cutters, use the watermelon rings to make faces instead. 
  • Bananas are good all purpose fruit!  You can simplify this craft and just use the bananas for the eyes, nose, and mouth of your watermelon face.

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  • Set all of the fruit you plan on using on a paper towel before you begin decorating.  This will allow the juices to drain and your project will be a little less sticky.
  • I strongly suggest using a paring knife to scour the outer rind of the watermelon before cutting your 1/2 inch slices.  After scouring you should be able to cut rings evenly and quickly with a butcher knife.  

Alternate Ideas

  • Make gingerbread or sugar cookie men and decorate them
  • Looking for a game to play?  Try doing the Hokey Pokey as a family!  Its a great way to review the parts of the body and get your kiddo moving
  • Singing body songs, like “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” is also a great family activity

Movie Idea:

  • While enjoying your snack, pull out some old family movies of your kids.  Talk about how much they’ve grown, and how they are changing!

 Amber1 

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