Green Eggs and Ham Snack Tray {DIY Craft}

Today's Craft: Create a fun snack tray with the Green Eggs and Ham book theme to celebrate Read Across America Day or St. Patrick’s Day in March.

TIM TEBOW READS GREEN EGGS & HAM
Starting today you can watch famous football player, Tim Tebow, read Green Eggs and Ham online for 'America's Biggest Storytime' from Book It. Click the title then 'watch now' at the top of the page. Also watch his interview after the story. I was impressed to learn Tebow overcame dislexia as a child.  Also check out all the fun printables they have to go with the book.

Now, about the Green Eggs & Ham Snack Tray

My kids love having snacks after school so I made this tray for them to load up to take to the family room then return to the kitchen when finished.
This is our favorite book for St. Patrick’s day. And anytime I want to introduce a new food I remind them of this book. I tell them ‘you have to try it once, then decide.’

I remember when my son cracked 18 eggs all by himself while I was out of the kitchen, so we made green eggs and ham for dinner and breakfast.

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

• Wooden craft tray, craft paints, paint sponge brushes, clear sealer craft paint, smaller paint brush, permanent marker, book page image, stickers.

I had a wooden tray from a craft store sitting in my closet for years and didn’t know what to do with it. I also had an extra copy of the book ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ by Dr. Seuss that was falling apart so I cut out an image to use for this craft. My kids helped paint the over all orange and green color.

HOW TO:

• Use craft paint to paint inside and outside of tray – choose bright colors
  
• Use a pencil to trace the bottom of a cup and a plate in the spots you choose. Click on the image to make it larger to see the drawing.
  
• Also draw utensils and a napkin if you’d like them.
  
• Glue the image from the book on so it will have time to dry.

• Paint the images on the tray with different colored craft paint.
  
• Let dry at least 30 minutes. Outline the images with a sharpie permanent marker.

• Let the paint and marker completely dry then seal with a clear coat of craft paint. Let it dry before using.
  
• I found green fuzzy stickers in the clearance bin and they matched perfectly for this craft. I stuck them on the side of the tray.  If you have a vinyl cutting machine you could print out words or some of these images with vinyl to stick on the tray.
I found the figurine of Sam I Am at a yard sale in the box for $8. It is a retired piece from Halmark. I added him for display only.

‘Do You Like Green Eggs and Ham?’

'Try them and you may I say.’


I've shared this project at Tatertots and Jello's Weekend Wrap-Up Party

10th day of Christmas Books: Fancy Festivities

Celebrating The Twelve Days of Christmas Books

On the 10th day of Christmas Books, obSEUSSed gave to me

10 Fancy Festivities

9 Animal Christmas Books

8 I Spy Christmas Tree Games

7 Santa Stories

6 Nativity Activities

5 Grinch Cookies

A Nutcracker

3 Mitten Trees

2 Snowman Earrings

and the Berenstain Bear Family.

If you haven't heard of Fancy Nancy by now you must either live under a rock, or you don't have a little girl in your house.  The children's book character, Fancy Nancy, loves to turn the ordinary into extraordinary.  

Here we are at our local library storytime Fancy Nancy Party.  They made fancy masks, gave everyone a bling necklace, had fancy cookies and lemonade in tea cups, had the girls do a fashion walk down a red carpet and dance to fancy music on the stage.

Make sure to add glitter and bling to your holiday decorations and festivities this season just like Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas.  Nancy says splendiferous is the only word that "describes how magnificent, joyous and sparkly Christmas morning is."  She wants Christmas to be fancy with a special tree topper but when things go wrong her grandpa teaches her how to "make eggnog out of broken eggs."

Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas

The Fancy Nancy book series by Jane O'Conner, illustrated by Robin Glasser, helps introduce new 'fancy' vocabulary to young readers. My 7 yr old and I have loved this series for 4 years. The original hard backs are a little hard for her to read because the font is too fancy but all the easy reader books have been perfect for her.


The Fancy Nancy collection seems to be growing every month with new books popping up every time I go to the store. We are adding Fancy Nancy and the Fabulous Fashion Boutique, The Delectable Cupcake and My Family History to our home library this Christmas.

We bought the cupcake one from our school book fair the fashion boutique from Amazon online after Thanksgiving and the Family History one from our local Barnes and Nobel. I've also seen them in our Scholastic book order, at Target and Wal-mart - I told you they are everywhere.

I'm so excited for the family history one because our family does a lot of research and it introduces some great vocab for young readers, like 'ancestors'.

I am also excited for 'The Delectable Cupcake' as I am crazy about cupcakes, see the Cupcake Conference.

Wishing you a Spendiferous Christmas!
 
Here are some more Fancy Nancy items you can click on for more details.