momstown Oakville Moms And Kids Use Shapes To Make Yummy Bird Snacks

momstown Oakville's theme for the month of August is birds.  This week Oakville moms and kids got together in the kitchen to create some fun food that matched our theme as part of our Junior Chef program. We started off our morning by reading Owen's Way Home about an owl looking for his house.  After story time, each child got ready to make their own edible owl.

Our owls began by spreading either Nutella or peanut butter (for a nut free option, use WOW Butter or Sun Butter) on bread, then used fruit to make the features. We had lots of circle fruit which we layered to make eyes, like apples, oranges, kiwis, bananas, grapes and blueberries.  We cut pieces of banana into triangles to make beaks, and we used peach slices, or halves of kiwi or oranges or apples to make wings.  Blueberries, grapes and cheerios were added to make the feathers.

Finally, momstown Oakville Junior Chef's sliced up mini cucumbers and used them to make a tree with a pretzel trunk.  After we ate our yummy creations, we wanted to make a snack for the birds outside to enjoy so we spread peanut butter on a toilet paper roll, and then rolled it in birdseed.  The kids took home their birdseed creation to add to their backyard and watch the birds enjoy the snack they'd made for them.

momstown Oakville's theme for September is apples - so many delicious possibilities!  We now offer our Junior Chef program during the week and a working mamas edition in the weekends.  Come and join us - buy your membership here for just $45 a year.  Membership includes a 12 month subscription to Today's Parent magazine too!