Bear Hunt Trail Mix

This morning we are making our bear hunt trail mix. For older kids they can munch on this as you go on a "bear hunt". There are several versions of the chant, and you can even add your own steps into it. Here are the words if you aren't familiar with the chant.

Bear Hunt Trail Mix
Your favorite flavor of Teddy Grahams (or more than one kind if you want)
Pretzel goldfish
Raisins
M&Ms
Cheerios

Scoop each ingredient into your bag. Shake and Enjoy!

Another fun take on "bear hunt" for the younger crowd is hiding the bear and having the kids hunt for it. :)

Create your own snack mix

This morning I decided we would make a snack mix. We use to do this a lot in my classroom (either based on our theme or just to have fun and get rid of odds and ends). This morning I used cinnamon chex, cheerios, pretzel sticks, raisins, bunny graham crackers, and chocolate peanutbutter swirled chips. You can use anything you have around. Ideas: goldfish crackers, puffs, marshmallows, m&ms, cereal of any kind, craisins, etc. Basically any bite sized muchy you have around your house. This is really fun for kids, because they can use a 1 cup or 1/2 cup to scoop out the ingredients and put them into a big ziplock. Seal, shake and enjoy. Yum, yum!

Ps... Also a good way to teach older kids about measuring tools if you use measuring cups!

If all the snowflakes were chocolate covered cup cakes...

Snowflakes and Cupcakes
(Tune: Raindrops and Lemon Drops)
If all the snowflakes were chocolate covered cupcakes
Oh, what a snow it would be!
I'd go outside with my mouth open wide (open mouth and stick out tongue)
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
If all of the snowflakes were chocolate covered cupcakes
Oh, what a snow it would be!

You can follow up this song by making chocolate cupcakes! :) Yum Yum!!

And here are a couple other snack/treat ideas:

Marshmallow Snowmen

Materials: Large marshmallows, pretzel sticks and raisins.

Description: Give each child 2 marshmallows, 3 pretzel sticks and a few raisins. Have them take a pretzel stick and put it into the middle of one of the marshmallows, then place the other marshmallow on top. Now take the other two pretzels and use them for the arms. Use the raisins for eyes, nose, and mouth.
Now EAT!

Snow ice cream
Blend: 2½ cups Milk,
2 beaten eggs,
1 ½ cups sugar,
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon nutmeg