Here are some yummy pumpkin treats that your children
can help you make.
PUMPKIN PUDDING
DIP
Your children will love this pumpkin snack.
Mix together
1 small package of vanilla pudding mix
1 cup milk.
Stir until pudding is dissolved. Then add
l –15oz can of pumpkin.
Stir until well blended. Place pudding in small containers.
Give your children graham cracker sticks to dip into the
pudding. Yum, yum!
PUMPKIN
SHAKES
Make your own pumpkin shakes at home.
Blend together (in blender)
1 banana, peeled and diced
1 cup milk
2 Tbsp. canned pumpkin
Cinnamon to taste
PUMPKIN SEEDS
Here is a great way to use the seeds from the center of your
Jack-o-lantern.
Rinse the seeds and pat dry.
Melt butter in a pan and add a dash of Worcestershire sauce.
Mix in the seeds and coat with sauce.
Spread seeds out on a cookie sheet
Sprinkle seeds with salt.
Bake at 350 degrees.
Stir occasionally, until seeds are brown and crispy.
Roasted pumpkin seeds can be eaten shells and all.
CLOVER CHAINS
Look for long-stemmed purple or white clover in vacant
lots or along roadsides. Then, make chains out of them
by
Make slits in the stem of one flower
Then pull the stem of another flower through the slit.
Continue the process, seeing how long a chain you can
make.
PRESSED
FLOWERS
For this activity you need to pick flowers that are not
too thick.
Lay the flowers on a piece of white paper.
Bend the leaves and blossoms into pleasing shapes.
Then cover the flowers with another piece of paper.
Now slip the two pieces of paper between the pages of
a large book and cover the book with a heavy weight.
After several weeks, check carefully to see how the
flowers are drying.
When they are completely dry, you can glue them in a
scrapbook or put them in a pretty frame.
