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RAINBOW PLATTER
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Make up a large platter of fruit to share with your children. |
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Arrange the fruit in a rainbow color order. |
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Include red fruits, such as; raspberries, sliced strawberries, or watermelon chunks. |
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Include orange fruits, such as; mandarin oranges, orange slices or cantaloupe chunks. |
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Include yellow fruits, such as; pineapple chunks, sliced bananas. |
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Include green fruits, such as; green melon chunks, or green grapes (cut in half) |
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Include blue fruits, such as blue berries. |
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Include purple fruit, such as purple grapes (cut in half).
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RAINBOW SUNDAES
You will need clear glass or plastic glasses for this activity.
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In the bottom of a glass place some blue berries and top them with a little vanilla yogurt. |
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Then, drop in some green melon pieces and top with a little yogurt. |
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Then, some pineapple chunks topped with yogurt. |
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Then, some cantaloupe chunks topped with yogurt. |
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And finally top off with some raspberries or strawberries to make rainbow sundaes. |
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RAINBOW VEGGIES
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Set out some rainbow colored raw vegetables on a veggie plate. |
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Use such vegetables as; cherry tomatoes, carrot sticks, yellow and green pepper slices, and some purple cabbage pieces. |
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Serve with a dip and some blue corn chips.
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RAINBOW FRUIT SALAD
Mix together the following fruit. When you serve the salad, have your children see how many colors they can find. |
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Raspberries or Strawberries |
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Blueberries |
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Yellow apple slices or chunks |
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Green grapes, cut in half |
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Purple grapes, cut in half |
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Small orange chunks, or Mandrin orange sections |
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RAINBOW PUDDING
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Mix up some vanilla pudding from a box. |
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Divide the pudding into six bowls. |
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Have your children help you add small drops of food coloring into each bowl to create pudding the colors of, red, blue, green, yellow, orange and purple. |
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Set out small glasses. |
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Place a spoon in each bowl and have your children take a spoonful from each bowl and place it (one on top of the other) in their glass. |
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Then give each child a spoon and let them eat their rainbow pudding for a snack.
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RAINBOW JELLO® TREATS
Here is a fun snack for a large group.
- Make a variety of Jello’s in different rainbow colors.
- In a clear glass, layer the different colors of Jello.
- Give children spoons to eat the rainbow Jello treat.
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RAINBOW FRUIT
- Make a rainbow fruit salad for your child.
- Add red and blue berries, small cantaloupe pieces, banana slices, green and purple grapes (cut in half).
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