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Week 1 & 2 of Connect: Fun with Food!

We are back with a completely new Connect group – Connect: Fun with Food! In this group, we will be doing all kinds of food-based games and activities, and each week the kids will have a treat to take home! The group is co-ed for kids aged 8-10 and runs until March 19th!

For the first session, we played an ice-breaker game of “would you rather” so the kids could get to know each other a little bit better. Then we jumped straight into our activity which was cupcake decorating! For this, each kid was given 6 cupcakes to decorate with chocolate and vanilla ice cream, sprinkles, and even some sour candy! The kids loved decorating them and loved eating them even more!

For the second session, the kids were split into partners and were challenged to complete a Jenga tower that could support an apple on top! For our main activity, we made apple fruit donuts! Each child was given an apple slice that was cut into a circle shape with a hole in the middle. They then could use cream cheese, food colouring, sprinkles, and chocolate chips to turn their apples into “donuts.” They had a lot of fun doing this activity, and it was a great way to teach them that healthy foods can be used to make yummy treats!

- Jaidyn, BigsNBC Volunteer