May 7: Potato Day

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Potato Activities

Possible Activities:

• Try an interactive online Mr. Potato Head at SchoolExpress.com!
• You can also get Mr. Potato Head kits and real potatoes. Also consider how you can make facial features for real potatoes or carve them like pumpkins.
• Would you believe you can use a potato as a battery? Check out kidzworld.com for directions to make a potato clock.
• Try familiar relays with potatoes – like passing it from one person’s neck to the next, rolling it on the floor with your nose, or over one person’s head, under the next’s legs.

Source(s): Check out the Toolbox Training book 100 Cooking Activities for Kids for directions on baked potatoes (activity G2) and 100 Science Activities for Kids for directions on growing sweet potatoes (activity E6).

Check out the full May calendar. It includes floating holidays, specialty weeks, and specialty months.

May 6: Beverage Day

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Blender Slushies

Materials:

• Unsweetened Kool-Aid drink mix
• Pop of your choice
• Water
• Sugar, ½ to ¾ cup
• Ice, 4 cups
• Blender – best to have one with an ice crushing feature
• Cups
• Straws

Directions:

1. Combine Kool-Aid or pop of your choice with water and sugar and blend.
2. Add the ice and blend again.
3. Pour into cups.
4. Add straws and drink!

Source(s): FamilyCorner.com. Featured in Toolbox Training book 100 Cooking Activities for Kids. Check out activities A1-A7 in that book for even more drink recipes.

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Check out the full May calendar. It includes floating holidays, specialty weeks, and specialty months.

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May 5: Scrapbook Day

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Program Scrapbook

Materials:

• Paper
• Stickers
• Markers
• Crayons
• Photos
• Scissors
• Glue

Directions:

1. The kids can make a scrapbook of what they’ve done in your program this year. It could be a great way to show parents, program visitors, and others what your program does.
2. Provide photos of activities throughout the year (if available), and let kids decorate pages as they wish.
3. It will be easier if you provide kids with individual pieces of paper that can later be assembled into a scrapbook.
4. Also, allow kids to make individual scrapbooks if they don’t want to contribute to a group scrapbook.

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Check out the full May calendar. It includes floating holidays, specialty weeks, and specialty months.

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