Family Night Activity-My Body Unit

For our family night activity this week we made watermelon men!  It was a fun way to talk about the parts of the body and do something as a family.  Plus, with summer making everything so hot outside, it was a healthy no bake snack idea! 

Materials:

• A seedless watermelon
• Gingerbread man cookie cutter/s
• Pineapple Rings
• Marciano Cherries
• Mandarin Orange Slices
• Bananas
• Wax Paper
• Plates

Directions:

• Use a paring knife and scour the rind of the watermelon in 1/2 inch rings.
• Cut the watermelon into 1/2 inch rings using the scoured lines as a guide. 
• Lay a ring of watermelon for each person on a sheet of wax paper.  This makes for a quicker and easier clean-up
• Using your cookie cutter, cut a man out of the watermelon slice. 

• Decorate the watermelon men with the other fruit pieces.

• Enjoy snacking on your cute creations!

Suggestions:

• If you don’t have large gingerbread man cookie cutters, use the watermelon rings to make faces instead. 
• Bananas are good all purpose fruit!  You can simplify this craft and just use the bananas for the eyes, nose, and mouth of your watermelon face.

• Set all of the fruit you plan on using on a paper towel before you begin decorating.  This will allow the juices to drain and your project will be a little less sticky.
• I strongly suggest using a paring knife to scour the outer rind of the watermelon before cutting your 1/2 inch slices.  After scouring you should be able to cut rings evenly and quickly with a butcher knife.  

Alternate Ideas

• Make gingerbread or sugar cookie men and decorate them
• Looking for a game to play?  Try doing the Hokey Pokey as a family!  Its a great way to review the parts of the body and get your kiddo moving
• Singing body songs, like “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” is also a great family activity

Movie Idea:

• While enjoying your snack, pull out some old family movies of your kids.  Talk about how much they’ve grown, and how they are changing!

  

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