Mardi Gras - School Age Program

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Our Mardi Gras Program was for kids 5+ and we hosted this program at night.  Next time I think we'd consider an after school event as the turnout was low.  During any of the craft time we played the cd Jazz for Kids; Sing, Clap, Wiggle and Shake.  

Book - Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast by Josh Funk

Felt - Princess and the Pea and the Pancake

Using the story The Princess and the Pea by Harriet Ziefert, I rewrote the story so that the pea is hidden under 10 pancakes, 10 splashes of maple syrup and 10 pats of butter.  I cut the shapes for each ingredient.  I passed all the shapes out randomly and then had the kids add them to a plate I brought so we could see how high the stack got. I will include the rewritten script at the bottom of the post. 

Craft - Make jester hats using the templates at the link below. You will need construction paper in three colors , scissors, glue and a stapler or tape.

Paper Jester Hat Pattern: Mardi Gras Crafts for Kids

Snack - Thread Fruit O's cereal onto knotted yarn to make edible Mardi Gras beads. 

Books -  If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff

Song with ribbon wands - Spin Again by Jim Gill for Jim Gill Sing Do Rei Me On His Toe Leg Knee

Craft - Using a vertical wind tunnel, we encouraged the kids to make parade floats to hover inside the tube.  The kids had a variety of household containers and also craft supplies like tissue paper and glue. 

The princess and the pea and the pancakes

There was a prince who wanted to marry a princess. But she had to be a real princess.  The prince looked and looked. He met many princesses. Many, many princesses. Many, many, many princesses. But the prince sent all of them away; he didn’t think they were real princesses. One day there was big storm. A princess knocked on the door. Come in said the king, come in said the queen.  Oh what a drippy princess. Her hair was drippy. Her dress was drippy. Even her shoes were drippy. But still she was a real princess. The queen said I will see, I will see if she is a real princess. And off she went to set the table. First she put a tiny pea under a pancake. Then the queen put 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 pancakes on top of the pea. Then she put 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 pats of butter. And on top of the 10 pancakes and the 10 pats of butter she added 10 splashes of maple syrup. Then she called the princess to the table. The prince ate pancakes. The queen ate pancakes. The king ate pancakes. But the poor princess, who was so hungry, did not eat the pancakes.  Try the pancakes said the prince.  Try the pancakes said the king, try the pancakes said the queen.  I cannot eat said the princess. I cannot eat at all. I cannot eat because my pancakes are too lumpy. Then the prince smiled, and the queen smiled and the king smiled you must be a real princess they said. For only a real princess could taste a lumpy pea under 10 pancakes and 10 pats of butter and 10 puddles of maple syrup.  The prince and the princess were married. They ate pancakes with butter and syrup every day. And the pea, they kept forever and ever. 

Laura

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