You are what you eat and other mealtime hazards by Serge Bloch is a cleverly written book that uses figures of speech that are related to food and eating. It was a great opener for our program
and the children were as pleased as punch.
Heckedy Peg by Audrey and Don Wood is written and illustrated as a classic fairy tale.
The book is about a mother who saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg,
a witch who has changed them into different kinds of foods.
The craft is based on the art of Arcimboldo
I found and printed fruit and vegetable images from the internet for the program. I drew an outline of a face and copied it on cream colored card stock then, I glued it to cardboard to
frame sturdy and frame it. Above are my examples.
The students experimented with different looks before gluing. This could be a fun interactive activity if the pieces were laminated and moved around on the face, so many possibilities -
To end our program with a bang I read Frankenstein makes a sandwich by Adam Rex .
Then I constructed a Frankenstein sandwich from an unsettling combination
foods both new and used.
It was wild, gross, laughing and yelling fun!
