Faux Fish Sticks

 As an encouragement to get everyone to do their reading homework, we have a celebration on Fridays.  My compadres and I each pick a different activity to host in our classrooms.  The kids who reach their goals get to sign up for the activity they like best. Any activity having to do with food fills up fast.  I got this cute idea from Family Fun.  Click on the picture below to find more faux food recipes.

I'll be the first to admit that cooking is not my forte.  I told the kids how bad I am at cooking and that we were going to use MY recipe which might be different than their parents' recipe.  I never let on that these weren't typical fish sticks even though it was quite obvious that they weren't.  The kids had a blast and played right along with me.

 This a picture of the fish sticks that one of my kiddos made. 

Here's Family Fun's recipe:

Ingredients

• Cornflakes
• Sugar wafer cookies
• Peanut butter

• Green taffy candy (we used green apple AirHeads)
• Seedless strawberry jam

Instructions

1. For the fish sticks, place a couple of handfuls of cornflakes in a ziplock bag and crush them with a rolling pin. Cover 2 sugar wafer cookies with peanut butter, then toss them in the cornflake crumbs to coat.
   
2. For the peas, tear off and roll small pieces of the taffy candy into balls. If the taffy is too stiff to work with, microwave it for about 6 seconds.
   
3. For the ketchup, use a fork to stir a few teaspoons of the jam until it's smooth. 

I'm always looking for new ways to get the kids excited about learning.  What do you do that gets the kiddos motivated? 

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