St. Patrick’s Day Pudding

St. Patrick's Day Pudding, an activity for ages 3+ written by teachers for teachers from The Giant Encyclopedia of Art & Craft Activities for Children 3 to 6.

Materials

• Pudding recipe written on chart paper
• Baby food jars
• Measuring spoons
• Vanilla instant pudding
• Milk
• Green food coloring
• Spoons

What to do

1. Give each child a baby food jar that contains 2 tablespoons (30 mL) of vanilla pudding, ¼ cup (60 mL) of milk, and 3 drops of green food coloring. Make sure to close the lid tightly.
2. Have the children shake their jars until the mixture thickens.
3. Let them eat it right out of the jar.

More to do

More art: Make a shamrock-shaped collage from scraps of green paper, green fabric, and green markers and crayons.

Music: Put on some lively music, possibly Irish fiddle music, and let the children shake their jars to the beat.