Materials
cupcake cups (aluminum foil variety preferred)
vanilla wafers
instant vanilla pudding
milk (for pudding)
cherry pie filling
old-fashioned hand rotary beaters
several tablespoons
plastic sandwich bags
Instructions
* February is National Cherry Pie Month.
1. Make vanilla instant pudding according to package directions. (One
package should be enough for a small class, two packages for a larger
class.)
2. Let the children help mix the milk and pudding with the hand rotary
beaters (not electric).
3. Give each child a cupcake cup (aluminum foil, if possible). Each child
places a vanilla wafer at the bottom of his cupcake paper.
4. Let each child put about 2 tablespoons of pudding on top of the cookie
and 1-2 tablespoons of cherry pie filling on top of the pudding.
5. If possible, chill the desserts in a refrigerator for at least 1/2 hour.
6. Eat at snack time or put them in plastic bags for children to take home.
More to do Discuss the story of the young George Washington chopping down his
father's cherry tree.
