Daniel in the Lion's Den
Cooking Workshop Idea from State Street UMC
G.R.E.A.T. Adventure Sunday school, Bristol VA
Overview of the Workshop: Children will make and eat Daniel’s Cheesy Lion snacks. (This activity was adapted from Lion Bites by Sarah Keith.)
Supplies:
- Round Crackers - such as Ritz Crackers (5 per child)
- American Cheese in a can
- Thin pretzel sticks
- Raisins
- Round oat cereal
- Small paper plates
- Paper towels
- Cups
- Water
Advanced Preparation and Room Set Up:
- Review the Background Information and Lesson plan.
- Gather all necessary supplies for activities.
- Prepare one “Cheesy Lion” beforehand to use as an example for the children.
Directions:
- Have all the children wash their hands.
- Give each child a paper plate and five round crackers.
- Have them place two of the crackers on the plate side by side to make the lion’s body.
- Place two beads of cheese on each cracker close to the edges that meet.
- Place two pretzel sticks across each bead between the two crackers to hold the body sections together.
- Next place two beads of cheese on the lower portion of each cracker.
- Place four pretzel sticks (two on each cracker) on the top part of the cheese bead for the legs.
- Place a bead of cheese on the upper part of the cracker (for the tail)
- Place a pretzel stick in the bead for the lion’s tail and top it with another bead of cheese at the tip of the tail.
- Take two more crackers, rim the edges with cheese and place (cheese side down) onto the two body crackers.
- To make the head: place the remaining cracker above the first cracker (not the one with the tail). Add cheese around the edge of the cracker to create the lion’s mane.
- Place dabs of cheese in the center of the cracker for the eyes, mouth and nose.
- Place two raisins onto the cheese dabs for the eyes and part of a raisin for the nose.
- Use the cereal for the mouth and the ears.
- Using pretzel sticks broken in two, place them on each side of the face for the whiskers.
- Add one final large cheese bead to the head on the front cracker.
- Be sure to take pictures of their creations before eating!!!
Photo of a cheesy lion from First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, TN:
