Week 2: God’s Love Remembered – Last Supper

Active Station: Making wine/juice

Supplies:

• Grapes (lots of 'em!)
• Large container for stomping them in
• Water, soap and towels for cleaning up
• Drop cloth if doing activity inside
• Pot and spoon
• Stove
• Water
• More Grapes
• Cheese Cloth and Strainer
• Sugar
• Cups

Presentation

Opening:

Remind kids of the story of the Last Supper. Two foods that were talked about – bread and wine. Today we’re going to explore two ways to make wine (or grape juice.) One way is to crush the grapes with our feet. The other way is to cook the grapes on the stove. We’re going to make some juice on the stove AND stomp some grapes tonight. At the end of the evening, we’ll taste some of the grape juice we’re making on the stove.

Dig:

Activity: Start the cooking recipe first, and then crush the grapes with feet while waiting for the grapes to simmer.
Wash the grapes, and then put them in a pan on the stove, with just enough water to cover the grapes. Set them to simmer.

Invite kids to look at the picture of a person stomping grapes at a vineyard. (Do a google search using the keywords: stompimg grapes to make wine in Algeria pictures. 
(You might find one you can make a poster from. We just printed out the picture on a color printer.) People stomp the grapes (or the grapes are crushed with machines), then the juice produced is put into large containers/barrels, sugar is added, and then you wait. After a while, any grape skins and any other bits of grape leftover are strained out of the juice, and then the juice is put into bottles. The wine is aged, tasted, then purchased and enjoyed by people.

Remind kids to roll up pants and take off shoes and socks. We’ll do the grape stomping out on the grass, and have some soap and water available for washing up after. (If weather prohibits being outside with bare, wet feet, be sure to lay down a tarp or shower curtain to prevent grape juice from going EVERYWHERE)

After stomping, wash up, and come back inside to kitchen. Strain grapes and water through cheesecloth, then add sugar and a bit more water if needed. Give each child a bit to taste. What does everyone think?

Recipe for “wine”
by Anne Gilbert

Wash grapes.

Place in pan and just barely cover with water.

Simmer until seeds separate from pulp, about10 minutes. Do not boil.

Strain through several layers of cheesecloth. This makes a concentrate.

For juice, add equal amount of water and sugar to taste, about 1/2 c. per quart.

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