This topic is for posting your cooking/food related Workshop lessons and ideas for teaching the story of Daniel and the Lions Den.
Original Post
Replies sorted oldest to newest
Corncake Lions
From "Crafts & More for Children's Ministry" by Karyn Henley & Lois Keffer, published by Group:
1 egg
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup flour
1 cup milk
cornmeal
raisins
Mix egg, sugar, baking powder & salt in a bowl. Add flour and milk. Add cornmeal until batter is as thick as pancake batter. Pour several circles of batter into the skillet. With a spoon gently draw out the batter from the center of each circle to make "spikes" to be like a lion's mane. Put raisins on the corncakes for eyes and nose before you turn them over. This recipe makes about eight 3 or 4 inch corncakes.
Lion Chow
The recipe for Lion Chow is out of the book, Incredible Edible Bible Fun by Group Publishing (ISBN 0-7644-2001-1) and the recipe is as follows.
chex or crispix cereal (rice cereal in square shapes)
caramel syrup
powdered sugar
resealable plastic bag
1/4 measuring cup.
Pour a 1/4 of cereal into bag. Add a teaspoon of syrup. seal and shake the bag until syrup coats the cereal then open and add 2 tsp. of powdered sugar. Seal the bag and shake again until all is coated with sugar. then eat.
Exchange Volunteer has modified post to clarify book info.
Science Idea
thanks - my first Sunday is this week (yes, I always wait until the last minute) we'll make lion chow - and probably pancakes for the 3-5th grade.
I found this neat example on some web site---
- You put salt (God's people) on a plate (the world) shake a small amount of pepper on top (evil-sin-problems).
- Rub a plastic spoon (God) against cloth to create static electricity.
- The people pray and the spoon lifts away the evil-sin-problems when you place the spoon over the top of the salt/pepper.
It works, I tried it and I hope our kids will think it's neat. Only takes about five minutes. Thanks for all your help. Mary
Lion Chow
7 cups rice chex
1 cup peanut butter
1 bag butterscotch chips
mini m&m's
mix pb and chips in large bowl, microwave 1 min at a time 50% power untill melted, stir in chex, add more to coat, last add m&m's for garnish(daniel's faith) chill and eat yummy!
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:
