Hooray for Healthy Foods

crayola supplies

Markers
Model Magic®
No-Run School Glue
Pointed Tip Scissors

household supplies

lined paper

Why?

Give me a B---for Broccoli! Or Berries! Or Bananas! Share your favorite recipes for healthy foods with your classmates.

Steps

1. What is your favorite good-for-you food? Find out more about why it is healthy, and how nutritious foods are important as part of a stay-fit lifestyle. Then prepare to share tasty, diverse recipes for yummy dishes. This classroom banner campaign is sure to call attention to smart eating!
2. Cut construction paper into a large banner with Crayola Scissors. Draw a picture, write the name of a favorite healthy food, and decorate your banner using Crayola Washable Markers.
3. Use Crayola Model Magic® to mold a 3-D replica of your healthy food. You can make your own colors of Model Magic by adding marker color to white modeling compound. Knead it until you have the color you desire. Glue the replica to your banner with Crayola School Glue.
4. On lined paper, write a recipe made with your healthy food. You might choose one that’s a family heritage favorite or a combination you invent. Glue the recipe to your banner. Share information about the food with your classmates. Display your banner in the cafeteria, hallways, or other public places to inspire healthy eating in your school!

adaptations

Learn about the new USDA Food Pyramid for Kids. Use it as a guide to choose healthy school lunches, snacks, and meals.

Make samples of each of the recipes. Invite families to share at a tasting party! Make a class recipe book filled with diverse food ideas.

Gather information about the different kinds of fats that are in foods: trans fat, saturated fats, monounsaturated fats, and polyunsaturated fats.

Students with motor challenges may prefer to write their recipe on a computer. Encourage children to assist each other as needed.

benefits

Students research benefits of nutritious foods. They identify aspects of a healthy lifestyle such as a balanced diet, exercise, nutrition, weight control, and disease prevention.

Students depict a healthy food and present a recipe using it on a colorful banner.

Students share nutritional information about the healthy food they chose and orally present their findings to the class.

grades

Grades 1 to 3
Special Needs

subjects

Science
Visual Arts
Language Arts
Math

time

30 to 60 minutes

curriculum standards links

US: Research U.S. Standards
UK: Research UK Standards
Canada: Research Canada Standards

safety guidelines

Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, and Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough—

Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient.
Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.