Basic Paint Recipe:
·         Equal parts of: Water, Salt, & Flour
Mix salt and flour together, breaking up all lumps. Stir in water. Mixture will be very thick. Dilute with additional water to desired thickness if you are not adding any other liquid ingredients. Keep thicker for finger painting and thinner for painting with a brush.
Add the following ingredients to ¼ cup of basic paint mixture. Add additional water as needed.

Hot Cocoa Paint:
·         1 Tablespoon Unsweetened baking cocoa
·         1 Tablespoon Vanilla extract

Peppermint Paint:
·         2-3 teaspoons Peppermint extract
·         4-6 drops red food coloring

Sugar Cookies Paint:
·         1 Tablespoon Vanilla extract
·         1 ½ teaspoons Almond extract

Gingerbread Cookies Paint:
·         1 Tablespoon Ginger powder
·         1 teaspoon Cinnamon
·         1 teaspoon All-spice

Shimmery Snow Paint:
·         Blue & silver glitter

Sugarplum Purple Paint:
·         8-10 drops red food coloring
·         3-5 drops blue food coloring
·         Silver or purple glitter

Winter Blue Paint:
·         6-10 drops blue food coloring
·         Silver and blue glitter

Pine Tree Green Paint:
·         8-10 drops green food coloring
·         2-3 drops blue food coloring
·         Green glitter

Snow Day Snacks: Have children create a fun winter snack creation with simple ingredients. Children can spread cream cheese onto bagel halves and top it with various items to create a yummy winter themed snack. Supplies listed are just suggestions. There are many different ingredients that can be substituted.

Snowman Bagel

·         Bagels cut in half

·         Cream cheese

·         Olives; cut in half

·         Mini carrots

·         Zucchini slices

·         Cheese cut in small pieces

·         Green onions

·         Plastic knife

Polar Bear Bagel

·         Bagels cut in half

·         Cream cheese

·         Chocolate chips or raisins

·         Peanut butter or butterscotch chips

·         Chocolate hazelnut spread

·         Banana chips

·         Plastic knife

Yeti Bagel

·         Bagels cut in half

·         Cream cheese

·         Banana slices

·         Chocolate chips or raisins

·         Pineapple ice cream topping

·         Banana chips

·         Plastic knife

Supplies:

·         Peeled, hardboiled eggs

·         Carrots

·         Olives

·         Sprigs of parsley

·         Toothpicks

Directions: 
Cut ends off of egg to create a flatter surface to work with. Stack two eggs, flat, cut sides together, on top of each other and secure together with a toothpick, placed from the top straight down the center of the eggs. Create a top hat for the snowman with a thin larger circle and slightly smaller chunk stacked on top of each other. Secure the pieces together by using a toothpick, leaving some of the toothpick sticking out of the bottom. Set the hat on top of the snowman using the excess toothpick to secure it to the snowman. Cut a small, thin, triangular piece of carrot to use as the nose for the snowman and press in into place. Cut an olive into the shapes you desire for eyes and button and press onto snowman. Add sprigs of parsley to the sides of the snowman for arms.