Small children love to play with their food, and chocolate pudding lets young kids play, snack, and have fun.
When my children were younger, there would be times when I’d need to find something to keep them busy while I made dinner or balanced the checkbook. A quick solution was to open a pack of chocolate pudding and set two white dishes on the table. They would both sit at the kitchen table, content to doodle chocolate pictures on the plates.
To give your kids ideas, draw a funny face on a plate. See who can make the funniest, spookiest, or meanest face. You can also have them practice making basic shapes, such as circles, squares, and even stars. Polka dot plates are oodles of fun.
To “erase” the picture, show your children how to give the plate a quick rinse in the sink. On the other hand, if your children are too young to use the sink, or if you don’t have time to rinse the plates off after each drawing, let your children make their drawings on paper plates.
