To make the polar bear snacks, I used vanilla ice cream, marshmallows, and Raisinets (the only brown candy I had on hand). Coconut would make nice "fur", but my kids would never eat it.
R does not care for marshmallows, so I just used whipped cream in place of the marshmallows. I added a little whipped cream "snow" to both plates.
Here are a few of the polar bear books we are reading:
The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett - This is a retelling of the fairytale The Three Bears, but it takes place in the Arctic and features an Inuit girl. We love everything by Jan Brett; her illustrations are simply brilliant.
Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson - A polar bear cub wakes in her warm den and sets out on a magical journey through her starlit world. This is a nice bedtime story with simple text and simple illustrations.
The Last Polar Bear by Jean Craighead George - The world is warming and the ice is melting, so Tigluk sets out to save the last polar bear. Obviously, this is a story of the plight of the polar bears threatened by global warming, but it is not at all scientific and does not even use the term "global warming". We enjoyed the story.
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Cute and yummy snack. I bet they loved it. We like all those books too.
My kids don't eat coconut either - but the bear worked without it. It's very cute!
Super Cute thanks so much for sharing!! We will be doing this later on in the week!
I still find it amazing she doesn't like marshmallows with my three marshmallow fiends.
It's a shame they don't like coconut, I LOVE the stuff, and would eat it by the handfuls. Oh wait, I have. They're still super cute.
Your Polar Bear turned out great and looks yummy!
Can I come to your house and play????
This snack looks really cute. We also read a lot of books about Polar Bears lately, and Anna was entertaining me with random facts from them for a while. I guess all these freezing temperatures make it hard to believe that global warming is actually happening :)
Love it and I'm sure the kids enjoyed every bite!
The polar bear snack is so cute. I'll have to check out those books too. I love polar bears!
so cute! my girls would declare you, "an AWESOME mom!"
That sounds so yummy, and looks so cute! We'll be reading lots of polar bear books this week too -- and some penguin books as well. It's FREEZING!!!
What a cute snack!
We love Jan Brett's "The Three Snow Bears". I'll have to look up those other polar bear books!
We didn't read the Last Polar Bear but we have read the other two. Love the snack, I love making cute snacks as well :)
Simple, easy, delicious! What's not to love? Great polar bear book roundup.
Those are the cutest polar bear snacks! I still don't know how you think up these things?!
Adorable! I think I want one too!
oohh my word these turned out adorable!!!
So sweet!! Great job! Kerri
Love the snack! I've included this post on my weekly favorites here: http://play2grow.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekly-favorites-for-january-30-2011.html Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!
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