Owl Sandwich and Books

We read two books featuring owls this week, so I had to reinvent my owl sandwich.  Last year, I made this owl sandwich

and these owl pancakes

My owl sandwich didn't change too much; actually, if I had checked the blog or remembered, I would have included the Cheerios, but I completely forgot about them.  So, the only real change is the addition of apple circles.

I cut the owl shape out of a slice of bread and covered it with peanut butter.  To make the eyes, I cut circles out of apple slices with my smallest biscuit cutter, and then placed banana circles on top of those and used raisins as the pupils.  The beak is a cashew.

The books we read this week are:

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen - In this book, a young girl goes owling with her father.  C and R both enjoyed this book, but I LOVED it.  Seriously, I felt transported into the woods on this cold, dark evening and I could see the moon, feel the cold air, and hear the echo.  I want to go owling now!  One cool thing is that the author's husband used to take their children owling in Massachusetts, and that made this book particularly pleasurable for Yolen to write.  It has also made me want to find out more about owling!

One Odd Old Owl by Paul S. Adshead is a tongue-twisiting, rhyming, repeating, puzzle story about a snoring owl that is disturbing a sleepy snail.  The snail asks more and more birds to wake the owl, to make the snoring stop, and the results are very funny!  We all enjoyed this book.  The illustrations alone are incredibly beautiful, and every time you read this book, you will discover a different layer of fun.

Click here to read about more owl books we have enjoyed, and to find directions for a simple owl craft.

C was so young in this photo!

Owl Pancakes

Owl Snack - Take 2

I replaced the graham cracker beak from the first owl snack I made with a cashew.  I'm still not so sure it looks like an owl.  It's a good thing I am not a food photographer - look at those crumbs on the plate!!!!!!!

I made this by cutting a piece of whole wheat bread into a circle shape (use a cookie cutter or biscuit cutter or a glass).  Then I just cut a notch out of the top to make the two points at the top.  I covered the bread with peanut butter.  At the top, I stuck a few Cheerios on the bread.  The eyes are slices of banana with chocolate chips pushed into them, and the beak is a cashew.

Whooooo wants a healthy snack?

I searched for healthy snacks that look like owls, but the only thing I could find was made with lunch meat and C won't eat lunch meat, so I came up with this.  I guess it looks like an owl if you know it is supposed to be an owl.  Next time, I will make the beak smaller; I think that is the problem.

To make the snack, I used a large biscuit cutter to make a slice of bread into a circle shape.  I then cut a tiny notch out of the top of the circle, and spread peanut butter over the bread.  Banana slices with chocolate chips pushed into them made the eyes.  The beak is a graham cracker that I cut into a triangle, and I used Cheerios above the eyes.  C and R enjoyed every bite.