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Home » Books » Book Activities » Hickory Dickory Dock Clock Snack

Hickory Dickory Dock Clock Snack

December 31, 2013 by Crystal McClean

Today I had a lovely day alone with my two children as I wasn’t “working” (childminding) due to the school midterm break.  We had a wonderful day together playing and reminiscing with my old toys that arrived in the post from Nana.

Hickory Dickory Clock themed snack

Hickory Dickory Dock Snack

This afternoon we needed to liven things up a little as we didn’t go out for our walk as there was quite a heavy constant drizzle and we hadn’t had a home-day for a while.

Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme activities, photo

We were singing some nursery rhymes and acting them out together.  Tristan has always watched, but only very recently become interested in doing them himself, so with the three of us, it’s much more fun than me on my own amusing the neighbours through the windows!

We ended with “Hickory Dickory Dock, the Mouse Ran up the Clock”, singing all three verses (I didn’t realise there was more than one verse until a few weeks ago).  Then it was snack time with a theme.

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I thought it would be cute to make this mouse and clock for a bit of fun, and it didn’t take long, just using things from the cupboards.
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I found a Digestive biscuit and wrote the numbers of the clock on the back side using an edible ink pen. The numbers can also be used for learning to count and number recognition.

I then sliced a little cheese for the arms (and mice like cheese as well-maybe that’s why the mouse was up the clock in the first place?).  A small star sprinkle in the middle finished off the clock.

Then I thought it would be nice to have a mouse as well and rustled up two butterscotch chippets that were stuck together.  I used some icing writers to make eyes, mouth and tail for the final touches.

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 As you can see, my children were surprised to see a nursery rhyme brought to life on the snack plate!

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We have enjoyed making themed snacks with a camera, ants on a mossy log, and a spidey snack.

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Filed Under: Book Activities, Fun Food, Snacks Tagged With: numbers, Nursery Rhymes, Toddlers

About Crystal McClean

I am a Mom, Wife, Home Educator, and Virtual Assistant. We love to have fun together while learning and exploring our environment.

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Comments

  1. Jackie Higgins says

    February 20, 2012 at 5:22 pm

    What a cute snack! Have you read Keith Baker’s Hickory Dickory Dock? It’s so cute! Every hour there is a new animal at the clock and a new rhyming verse until midnight. My boys love it. I bet they’d love this snack to go with it. Welcome to the We teach group! And don’t forget to link up a post tomorrow (Tues) on the weekly blogger share!

    • Crystal says

      February 21, 2012 at 2:22 pm

      Thank you Jackie. I haven’t heard of Keith Baker, but will look it up when I’m at the library. I have tried to give the blog share a go, I hope I have done it correctly. This is all new to me! Happy Pancake Day!
      Crystal

  2. Beth says

    July 9, 2012 at 7:00 pm

    This is WAY cute!! What a great idea. Thank for linking it up with the Nursery Rhyme post – I am going to try to make this too!!
    Beth =-)

  3. Suzannne Schlechte says

    February 14, 2014 at 1:33 am

    These are sooo cute! I am going to have to dig out my food markers. Thanks a bunch for linking!

    • Crystal McClean says

      February 16, 2014 at 10:50 am

      Thank you 🙂 I left that marker behind the last time we visited home, so I’ll have to order up another soon so we can do more creating!

 
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