Re: food fight
Reatha McCafferty
You're taking the fun out of it with the planning. A food fight can be as
simple as splotching your ice cream cone on their nose (or their ice cream
cone as they try to take a bite), throwing a cup of water on them on a hot
day when you are drinking (we did this at an ice cream place - our friends
actually started the fight with our kids, and we ended up chasing each other
with water from a water fountain in cups for at least two hours, it was
great and we couldn't go past that ice cream place without the kids asking
to stop and play again). The surprise is half the fun. They can't know
that it's coming, and hot days with cool liquids are the best IMNSHO. But
if you do want to use actual "food," you could use veggies cooked soft like
they do in the movies and stuff. Anyway, enjoy.
Reatha McCafferty in OH
Pamela wrote:
I am just curious about food fights. My ds Andrew, 6 has requested such an
activity after watching a couple in movies and I'm all for it but has anyone
ever done it? I am thinking outdoors and garden hose. He likes to help
cook
and we talked about making things for this "adventure". Like mashed
potatoes,
jello, and other relatively soft things so they don't hurt on impact after
being launched at someone. I asked why he'd like to do it. He said it
looks fun.
So my questions are: Will the fun be lost in the planning of this activity
or should we just do it one day without his knowledge to retain the element
of
surprise? What other food ideas? Has anyone done this, am I crazy? Any
ideas?
simple as splotching your ice cream cone on their nose (or their ice cream
cone as they try to take a bite), throwing a cup of water on them on a hot
day when you are drinking (we did this at an ice cream place - our friends
actually started the fight with our kids, and we ended up chasing each other
with water from a water fountain in cups for at least two hours, it was
great and we couldn't go past that ice cream place without the kids asking
to stop and play again). The surprise is half the fun. They can't know
that it's coming, and hot days with cool liquids are the best IMNSHO. But
if you do want to use actual "food," you could use veggies cooked soft like
they do in the movies and stuff. Anyway, enjoy.
Reatha McCafferty in OH
Pamela wrote:
I am just curious about food fights. My ds Andrew, 6 has requested such an
activity after watching a couple in movies and I'm all for it but has anyone
ever done it? I am thinking outdoors and garden hose. He likes to help
cook
and we talked about making things for this "adventure". Like mashed
potatoes,
jello, and other relatively soft things so they don't hurt on impact after
being launched at someone. I asked why he'd like to do it. He said it
looks fun.
So my questions are: Will the fun be lost in the planning of this activity
or should we just do it one day without his knowledge to retain the element
of
surprise? What other food ideas? Has anyone done this, am I crazy? Any
ideas?
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In a message dated 3/21/2004 4:52:52 PM Mountain Standard Time,
realalam1@... writes:
The surprise is half the fun.
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Right. But giving kids the idea that it's okay could cause a BiGtime problem
in a public place or someone else's dining room.
Things are funny in Three Stooges movies that aren't funny in real life.
One thing Marty and Kirby did want to do when they were little was
pie-in-the-face. We got pre-made pie crusts and spray whipped cream and did one for
each, on the patio in the back yard.
Sandra
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realalam1@... writes:
The surprise is half the fun.
==========
Right. But giving kids the idea that it's okay could cause a BiGtime problem
in a public place or someone else's dining room.
Things are funny in Three Stooges movies that aren't funny in real life.
One thing Marty and Kirby did want to do when they were little was
pie-in-the-face. We got pre-made pie crusts and spray whipped cream and did one for
each, on the patio in the back yard.
Sandra
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In a message dated 3/22/04 11:52:53 AM, marti@... writes:
<< Maybe choose a couple of "stock" ingredients for the arsenal, but then
have
each participant bring a "secret" choice to add to the table? It would give
some room for creativity and a little bit of surprise to see what folks
brought. >>
Oh, good idea. And you could sit down like for a garden party. You could
wear straw hats. You could serve tea. You could be formal and then insult
someone's hat who throws a pea at yours, and from there, in tea-party persona, the
fight would have a purpose.
Sandra
<< Maybe choose a couple of "stock" ingredients for the arsenal, but then
have
each participant bring a "secret" choice to add to the table? It would give
some room for creativity and a little bit of surprise to see what folks
brought. >>
Oh, good idea. And you could sit down like for a garden party. You could
wear straw hats. You could serve tea. You could be formal and then insult
someone's hat who throws a pea at yours, and from there, in tea-party persona, the
fight would have a purpose.
Sandra