Pizza!

I've had my students make pizzas out of construction paper and magazine scraps, but never out of Legos. In fact, it would be interesting to see what kind of pie they could build. Or any other food, for that matter!

Dog Toys - Yum!

See this table setting in our play house center?  Looks delicious, doesn't it?  That's because I stopped using that dinky, plastic play food you usually buy for children to use, and starting buying dog toys instead.

Yes, you read that right.  Dog toys.  Tough, durable, able-to-take-a-beating-from-a-mastiff-and-a-class-of-Kindergarteners dog toys.  Yeah, they may cost a bit more, but they last for YEARS.  Plus they're very realistic.  And more importantly they're non-toxic if the kids put them in their mouth (which we all know they will at some point.)

Hint:  Check out your dollar stores!

(The dog toys are as follows (from lower left and going clockwise: hamburger, hot dog - chicken quarter, bacon - hamburger, t-bone - hot dog - and of course the sundae in the middle.)