
The Creative Kitchen’s Le Gruyère AOP-Inspired Cow Masks
Overview: Invite kids to make a fun Le Gruyère AOP-inspired cow mask and review the importance of dairy for calcium and Vitamin D.
Key Takeaway: Dairy is a great source of calcium and Vitamin D, which are important for strong bones! You can also get your daily serving of calcium and Vitamin D from cheese, like Le Gruyere!
Ingredients:
White paper plates
Popsicle sticks
Black marker
White, black and pink construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Googly eyes
Directions:
- Prepare a template for the kids use as a model for their masks (see photo above).
- Demonstrate to kids how to trace and cut out basic shapes:
- Pink oval for the nose
- Pointed black and white ovals for ears
- Glue and attach white paper plate to a large popsicle stick.
- Glue nose and ears to white paper plate.
- Glue googly eyes to paper plate.
- Draw mouth, nostrils and black spots onto mask.