Kitchen science: A rainbow's colours always come in the same order, red first, because every colour of sunlight bends a different amount in a raindrop. An order that repeats is called a pattern.
Fruit Kabobs for kids: the whole recipe
Everybody wants to find the end of the rainbow. Today we get to eat it. Rainbow Wands! This easy no-cook recipe is for ages 5 to 9 (grades K–3rd), takes about 15 minutes and serves 4. Crumb, our tiny chef, reads every step aloud with a picture, so a child can follow along.
Ingredients
8 strawberries
½ cup mandarin oranges
½ cup pineapple chunks
8 grapes
½ cup blueberries
Tools
A cutting board, A sharp knife (grown-up), A toothpick, Blunt wooden sticks (round ends, no point), A colander, A plate.
Steps
Wash your hands with soap for twenty seconds, then let's make Rainbow Wands!
Grown-up step: A grown-up cuts the green tops off 8 strawberries.
Grown-up step: A grown-up pokes a starter hole in each piece of fruit with a toothpick.
Slide 8 strawberries onto the sticks: red comes first!
Next, slide on ½ cup of mandarin oranges: orange!
Add ½ cup of pineapple chunks for yellow.
Now 8 grapes for green.
Finish with ½ cup of blueberries: blue!
Hold up your wand: red, orange, yellow, green, blue. A rainbow!
Safety notes
Sharp! A grown-up does this part.
None of the nine major allergens as written. Still read the labels on packets.
Cut grapes in half the long way for little ones under 4.
Squash blueberries a little for little ones under 4.
Read the label on packets for allergies.
Kitchen science
A rainbow's colours always come in the same order, red first, because every colour of sunlight bends a different amount in a raindrop. An order that repeats is called a pattern.
Make it your own
Swap a green grape for a kiwi chunk (ask a grown-up to cut it).
Dip the end of your wand in yogurt, like a rainbow ice-cream cone.
Make a pattern wand: red, yellow, red, yellow all the way along.