SUBJECT: Art, math and Religion
GRADE LEVEL(S): Can be adapted to all grade levels.

OBJECTIVE:
To make cookies that remind us of God’s love
To help children discuss measurement and how we use it.
TIME: One class period a minimum of 30 minutes (add time for baking and tasting!)

TEACHER MATERIAL(S):
Kids Explore America’s Catholic Heritage pages 171-172

MATERIAL(S) (per group):
your favorite sugar cookie recipe or prepared dough from a bakery or parent
lifesavers
zippered baggies(any size will do)
a towel
rolling pin or rubber mallet
cookie cutters of large and small shapes
parchment paper
a cookie sheet

ACTIVITIES:
Share background information from Kids Explore page 171
Follow the recipe and make the cookie dough using the ingredients suggested.
Separate the lifesavers by color and put each set in a ziplock baggie.
Put a towel over the bag and crush the lifesavers with rolling pin or rubber mallet.
Divide the dough among the participants equally and have each participant roll the dough out on individual pieces of waxed paper.
Use floured cookie cutters to make shapes from the dough.
Use a smaller cookie cutter or a safe knife to cut a shape out of the inside.
Put the cookie on parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
Fill the hole with the crushed lifesavers.
Bake as directed.