Here are four fun Felix activities for children to learn more about food and food waste! Ideal for holidays, you’ll be able to watch things grow (some tasty, some gross), find out about waste, and learn how to make a household staple.
Age group: 5-11 years old.
Instead of throwing away what's left of your spring onions after cooking, why not use this activity to help children to understand that vegetables from the supermarket can continue to grow, even if they are just scraps!
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We don’t need to be ashamed of ourselves for wasting food, but it’s good to be aware of it. Imagine how much money we might save, or how we wouldn’t need to take out the bins as much, or even how much of a positive impact on the environment it might have!
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It’s estimated that 24 million slices of bread are thrown away in the UK each day. This is equal to over a million loaves of bread being wasted in a single day! One of our aims at The Felix Project is preventing good food going to waste. This activity helps children learn how to keep food fresh and edible. The knowledge learnt can prevent waste in the long term, but in the short term, you will be wasting two slices of bread. Use bread that is already going a bit stale.
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Spoilers: It is likely that the bread in the “dirty” bag is going to be quite to very mouldy, the bread in the “clean” bag, may also get mouldy but not as much.
In this activity, you are going to learn how butter is made. It’s very simple, however, you may want to set up this activity for pairs/groups so that children don’t get too tired!
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This homemade butter should be good for up to a week, enjoy on a piece of toast or however else one like's to have butter!
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