RECIPES & ACTIVITIES
FROM MY BOOKS
FROM MY BOOKS
Enjoy Dragon Snack Recipes from THE DRAGON DREAMER.
These recipes are tested and have Arak's seal of approval.
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ROASTED NUTS
2 cups whole raw nuts: almonds or walnuts Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Spread nuts on cookie sheet. Cook in oven for 15 minutes until nuts are pale brown and have a toasty, smoky, dragony smell. Let cool for 20 minutes. *This is a staple treat at every dragon festival! CHOCOLATE SNOWBALLS 3 cups dark chocolate chips 1 cup almond butter 1 cup uncooked plain oatmeal Extra oatmeal (to coat snowballs) Cookie tray lined with waxed paper Micro-wave safe bowl Put chocolate chips in a micro-wave safe bowl. Melt on medium heat for 3 minutes, stopping to stir every minute. Stir oatmeal and almond butter into melted mixture. Form into balls about the size of a walnut. Roll the balls in more oatmeal and place on waxed paper. Let cool. *This is a moderately healthy snack with whole grains and dark chocolate. Dragons use plant oils and tiny white seeds. Orm is particularly fond of these snowballs that hold together (briefly) in seawater. They are always eaten before they fall apart! |
SPICED ALMONDS
2 cups whole raw almonds 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp. sea salt (or table salt) 1/4 cup white sugar 3 tablespoons water 1/4 cup honey 1 tablespoon oil Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Spread almonds on cookie sheet. Cook in oven for 15 minutes until nuts are pale brown and have a toasty smell. Mix sugar, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl; set aside. Stir water, honey and oil together in a sauce pan over medium heat. Bring to a boil. Add almonds and continue to heat and stir until the liquid is gone (about 5 minutes). This leaves a syrupy coating on the nuts. Pour the almonds into the bowl with the sugar mix and stir to coat evenly. Spread nuts on waxed paper and separate with a fork. Allow to cool for 20 minutes. Store the nuts in a sealed bag or container at room temperature. *Almonds have Boron and Calcium, to help grow strong dragon (and people) bones. These have a sweet and spicy smell, like many dragon treats. Arak loves spiced almonds! |
ENJOY THESE BOOK ACTIVITIES !
THE DRAGON DREAMER ACTIVITIES:
Make different types of deep-sea fish that glow in the dark.
MATERIALS (art store): black poster board, pencil, scissors, glue, toothpicks, sequins, glitter,
plastic jewels for eyes, squeeze bottle of glow-in-dark liquid plastic, black thread and needle.
COPY PATTERNS at bottom of page. Trace onto black poster-board and cut out.
Squeeze bottle of liquid plastic to add glow spots. There is a large glow spot near each eye.
Glue on jewel eye and sequins. Use a toothpick to make thin glue lines for glitter on fish fins.
ENJOY! Hold the fish up to a fluorescent light. Turn out the lights and it's another world.
Imagine that you are in the deep, dark abyss. Look at the glowing spots.
Can you tell which school your fish belongs to? In the dark, "life speaks with light."
Scree would say, "Glow brightly through life!"
Make different types of deep-sea fish that glow in the dark.
MATERIALS (art store): black poster board, pencil, scissors, glue, toothpicks, sequins, glitter,
plastic jewels for eyes, squeeze bottle of glow-in-dark liquid plastic, black thread and needle.
COPY PATTERNS at bottom of page. Trace onto black poster-board and cut out.
Squeeze bottle of liquid plastic to add glow spots. There is a large glow spot near each eye.
Glue on jewel eye and sequins. Use a toothpick to make thin glue lines for glitter on fish fins.
ENJOY! Hold the fish up to a fluorescent light. Turn out the lights and it's another world.
Imagine that you are in the deep, dark abyss. Look at the glowing spots.
Can you tell which school your fish belongs to? In the dark, "life speaks with light."
Scree would say, "Glow brightly through life!"
CRYSTAL COLORS ACTIVITIES:
Grow crystals as blue as the Hope Diamond!
This is a cheap, easy experiment with the chemistry of color.
MATERIALS: white marble chips (garden or hardware store), copper pennies,
vinegar (a very weak acid), glass jar (no lid). WEAR SAFETY GOGGLES.
Put marble and pennies in the jar and cover with vinegar. Put in a safe place (garage shelf?).
IN SEVERAL WEEKS the vinegar dissolves the marble and some copper.
DO NOT DRINK THIS!
When all the vinegar evaporates, a new, blue rock material is left behind.
Pure copper is a reddish metal, but it gives this rock a blue color.
Turquoise gemstones are blue because of a little copper.
And, a teensy bit of Boron gives the Hope Diamond its blue color!
Grow crystals as blue as the Hope Diamond!
This is a cheap, easy experiment with the chemistry of color.
MATERIALS: white marble chips (garden or hardware store), copper pennies,
vinegar (a very weak acid), glass jar (no lid). WEAR SAFETY GOGGLES.
Put marble and pennies in the jar and cover with vinegar. Put in a safe place (garage shelf?).
IN SEVERAL WEEKS the vinegar dissolves the marble and some copper.
DO NOT DRINK THIS!
When all the vinegar evaporates, a new, blue rock material is left behind.
Pure copper is a reddish metal, but it gives this rock a blue color.
Turquoise gemstones are blue because of a little copper.
And, a teensy bit of Boron gives the Hope Diamond its blue color!
CRYSTAL GEOMETRY ACTIVITIES:
Smash calcite in an old sock and shake out pieces with parallelogram sides.
This is a cheap, easy, fool-proof experiment with the chemistry of a mineral.
MATERIALS: calcite rock (from library store, rock and gem show, or online),
hammer, old thick sock you don't need.
WEAR SAFETY GOGGLES.
Put the cheap calcite in the sock. Put it on a sidewalk.
Use the hammer and hit the sock on top of the rock lump.
Empty the many broken pieces into a bowl.
NOTICE how the pieces have similar shapes.
This is called "cleavage" in geology.
Calcite breaks into pieces that have parallelogram sides.
The angles of the broken calcite are the angles of the chemical bonds!
Smash calcite in an old sock and shake out pieces with parallelogram sides.
This is a cheap, easy, fool-proof experiment with the chemistry of a mineral.
MATERIALS: calcite rock (from library store, rock and gem show, or online),
hammer, old thick sock you don't need.
WEAR SAFETY GOGGLES.
Put the cheap calcite in the sock. Put it on a sidewalk.
Use the hammer and hit the sock on top of the rock lump.
Empty the many broken pieces into a bowl.
NOTICE how the pieces have similar shapes.
This is called "cleavage" in geology.
Calcite breaks into pieces that have parallelogram sides.
The angles of the broken calcite are the angles of the chemical bonds!
FANTASY SNOWFLAKES ACTIVITIES:
MATERIALS: Plain computer paper and blunt-tip scissors
Optional: white thread and tape
Follow directions at left to cut out paper snowflakes.
Experiment with the patterns. Cut lots of flakes.
You can use thread and tape to hang the snowflakes
from the doorway. It's snowing!
Snow crystals grow with order and chaos.
Order in real snowflakes comes from symmetrical growth
due to electrical charges and chemical bonds.
Order in your snowflakes comes from folding the paper correctly.
Variety in real snowflakes comes from the chaos of their flight
through the different growth environments in the clouds.
Variety in your snowflakes comes from the different cuts you make.
Copyright © 2014 Jenny S. Burke. All rights reserved.
PATTERNS FOR GLOW FISH: PLEASE COPY, PRINT, AND USE. ENJOY!
MATERIALS: Plain computer paper and blunt-tip scissors
Optional: white thread and tape
Follow directions at left to cut out paper snowflakes.
Experiment with the patterns. Cut lots of flakes.
You can use thread and tape to hang the snowflakes
from the doorway. It's snowing!
Snow crystals grow with order and chaos.
Order in real snowflakes comes from symmetrical growth
due to electrical charges and chemical bonds.
Order in your snowflakes comes from folding the paper correctly.
Variety in real snowflakes comes from the chaos of their flight
through the different growth environments in the clouds.
Variety in your snowflakes comes from the different cuts you make.
Copyright © 2014 Jenny S. Burke. All rights reserved.
PATTERNS FOR GLOW FISH: PLEASE COPY, PRINT, AND USE. ENJOY!
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