Ok Kids, Time to Play With Your Food!

Thanks to my sister for sending along this fun dinner idea she saw on the web. I’ve recently been inspired to  try some of these more outlandish culinary experiments, a great diversion for kids on a long Sunday afternoon.

This one in particular looked pretty self-explanatory.  After the requisite hand washing, I put a bowl of raw spaghetti and a bowl of cut hot dog pieces in front of my kids and told them to go to town.

It took a few minutes to get the right system down and prevent the spaghettis from snapping.  But after some practice, (and intervention from Dad’s analytical brain) we started to place the hot dog pieces on a bunch of spaghetti all at once, making for the perfect kebobs.

After cooking them for slightly longer than the usual allotted time, to allow for the pasta to get cooked through, the masterpiece was complete and the kids were super excited to see their creations.

Eating dinner wasn’t quite as successful and I doubt I’ll rush to make them again. But I’ll still take my 6 year olds’ resounding “that was super cool Mom” as a definite mark of success!