It is an amazing feeling when children come out of school so enthusiastic to share what they have learnt. This is even more the case when that child has trouble expressing themselves or communicating in general. This term has been one of those times as The Sensory Seeker kept coming home telling me all about outer space. He came home with a rocket he made and even asked me to get him a book about Space.
Miles Kelly’s 100 Facts Books
I was lucky enough to be asked if we would like copies of Miles Kelly’s 100 Facts Solar System and 100 Facts Stars & Galaxies, 100 Facts Space Travel. These books are full of fun facts, quizzes, cartoons and ideal for children as they are beautifully illustrated and presented in a fun way. Visit the Pinkoddy Facebook Page for more insight into the books.
We were also sent a place mat about living in space taken from the book 100 Facts Space Travel and set a recipe challenge. The challenge got us to think about how Astronauts ate food in space. How they had to have it strapped down and use straws so that it did not float away because of the weightlessness. The boys learned how the food is dried to save weight. They only eat with spoons – no plates, knives and forks.
Space Snacks ideas
- Hannah – A New Addition – suggested powdered soup with croutons – using a tray to help strap the food to them.
- Laura – My Life as Mummy – Noodles
- Jenny – Mummy Mishaps – Pasta Sauce. She also had lots of cool Space themed ideas: Birds Eye Chicken Space Shapes; Pizza with a veggie ring; Potato Stars; A Space Kebab Stick (cherry tomato, cucumber slice, carrot slice, pea, babybel, topped with a potato or star shaped sandwich – with each of the circles representing a planet).
- Solar System – Creative Kids Snacks.
We then watched some videos to see what it is really like in Space:
NASA – Eating on the Space Station
National Space Centre – Chris Hadfield’s Space Kitchen
BBC News Science – Asking children to design a space meal for astronauts
Space Snacks – Recipe Challenge
Invent a dish that is made from only tinned or packet food. Use a microwave if it requires cooking. List the ingredients. Take a picture and share.
We were sent ingredients to make the Out of this World Pudding Recipe:
The boys found it quite difficult to make as we strapped everything down. We were also aware that actually the method we used for adding the powder wouldn’t have worked as it would have just floated away. We actually used the food syringe to try to pull the food out of the bag to eat so that it would not float away.
Lucky readers of Pinkoddy have a chance of receiving the 3 Miles Kelly’s 100 Facts Books – just answer the question below in no less than 10 words and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway:
What would be your favourite space snack and why?
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Space Day – Jennifers Little World
NASA Space Shuttle the Final Mission – Mari’s World
Space Centre Leicester – Kids Days Out Reviews
Space Craft ideas – Red Ted Art
I received free books and space snack making materials for purposes of this promotion and review. No other financial incentive was given. The prize will be sent directly to the winners. All words and opinions are my own.
My favourite space snack would be those flying saucers you get in mix-up bags! Love the fizzy sherbet inside and I still enjoy the odd one now!
Cucumbef..it’s refreshing and juicy like a drink
Mine would have to be crisps – I’d want to recreate that scene out of The Simpsons where Homer is floating around gracefully eating crisps, haha!
Chocolate – its my favourite snack wherever I am. Need my daily dose 😉
hot dogs – enough to fill you after just eating 1 x
Would have to be praline chocolate as I am addicted to it 🙂
Unmade jelly squares mmmmm yum
It would have to be pizza – with that freeze dried Astronaut ice cream for dessert!
hot dogs
Mine would have to be yummy cheesy pizza finger slices 🙂
hot dogs
gosh, hard choice to make, but mine would be hot dogs with mustard and ketchup xx
Jelly Squares
Biscuits – I love them, cant beat a choccy biccy!
I think my favourite space snack would have to be home made sausage rolls dipped in tomato ketchup mmmmm delicious
peanuts i’m sure they would be fine in space or pringles
pizza
Jelly – it’s all gloopy and I can just imagine it floating about in anti-grav!
Cake! Appropriate anytime, anywhere, anyhow!
Chocolate! Anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Yes even outer space…well, they do make galaxy you know xx
Popcorn for its floating properties 🙂
I like chocolate finger biccys yum.
What a fabulous idea for a post, really interesting and full of great ideas.
Thanks so much for including my link
Chocolate!
bananas because i love them they are my fave food
onion rings or hash browns xx
My favourite space snack would be jelly as I think it would be amusing to see it wobbling away & floating!
My favourite spec snack would be Space chocolate, can’t go wrong with chocolate!
Chocolate, because everything is better with chocolate.
It would be Space Dust popping candy for me. I am a big kid when I get my hands on some and love it. It’s especially good if you mix it in with the frosting on your cupcakes (but don’t tell anyone it’s in there . . . immature, I know!).
pocorn as it is so light and airy perfect for outer space
A nice thick curry as it would stick together in zero gravity
meteor meatballs, real space snack!
I’m not sure how I would manage to eat them but I’d love to eat strawberries and whipped cream if I was in space! Their smell reminds me of my childhood 🙂
Cheese- because that’s what the moon is made of isn’t it???!!!
A chilli con carne because it would be tasty and spicy and add a bit of interest to your space diet.
chocolate, because it’s always a good time for chocolate
oh it has to be chocolate!
Ice cream, as anytime is ice cream time
It would be noodles or spaghetti. Mainly for the fun .
Mars or Milky Way as they would be apt for a space traveller
chocolate, always
Chocolate and strawberries without doubt
Space raiders and a milky way, it’d be pretty fitting.
Chocolate – everything is less calories in space so I’d make the most of it and eat and eat and eat!
Any kind of chocolates
Would have to be cheese/onion pringles, I don’t want withdrawl symptoms
It would have to be nuts – instant protein – so many different flavours
chocolate is always my favourite
Malteasers
CHOCOLATE (GALAXY OF COURSE) 🙂
Freeze dried icecream
Space raiders 😉
Crisps. All of the crisps. They are what I crave most and quite long lasting ie don’t go out of date too soon or don’t easily go off.
I remember when you could buy the freeze dried space food in the shops, im sure one was a yogurt flavour and it was soooo yummy everyone in school used to bring it in
dried strawberries so can still be healthy
Space Invaders due to loving them since my youth
My favourite space snacks would be freeze dried fruit. It would be healthy and easy to store
Dried apricot…nom nom
Crisps of any kind because I could not live without them!
Biscuits as it is a longer lasting food and tasty as well
Crisps salty ones
Crisps, my favourite snack
Flying Saucers of course – love them
CAKE AND CUSTARD…TASTY AND SO MESSY ITS FUN
My space snack would have to be chocolate which hopefully will not melt or float way from me in space.
Vanilla icecream with chocolate chips. Taste of home, in space 🙂
Rich Tea Biscuits, because I love them at any time of day and they go lovely with a cup of tea 🙂
Some form of dehydrated chocolate pancakes! mm More specifically white chocolate.
Mine would be popping candy as I think it would be really cool to eat in space. Thanks for the lovely giveaway, these books look really good.
Cheese! I could not live without cheese!
Flying saucers, they would actually fly up there
Popcorn, as it is tasty and very easy to make
Flying saucers as I used to buy these with my pocket money in the fifties! Happy times.
Peanut butter, I am addicted
Fizzy Flying Saucers are my absolute favourite. I love the way that they fiz on your tongue!
Would have to be my craving….Maltesers! They do say they are lighter than air! 🙂 Yummy!
My favourite Space Snack would have to be Space Raiders Pickled Onion Crisps! The reason being I am absolutely addicted to crisps and become very cranky without them!
My favourite space snack would be the sherbet flying saucers. Loved them. x
Flapjack because they’re a good sugar rush but wouldn’t melt of crumble.
My favourite space snack would be Twiglets – lots in one pack – would last me light years:0
Marshmallows to give me even more of a light and airy feeling
Sherbert flying saucers 🙂
Can you freeze dry marshmallows? They would be pretty yummy if you could.
crisps 🙂
It would have to be Space Invaders Crisps to fit in !