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Badges of Fun: Eat Dinner Together
We all know how important family dinners are. But with sports, music lessons, homework, and other activities competing for the after-school hours, it's not always easy to get everyone around the table -- and harder still to make dinner a time to reconnect and relax. To earn this month's badge, try these simple ideas designed to turn dinnertime into fun family time. Click here for more instructions and to print your badge.
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- 10 Ways to Make Mealtime Fun
- These ideas for making mealtime fun will add extra helpings of smiles and laughs to every meal.
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- Granny Smith Slaw
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- Fruit adds a slightly sweet flavor to this colorful slaw.
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- Stoplight Slaw
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- Red, yellow, and green bell peppers give this side dish sweetness and crunch.
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- Dinner Elections
- One family's tradition for election day dinners.
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- Squid Dogs
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- These odd-looking but tasty treats are an ingenious combination of two toddler favorites: hot dogs and spaghetti.
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- Faux Fish Sticks
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- What's for dinner this April Fools' Day? Cookie fish sticks and tart taffy peas.
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- Colorful Cupcakes
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- While this April Fools' recipe looks like a cupcake, it actually tastes like meatloaf.
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- The Very Tasty Caterpillar
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- Your child can't help the famously ravenous caterpillar turn into a butterfly, but she can help him metamorphose into a pizza! Shaping and ... Read More
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- Serve a Meal on Wheels
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- For a no-fuss dinner, bake up a fleet of drive-in hot dogs.
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- Might I Bite?
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- This variation on 20 questions has players trying to guess their animal identities.
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- Digital Hot Potato
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- Pull out a camera with a timer for this twist on a classic party game that produces priceless keepsakes.
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- Ask the Oracle
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- This progression of questions and answers takes lines of logic to a whole new level.
- After-Dinner Diversions
- Seven backyard classics that kids and parents are sure to love!
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- Tag-Team Drawings
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- This quick-paced game encourages group creativity, and the resulting drawings are often hilarious.
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- Badges of Fun: Eat Dinner Together
- To earn this month's badge, try these simple ideas designed to turn dinnertime into fun family time.
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