Find several pairs of candy hearts with identical messages,
such as "I Love You," "Smile," and "E-mail
me." Mix up the hearts and put them on a table. Let your
child match up the hearts by looking at the first letter of
Mix l tablespoon water with 6 drips of food coloring to
make an edible "ink". Dip a toothpick into the
ink and use it to write the letters of your child's name
on the back of candy hearts, one letter on each heart.
Help your child arrange the hearts to spell out her name.
If you wish, let your child use the Personalized Hearts
to decorate a frosted cupcake or cookie.
Use the edible ink from the activity above. Collect twelve
candy hearts of the same color and divide them into pairs.
Write a different letter on the back of each pair of hearts.
Use the hearts to play Concentration with your child. Place
the hearts on a table, edible ink letters side down. Let your
child turn over two hearts to look at the letters. If the
letters match, he keeps the hearts. If the letters don't match,
he turns the hearts back over. Take turns looking for matches
until all six pairs have been found. To make the game more
challenging, put out more pairs or try matching upper-and
Variation: Find matching phrases and play concentration
trying to match these phrases.