Pretend to be chefs at a restaurant for animals! Let’s make menus with yummy foods for our animal friends.
Critter Cuisine Creations
K-12 Resource: Activity
Design menus with yummy foods for animal friends
Project Details
- Grade Level K-5
- Subject Areas Science, Art
- Activity Type Art Making, Design, Research
- Title
A Hare in the Forest
- Date Created
about 1585
- Place Created
Germany
- Material
Oil on panel
- Maker
Hans Hoffmann (German, 1545/1550–1591/1592)
- Dimensions
Unframed (With Radius Of Panel, Right Side): 62.2 × 78.4 cm (24 1/2 × 30 7/8 in.), Unframed (Without Radius Of Panel, Right Side): 61.9 × 78.4 cm (24 3/8 × 30 7/8 in.), Framed [Outer Dim] (Display): 80.6 × 96.5 × 10.2 cm (31 3/4 × 38 × 4 in.)
- Credit Line
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2001.12
About
Learning Objectives
Materials Needed
- Paper or cardstock for menus
- Crayons, markers, or colorful pencils
Assignment
Today, we’re going to make a restaurant menu for some special animals from the A Hare in the Forest painting. We’ll learn about what these animals like to eat and create delicious dishes just for them!
Pick Your Animal
Look at the animals in A Hare in the Forest. Choose one animal that you want to make a menu for. It could be the bunny, the spider, the snail, or any other animal you like in the painting!
Learn about Your Animal
Now, let’s find out what your animal likes to eat. You can use books or websites to learn more. What kind of foods do you think your animal would enjoy? How is what they want to eat different from what you like to eat?
Design Your Menu
On your paper, draw a menu just like in a real restaurant. Write the name of your restaurant at the top. Then, draw pictures of the dishes of food you want to include on your menu.
Think about the foods your animal likes to eat. How can you make yummy dishes for them?
Share Your Menu
When you’re done, take turns sharing your menu with the class. Describe the food you created and why you chose that for your animal. Did you include any special ingredients?
Let’s Talk about It
Now that we’ve all made our menus, let’s talk about what we learned. How did you decide what foods to include for your animal? What did you learn about different animals’ diets?
Extensions
- Create the critter restaurant that is the correct size and includes what the eating area would look like and what it would need to include.
- Write a letter to your animal asking if it likes the menu. Then write a letter as if your animal is giving a review of the menu you made for them.
- Make a commercial or radio ad for your restaurant. Share with your family and friends.
Suggested Modifications
If you do not have access to books or the internet, use your imagination to think about what your animal might like to eat. What do you think your animal would enjoy?