- Make your own instruments! Place kale pieces into containers and shake them around like maracas! Bonus: Name your band something simple such as “Kale Crew”
- Use kale in food art! Make the kale grass or leaves on a tree!
- Place kale into a smoothie! Do a science experiment to slowly add a little bit more and compare the colors as you go!
- Make kale chips! Have your Little help you prep in the kitchen!
- Put together a kale bouquet! Fill a small cup with water and place kale pieces inside together!
- Create your own kale sensory bin! Have your Little practice ripping up pieces and place them into a container. Use toy animals to have a pretend farm!
- Have a kale race! Use kitchen tongs, a chip clip, or a clothespin to pick up a piece of kale and race it to the other side of the kitchen!
- Play hide and seek! Take a large piece of kale and hide it around!
- Put together a sensory bottle with kale! Fill a bottle up with water, kale pieces, and other ingredients of your choosing such as other greens or even food coloring!
- Use kale pieces as paint brushes! Paint with dips or other condiments! Hold the brush in your hands or even between your teeth for a silly time!
- Have a kale boat race! Place the kale in a bin of water and practice blowing your boats to the other side! Bonus: this gets your Little up close and personal with kale!
- Have a kale car wash! Get out the toy cars and scrub them with kale for a pretend play activity!
- Be a kale scientist! Make a hypothesis about how many kale pieces it takes to build a certain height of a tower or reach a certain weight on a food scale!
- Kale Blankets: Make kale blankets and pretend putting little toys to sleep by singing “rock a bye baby”
- Silly Faces: Challenge each other to make the silliest kale faces/disguises! Use kale as unicorn horns, silly mustaches, long noses, and more!
- Make kale jewelry! Grab out some string and tear up a few pieces of kale leaves! String the leaves to make a bracelet or necklace.
- Design your own kale sensory bottle: Take an old water bottle and fill it with water and kale pieces plus any other fun ingredients of your choosing like food coloring, glitter, mini toys, and more!
- Read a book with your magical kale pointer! Tell your Little(s) that it’s story time and they can use a magical green pointer to answer questions! Have your Little point out characters or vocabulary with the kale tip
- Remix a song! Try out “if you’re happy and you know it, clap your kale!”
Lastly, serve the kale. They may not eat it, but remember a little bit on the plate goes a long way for exposure!