We made homemade cookie maps for our Ancient Egypt studies!
I baked large chocolate chip walnut cookies for our yummy map bases.
I made simple blue and green icing for the Nile River delta.
The girls were so careful as they drizzled the icing to form the rivulets and fertile plains.
After we decorated and discussed the Nile River delta and growing cycles, I let the kids further decorate with fun sprinkles and candies.
Use your favorite cookie recipe! Chocolate chip, sugar, or butter cookies work great.
Also, play dough, salt dough, or cookie dough make fun maps.
Also see this salt dough map of the Nile River Delta and these landform maps. Check out no-bake cookie dough maps .
Icing:
- about 1 cup powdered sugar
- a couple tablespoons milk
- a couple drops food coloring
What a great idea! We are doing a unit study on the Scottish Hebrides islands at the moment, so I might use this with our children. The geography is obviously quite different from the Nile, but I think we’ll give it a go :-)
What a fun unit study that must be! Thanks!
Am I the only one distracted by how huge and yummy those cookies look? lol! I love this hands-on learning idea!
Thanks! They were delicious too! I was a little worried they might not bake evenly, but I flattened em out a bit beforehand and they turned out perfect!
Oh my gosh, that’s a great idea! Pinning!
Thanks so much!
Oh what a fun idea! What a great way to combine a learning activity with something kids love to do.
I am co-hosting the #HomeMattersParty link party this month and would love to have you stop by for a visit. The door is open now through Monday night. http://alaynascreations.co/2015/09/18/home-matters-linky-party-55/
Thank you! Cookies are always fun.
Happy to see you shared your idea at the #HomeMattersParty link party. Thanks!
So adorable! Thanks for sharing at the Laugh and Learn linky! I’ll be featuring your post this week. :)
Thanks so much!
What a fun idea! My kids always enjoy projects that the can eat afterwards. I hope you will come by Made for Kids and link this up.
Thanks! I’ll come linkup.
Thanks for linking up! We hope you will join us again this week starting at 10pm EST Sunday evening.
How very cool. I’m going to consider this for our upcoming study of Egypt!