Lost In Pizzaland: Wacky Wednesday: Backwards Day

Wacky Wednesday: Backwards Day

Wacky Wednesdays are a little break in the week, geared away from the weekly theme. It lets the children have a little added fun. Your kids will love it when you say "Hey, guess what tomorrow is? It's Wacky Wednesday!" Remember to have fun yourself.

Wear your clothes backwards and/or wear Pj's all day or mismatched clothes. Even wear your hair funny!
Backwards Name: Masking Tape: Write your child's name backwards on a piece of masking tape and stick it on your child's shirt and call them that all day.
Switch Roles: Instead of being a mom or dad all day, switch roles with your child. They can be the parents all day and you can pretend to be their child. Please use your judgement on this one, you still need to be the adult when it comes to safety, cooking and such things.
Talking Backwards: Try talking backwards all day. For example: instead of saying Good Morning, Say Good Night.
Sing ABC's Backwards
Sing Row, Row, Row Your Boat Backwards
Count Backwards
Read Backwards: Try reading a book from end to beginning. Be daring and read it upside down too.
Goose, Goose, Duck: Instead of Duck, Duck, Goose, try playing Goose, Goose, Duck.
What's Wrong With This Room? Ahead of time, put 10 things wrong with your room. Tape a picture on the ceiling, Put the pillows on the floor, blankets on the chair instead of the back of the chairs, coats on the floor, lampshade upside down, whatever you can dream up.
Pin the donkey on the tail game: Same as Pin The Tail On The Donkey except, your pinning the donkey on the tail.
Backwards Bean Bag Toss: Bean Bags (Make your own-Dried Beans, Material, Needle and Thread), and Bucket: Place a bucket a little distance away from your child. Hand your child bean bags and have them face backwards. The bucket should now be behind them. Now have your child throw the bean bags and see if they can make it into the bucket. They can throw it through their legs too.
Soccer Ball: Soccer ball and Goal: Set up a goalie's net or make your own up with sticks or something. Have your child try to kick the ball, while standing backwards, into the goal. I wouldn't recommend running backwards trying to kick the ball because your child might trip over the ball.
Upside Art: Sheets of paper, crayons, tape: Tape a sheet of paper under a table and have your child start drawing and coloring.
Silly Putty: 1 T. Liquid Starch, 2 T. Glue: Mix together and have fun! Try picking up print off of newspapers.
Games: Chutes and Ladders, CandyLand: Play these games from the end to the beginning.
Toy Cars: When your child is playing with his toy cars, have them crawl backwards and the cars too.
Toe Painting: Finger Paints, Paper, Newspaper: Instead of finger painting, have your child draw something using their toes and feet.
Backwards Bowling Game (Make your own, with plastic bottles and something round or a small pumpkin): Place pins backwards. Instead of one pin up front, place five up front and then go back from there. And then have your child stand backwards and have them bowl between their legs.
Ask Your Child: Ask your child what they think would be fun to do backwards, silly, or different.
Silly Sunglasses: Pair of kids sunglasses, bag of gogglie eyes, glue: Give your child a pair of sunglasses and then have them glue gogglie eyes all around the frame and sides.
Backwards Tight Rope Walking: Masking Tape: Place masking tape on the flour about 6 foot long. Now see if your child can walk backwards on the tape without falling off.
Backwards Freeze Dance: Music: Instead of freezing when the music stops playing, stop dancing when the music is on.
Playdoh (Make Your Own, See Recipe Below): Have your child play with the playdoh with their feet, instead of their hands.

PLAYDOH
1 c. flour 1 c. boiling water 2 tbsp. cream of tartar 1/2 c. salt 1 tbsp. oil Food coloring Mix and knead together. This playdoh is not sticky and does not dry out. All Sorts of Different Recipes found on www.cooks.com

Food/Snacks

Eat under the table, instead on top the table

For Breakfast Serve: Pizza (Make your own, have child help out.) Try eating it backwards
For Supper Serve: Breakfast Foods: Pancakes, Bacon, Toast, Eggs, Potatoes
Upside Down Cone: Ice Cream, Sprinkles, Ice Cream Cones: Put some sprinkles into a bowl, then top with ice-cream and put a cone on top.
Upside Down Cupcakes: Cupcakes, Frosting: Make cupcakes and instead of frosting the top of the cupcakes, frost the bottom.
Milk in a Bowl: Straws, Milk: Pour some milk into a bowl, add a straw and have your child drink milk from a bowl instead of a cup.
Pineapple Upside Down Cake. Recipe