By Sherrie Mackelprang

Have you ever played Sardines? Not the fish. It is a game like hide and seek, only in reverse. Instead
of one person doing the counting while the others hide, one person hides while the others count. When it is time to do the seeking, all the players go in search of the one who hid. If someone finds the hiding player, they don’t shout out. They hide with them. This is when the fun begins. Small spaces become cramped and tight as player after player squishes into the hiding place. It is amazing how many people can fit into a shower or under a bed. The first person to find the hiding player gets to be the one who hides in the next round.

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The Third Annual Target Children’s Book Festival is set for Saturday, November 8th, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Presented by the City of Las Vegas and Target, the event is the largest annual children’s literary event in Las Vegas.

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Chef Jill McKenzie believes it is possible to eliminate dinner time whining and complaining and has gathered more than a hundred fun and exciting recipes from around the globe to turn your picky eaters into daring diners in the new cookbook 52 Weeks of Proven Recipes For Picky Kids (Shadow Mountain, Softcover, $12.95).

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By Tina Scott

As far as homemade snacks go, popcorn is as good and healthy as they get. It’s a tasty whole grain food, and through the years, popcorn has been used for more than a movie theater snack or camp-fire treat. Many pioneers used it as a fancy garland on their Christmas tree, but popcorn dates back even further than the pioneers.

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By Tina Scott

In this fast-paced world of electronics, cyberspace and jets roaring overhead, sometimes it’s nice to take the opportunity to crank it down a notch or two and return to simple living; back to a time when an empty cardboard box was major entertainment. Entertaining used to be easy – walk down to the furniture store and grab a box, or a few chairs and a blanket would do. Your children had an instant playhouse, or car, or whatever else their imaginations led them to discover.

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