Magical Night

Guillermo picked up his medal for completing the Principal's Challenge the other night, and was as proud as he could be. He completed 25 projects about magic and wizardry, a topic he choose, since the start of school. One of the projects: Sewing a wizard's cloak. He helped sew a lot of it, and despite the uneven hem and a few other problems, we are quite proud of the finished result since neither of us know how to sew.

He also made the hat and the wand. And, at the Challenge event, he performed a magic trick that widened the eyes of his peers and his principal! In the trick, he asks someone to pick any color crayon from a box and place it in his hands behind his back. Without looking at the crayon or the crayon box, he is able to guess what color he was holding. It is pretty amazing ;)

On the night of the challenge event, we set up a table to show off some of the things Guillermo made for the challenge. And, we handed out exploding chocolate frogs and stars. I mistakenly thought that Harry Potter ate exploding chocolate frogs in one of the books. It turns out, Harry does eat chocolate frogs, but they don't explode. I thought adding the exploding part was a nice touch and the kids loved them. Recipe: melt chocolate, add pop rocks and then set in a frog-shaped molds, or whatever kind of molds you like. Eat after the chocolate has set.