Edible Egypt

I admit it freely: this was mainly "twaddle." If you've read any Charlotte Mason, you know where I'm headed. We work very hard in our homeschool to make sure the choices for our time are worth our time, educationally. We don't do a bunch of stuff that isn't actually moving us toward the content goal. Another way to put it is, we try to avoid "fluff." But this project in Mystery of History was going to be too much fun to miss. After all, who wouldn't want to eat an entire country?

Plus, it gave me an excuse to by a sheet cake pan. I've needed one for years, but just haven't purchased it. Having an atlas exactly the right size made things so simple. Opened up, it was just the right size for our stencil of Egypt.

 The kids made toothpick flags to mark the important cities and features.

All cooled, ready to decorate.

There is a great selection available these days for adding color and details.

A strict "NO EATING OUT OF THE CAN" policy was enforced.

We traced the outlines from the atlas and made a stencil for the other incredibly easy part: spray on tinting! We had never used this before, but it was great fun. Stinky, but fun. It smells like silly string. I'm sure you all know exactly what silly string smells like, right?

Now for the details.

Gel icing in tubes with tiny tips made the addition of details very quick and easy.

Then the flags went in to mark everything.

Praline almonds worked well for the mountain ranges.

Rebekah (of course) carved chocolate chips into the shapes of the pyramids, but somehow I didn't get a picture of them, and they were some of the first bites to disappear.


I'm not ashamed to say it: We will definitely be "twaddling" into other countries, turning them into delicious desserts.