Edible Maps

Creating an Edible Map

Suggested Grades

2+

Objective:

Students will create a map and examine the physical geography, borders, and/or cities/towns of an area.

Materials:
State map outline, Wax paper, plastic knife (for younger ones they will need parents help with this part) and pencil
2 cups smooth peanut butter
2 1/2 cups powdered milk
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 cups white corn syrup
Blue icing
Chocolate chips
M & Ms
any other edible material you want to use for landmarks photocopies of map of area chosen to create Method

Distribute photocopies of maps and wax paper.
Mix first five ingredients together, and distribute equal amounts of dough to each student. This will be the 'base' of their map. They will put cookie dough on table, add wax paper on top, then add map outline on top. They can use the pencil to trace the map. Remove the outlined map and wax paper then cut the outlined map cookie with the plastic knife to look like the outlined map shape.

Students decorate their map:
Blue icing-- lakes, rivers, and oceans,
Chocolate chips-- mountains
Reeses chips-- wooded areas (trees)
M&Ms-- Capitals
skittles-- cities and towns
Add any other goodies you feel that can adapt to properties of state maps
Students compare and identify others' maps.
Eat!

You can also bake them in the oven at 350* for 8 min or until crisp for a peanut butter cookie effect. My kids liked them baked much better actually.

Have the child do a report on paper of the state they picked having them tell about the state flower, bird, tree, etc ...
The older the child the more detailed the report should become. This is an awesome project because the children love doing it and they remember their states info for years to come.