G is for Grapes

This is a part of our month-long Eating the Alphabet Project! Click here to learn more about the book and project, and to see a list of all the recipes and activities.

 

Fresh Grape Soda

Adapted slightly from Eating Well.

Ingredients

• 4 cup red seedless grapes
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 cups seltzer

1. Place grapes in a blender and blend until pureed.  
2. Pour pureed grapes through a fine mesh strainer placed over a bowl.
3. Pour the pureed grapes through a fine mesh sieve placed over a bowl, and reserve grape juice.
4. Stir lemon juice and honey into the grape juice until honey is dissolved. Add seltzer. 
5. Divide among 4 glasses. 

 

Grape Fingerprint Pictures

With a few basic art supplies, little fingers can create an entire vineyard of grapes! 

Supplies

• Purple stamp pad
• Brown colored pencil, marker or crayon
• Paper

1.  Make a row of 5 or 6 purple fingerprints. 
2. Repeat with shorter rows until you end with a row containing one fingerprint and you have a triangle shape. 
3. Add a brown stem at the top and voila! – a bunch of grapes! Repeat and fill the page.