Daily Idea #174: Peep Jousting

My friends and I, growing up, would almost always have peeps in their house around Halloween time. We never actually ate them but we had so much fun putting them in the microwave and watching them expand. For today’s daily idea, I am taking this experiment a step further; Peep jousting! Thanks to the Jersey Momma for this super fun activity.

Get yourself a pack of Peeps of different colors and toothpicks. Have the kids make a chart of the various colors to keep track of which color wins the most rounds. To set up the joust, take two different colored peeps and place them on a microwave safe plate, facing each other, with a tooth pick poked into the front of each peep. Place them far enough away from each other so that they are not touching, but close enough so that they will touch when they expand in the microwave.

With adult supervision, place them in the microwave for no more than 45 seconds (you probably won’t need all that time). The winner is the the Peep whose toothpick pokes the other Peep first. Once a winner is declared, take them out of the microwave and discard. Keep track of the color who wins each round and declare the victor when you run out of Peeps.