Crêpe-Throwing Game

Here is a fun way to celebrate Chandeleur in French classes - all you need are a crêpe recipe, ingredients, paper plates, and a small prize (such as a book or $5)

1. The day before, ask a couple of students to make a pile of crêpes and bring them in to class (or make them yourself). For fairness, the crêpes need to be the same size, about 5 inches in diameter.
    
2. Give each student a paper plate and write his/her name on the bottom. The object of the game is to catch a crêpe in the very center of the plate.
    
3. Stand on a chair about 10 feet away from the students and throw a crêpe, frisbie-style, for students to catch. Once they catch the crêpe they can't jiggle or flip it to try to reposition it on the plate.
    
4. After each student has caught a crêpe, ask two adults (such as fellow teachers) to come into the room and judge which crêpe was most perfectly centered. The winner gets a prize.
    
5. Then you can all celebrate by eating crêpes with an assortment of toppings (fruit, whipped cream, chocolate, butter, sugar, jam, etc).

The crêpe-throwing game was kindly shared by its inventor, Ed Cepress, a French teacher at Totino-Grace High School in Fridley, Minnesota. Merci bien !

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