Children Food: Snacks

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A Super Cute and Super Fast Turtle Snack

A Super Cute Turtle Snack

Turtles aren’t known to be super fast, but this turtle snack definitely is. With just three simple ingredients, you can fix this healthy snack up in minutes. I love quick, easy and cute, and this snack is exactly that. My kids just loved it and have asked for it again and again. This is how you can make it..

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Healthy Peacock Snack

A cute little peacock is a wonderful way to serve all sorts of colorful, healthy food by using it in his beautiful tail. Awhile back we made this version of a peacock, but I thought he was due for an upgrade! This version is even healthier than the other, as it is grain free and features veggies that are packed with vitamins and lots of great fiber.

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Bee Hive Fruit Snack

We have had record pollen counts here in Atlanta, GA with 8,164 particles of pollen per cubic meter of air!! There is yellow everywhere you look along with puffy eyes & sneezing! We thought this would be a good time to make a fun Bee Hive Fruit Snack and teach my 2 year old about bees! A great way to get your little picky eaters to eat some fruit for a after school snack!

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Solar System Snack

A great excuse to give our kids a variety of fruits, veggies, meats, and cheeses in one snack (while educating them at the same time), is to make the Solar System with them! Teach your children about the planets in our Solar System (yes, I know Pluto is no longer considered a planet…read on), and give them a healthy snack at the same time!

Using snacks is an amazing way to teach your young child about science. Take a look at our Volcano post for a good example of this!

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Cute Snack Idea: Sweet Baby Whale in a Blueberry Sea!

Sweet Baby Whale in a Blueberry Sea

A plum and some blueberries become an adorable whale snack for kids

Here’s another healthy summer snack that your kids are sure to enjoy! It was simple to put together and only used a couple ingredients. The kids just loved the water (blueberries) sprouting from the whale and it was so simple to do by using just a couple toothpicks. Here’s how I made this sweet little whale snack..

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Garden Octopus

'Tis the season for gardens and farmers markets to be overflowing with local veggies. Encourage your kids to try a fresh bell pepper by turning it into a crunchy creature from the deep.

What you'll need: 2 bell peppers, Dip or hummus, Black olives.

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Deviled Egg Boats

These cleverly engineered eggs with a mustardy zip and colorful sails are sure to become an instant favorite with your crew.

What you'll need: 12 hard-boiled eggs, 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard, 2 teaspoons vinegar (white or cider), 1/4 to 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 2 red, orange, yellow, or green bell peppers, Paprika.

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Cute Snack Idea: One Sweet Bee

One Sweet Bee

This sweet and healthy bee snack will get your kids buzzing at snack time

Spring is upon us and our flowers are in bloom. With our blooming flowers, come some buzzy little friends too—bees! We’ve seen all kinds of bees buzzing around our flowers lately and the kids aren’t really fans of them! I decided to make them a friendly little bee snack to try to get them to realize that maybe they’re not all that bad! Well, the kids liked the snack, but they still don’t like the bees! Oh well, you can’t win them all.

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Bell Pepper Octopus Snack

Sometimes as parents we have to get a little creative in order to get our kids to eat the nutritious foods we would like them to.

This post was inspired by 2 things. First, the fact that I picked 11 green bell peppers from my garden in one day. Yes, the pepper explosion called for some serious creativity. And second, the fact that neither of my children like or will eat bell peppers.

I think the word pepper freaks kids out. It makes them think of something spicy. But the truth is that bell peppers are anything but spicy. They are crunchy, sweet, and have great flavor. I truly believe that kids eat with their eyes and the packaging you present foods to your children has a HUGE impact on if they will eat it or not.

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Avocado Boats

Good morning! This morning we visit another healthy food that begins with the letter A: Avocado's! Avocado's are a great addition to a healthy diet. They provide heart healthy fats, fiber, antioxidants, and essential nutrients. I have only begun to love avocado's in the last few years, and now I can't get enough of them. My kids love avocado's in bean dips and salads. I love them straight out of the peel.

Today's food idea is supposed to look like a boat. The Avocado skin was perfect for this.

Avocado Boats!

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