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Here are some of the tools I use to make my son’s lunches and kids snacks:
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Without further ado, here are my Top 10 Ways to Serve Kids Snacks!
- In a cookie cutter– I love to place a cookie cutter on a plate and fill it with a snack. It could be a dip like the one featured in the title picture or cereal that a child can decorate like the gingerbread man snack below.
- Buffet Style– Giving children the choice of ingredients when they create a snack gives them the freedom to try new foods and new combinations. My son was served a frozen banana and was given a muffin tin filled with ingredients to try on the banana.
- Food Picks- Toothpick or plastic food picks are wonderful for displaying and holding snacks. If you cut the sharp end of pick off, children can eat right off of the pick.
- Cookie Cutter Shaped Foods- Both full size and mini cookie cutters are great for forming foods into fun shapes. Fun shaped foods may be eaten by picky eaters just because the food looks different and new. (Don’t through away the scraps! The outlines left in the food can be served along with the cutouts or used in salads.
- Small containers- Containers like silicone muffin cups, cupcake liners, or old applesauce cups not only hold small amounts of food they also look less daunting to kids. My son seems to be more willing to try something new or understand portion size when it is in a small container.
- Frozen- Whether it is smoothie ingredients, juice combinations, or applesauce mixtures, freezing them in ice cube or muffin tins makes them seem more appealing. Kids can suck on the cube or frozen shape or shave it off a little at a time with a spoon.
- Character Shape or Themed – Using food to create a familiar character is a lot of fun. My son loves to see what I will serve him. Something he requests a particular shape and other times I just surprise him. Last year I made him a bento filled with Olympic symbols. He had had wonderful time watching the Olympics. He loved seeing some of its symbols.
- Dips- Dips are a great way to encourage children to try new foods. It could be the dip itself that is new or the food they will be dipping. My son loves to be served spinach hummus, mixed vegetable dips, and yogurt based dips. If I put out a dip and some raw vegetables, he will inhale them. Without a dip he may pass up the vegetables.
- Tiny versions of Favorite Foods- Small sandwiches with favorite fillings or mini muffins are great snacks. They look really cute too.
- Sprinkles- Sprinkles can be placed over some many foods. My son loves them on yogurt, applesauce, cream cheese on crackers, and even in milk. I recently had a friend tell me she told her son he could have sprinkles on any food he wanted to try them on if he would then eat that food.
I hope you were able to look over the Top 10 Ways to Serve Kids Snacks and find something you would live to try with your children at home.
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Great reminder for those long summer days of snacking.
OOOH, I like that dump truck pick!
Wow, so many great ideas. I don’t do anything like this now, but I’m feeling pretty inspired to try. My son really likes the sprinkles…he just got super excited when I showed him the picture ;-).
That banana-dipping idea is really fun!
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oooh I know someone who would love to dip their banana!! (apart from me that is!)
Over from the play time link up – we love to use cutters to make food interesting too! The funky food picks are great x
Very fun!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!