Whether you are celebrating an eclipse event or studying about eclipses with your children, these eclipse snack ideas would be fun to serve. Each of the eclipse snack ideas has a space theme!
We are going to an eclipse event at a local science center and I wanted some fun eclipse snack items to share with my family in a snack bag. You could easily place your eclipse snack idea items in a basket or bowls for your family or guests to have if you are at home. You would also be able to serve some fun eclipse-themed drinks. I have listed some eclipse snack ideas and drink ideas below.
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Eclipse Snack Ideas
You will notice that the items pictured in the snack bag are not very healthy. You will probably want to add some other ideas to your bags like Sunmaid Raisins to balance out all the sugar in it.
Contents of the Snack Bag
- Vanilla Moon Pies
- Chocolate Moon Pies
- Eclipse Gum (If you can find sticks of gum, you could put in a single piece.)
- Starburst Candies
- Milky Way Candies
Addition Eclipse Snack Ideas
- Sun Chips
- Orbit Gum
- Sun Delight Citrus Punch
- Sunkist Soda
- Capri Sun Drinks
- Sunflower Seeds
- Vanilla and Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- Little Debbie Star Crunch
- Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies
- SunMaid Raisins
- Mars Bars
- Moon Cheese
- Sunsweet Individually Wrapped Prunes
- Astronaut Ice Cream
- Starlight Mints
- Pop Rocks (Gravelly like the moon’s surface)
- Space Dunk Oreos
Snack Bag Tags
I have created a printable snack bag tag that you can attach to a plastic bag via glue. You could also punch a hole in the bag and one in the tag. The tag could then be attached to the bag with a yellow or black ribbon.
Here is the printable for the tags Eclipse Snack Pack Printable Tags.
Building Background
If your children don’t know a lot about eclipses, you may want to read a book and share facts about them.
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Total Solar Eclipse: A Stellar Friendship looks at how the moon helps the sunshine differently during an eclipse.
Eclipse: How the 1919 Solar Eclipse Proved Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity looks at the science behind an eclipse.
The Sun Plays with the Moon looks at lunar and solar eclipses.
More Eclipse Ideas for Kids
Crafts
Sun and Moon Crafts -Total Solar Eclipse Painted Paper Plates
Learning Activities
Amazing Lunar and Solar Eclipse Activities
Code and Color Eclipse Algorithm Coloring Pages
Free Total Solar Eclipse Bookmark
Building Eclipse Viewing Tools
Building a Camera Obscura with a Cereal Box
How to Build a Pinhole Camera with an Oatmeal Container
