I thought it would be fun to do a Halloween craft with food. JDaniel and I headed to the Fresh Market salad bar and I had him select foods he would like to try. We would use those foods to create a Halloween salad.
We ended up with a variety of foods. Some were brand new and others were old favorites.
I placed all the ingredients in an ice cube tray and showed him how to create a pumpkin face using some of the ingredients in orange pepper slices with celery stems.
The tray contains edamame, chickpeas, pumpkin seeds, red cabbage, yellow squash, fried wonton strips, mushrooms, celery, uncooked corn, carrot shavings, cauliflower, pineapple, raisins, and cheerios. This Halloween salad was a fun way for JDaniel to try new foods.
Then he started to create faces of his own while taste-testing the ingredients. JDaniel said that the wanton was filled with many holes that looked like many eyes. I thought that was a great idea.
He didn’t finish everything. We ended up wrapping the tray with the remaining food up with plastic. JDaniel said he wanted to do it again at dinner time.
I was happy to see that he tried many of the new foods. The chickpeas and wantons have become a new favorite.
This post is linked to Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop, It’s Playtime, Adventures-In-Mommyland and will be linked to my Halloween Traditions link upon October 27th when it starts.
P.S. The Halloween Traditions link up event will include four link-ups. They are Halloween Costumes, Halloween Foods, Halloween Crafts, and Traditions or Memories. I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this link-up that begins Oct. 24th and ends Nov. 2nd.
If you like this Halloween activity, here are some more Halloween activities to explore with your children.
What a great idea not only for entertaining but also to teach him about/getting him to try new foods!
Great idea! My youngest loves to go to Whole Foods. She can’t get enough of the beautiful produce displays. Of course then we end up spending too much money!!
Seriously great idea to get them eat new stuff! Wonder if I can still put it off with a 12 and 15 year old?
Chickpeas and wontons are some of my favorites, too. What a great idea!
Adorable! What a fun idea.
Blessings,
Dawn
Cute–great way to get kids to eat those veggies.
What a fun idea! I love anything that makes food fun–especially trying new things!
This is so neat! I never thought to just ask kids what they’d like to try!
That’s such acute idea!
Very cute idea!
Love it – so clever! Thanks for sharing this idea!
It’s only since maybe 5 or 6 years that Halloween moved into Belgium and that you can find Halloween decoration. When my son was little in the 70th/80th it didn’t exist and I had never heard of it. Now all European countries start with Halloween. The only exception was Ireland where it is originally coming from.
This is such a cool idea! Do you think it would work with my husband? :-/
You are such a good mom! I should have tried this long ago.
The comment above made me laugh.
Dana
Oh I love this sooo much! What a fabulous idea!
You are creative! And he is probably learning to have a real good feeling for and about food.
What fun.
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I love this time of year! What a great idea! Love it!
What a creative clever Mama!
This is so awesomely clever! must share!
This is so awesomely clever! must share!
This is so awesomely clever! must share!
This is so awesomely clever! must share!
Very neat thing to do and so smart to get him to try new foods. Love the little pumpkins.
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That is an awesome idea! I bet my kids would actually eat a lot more things if I did this
Great idea! Going to do this with my kids ASAP!
What a fun idea! We have a Fresh Market here, but I never noticed the salad bar. Now I’m going to have to look and to get some.
I LOVE this idea! What a great way to get your kids to try veggies or fruits they’ve never tried before! I’m your newest follower.
Love this great idea!!
wanted to come by and say thanks for visiting from Lisa’s place and saying hello today! really appreciate it! God bless you and yours!
How cute! Just wish my Darbee would eat things like this!
That is adorable! Wow, he is really adventurous. I need to try more of a variety of foods with my boys.
You are a good and clever mom! Your son is lucky to have you do all these fun and entertaining ideas with him. I like this and you taught him how to select some new foods to try! What fun! Enjoy the weekend. Anne
How fun! You are such a fun mom. I am always amazed!
What a fun mealtime activity!
That is such a cute idea!
Love this idea!
Love it – awesome idea for October! I just stumbled your post and pinned it to my Pumpkin Unit Study Pinterest board: http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/pumpkin-unit-study/
You’re really a genius when it comes to this stuff. Does everyone know how awesome you are?
This never worked with my kids! Oh they were happy to create, but they wouldn’t actually eat the new stuff!
Totally adorable! You’re so creative!
what a cute and fun day!!!!
glad you found a new way to get him to try new foods
That is a great idea to get them to try new things!
That is so clever! Great way to tie in the season and encourage him to play with his food in a way that will make him want to try new things and think that healthy food is fun!
Wow. This is one of the cutest ideas I’ve seen in a long time. It’s fall break for the GRands…I’m doing this for their lunch on Wednesday!
I love this idea. Great way to get the kids to eat more healthy by letting them pick out their own foods.
And thanks for linking up with Adventures In Mommy Land!!
That’s an awesome idea!
This is a very good idea and it was so cute what JDaniel said about the wanton filled with many holes that looked like many eyes. Kids say such neast things!
What a fun idea! My kids really like the salad bar, but this would be a way to get them to expand their selections.
Oh how cute! What a fun & interactive way to make & eat a salad with a kidlet! :>