I need some ideas for simple snacks for my group of 3 - 5 year old class at church. I like to have some kind of fruit or veggie, but I'm kind of out ideas and we can't have anything with peanut butter. I've done cheese and apples, carrot sticks, bannana's and Nilla Wafers. I'd like to come up with something a little diffrent and fun. Thanks!
Mine enjoyed things on pretzel sticks: cheese cubes, pieces of fruit, both. It's like an appetizer on a toothpick.
What about build your own pizzas with english muffins, cheese, pepperoni and ham?
Cream cheese, celery, raisins
Cheese Whiz, crackers
Crackers, lunchmeat, cheese, salsa
Fruit kabobs
Fruit pizza
Yogurt parfaits with granola - layer
Pudding and cookies
Jello and whip cream
Pumpkin pie and whip cream
Dry cereal threaded onto a rope for a necklace
Yogurt covered raisins
Fruit salad (but change up the fruit inside each week). Serve with cream cheese dip
Pizza dip (spaghetti sauce/parm cheese or regular cheese - or could use velveeta/spaghetti sauce) and bread sticks, cut up veggies
Mini sandwiches - just make regular (ham/cheese, jelly only, nutella only, etc) and cut out with cookie cutters.
Chocolate pudding covered with crushed oreos and a worm - Dirt pudding!
Ant on a log? Celery stalk with cream cheese and raisins.
They do this at my son's day care with seasonal fruits/veggies.
They've done broccoli/cauliflower with different dips, watermelon was a HUGE hit in the summer as were plums.
Kids that age LOVE celery because of "Wonder Pets"
I'm sure they'd have fun with something like Edamame where they can pull the beans out of the pod.
Dipping things like oranges, pear slices, etc. into a yogurt dip (as long as there are no allergies) can be fun for them.
Our kids are gung-ho on the Danimals drinkable yogurts with straws right now.
Kind of ran out of good ideas, but I hope some of those help.
I don't know about healthy ones but you could do cupcakes in ice cream cones
My guy loves cantaloupe and pineapple. He loves mixed berries, too, but stains are a nightmare, especially with a group :) You can find cut fruit mixes at the grocery store which gives a variety. Grapes are good too, just cut them in half the long way to reduce the choking hazard. Peaches are good too. You can get the frozen ones and serve them still pretty frozen and it's like a popcicle.
You can do raisins/dried blueberries, craisins. Costco has big bags of the dried fruit, even a mixed berry.
Graham crackers and applesauce is always a big hit.
Veggie sticks with hummus (you can make your own, too!)
Pita pockets (the kids can stuff their own with lunchmeat and cheese)
sugar cookie shapes to decorate with frosting, sprinkles, raisins, etc
Edible play-doh (I know there are a ton of recipes online)
Jell-O jigglers
- low fat yogurt with fruit/granola
- chex mix
- "make your own" trail mix (this was HUGE with my son's daycare)
- pudding with graham crackers
- mini frozen pancakes with fruit
My kids love celery with easy cheese on it.
