Fun Snacks for Kids
An abundance of fun snacks for kids can be found down almost every aisle in the grocery store. Parents have a difficult time finding healthy snacks that will compare with the sugary, fried or fast foods so readily available. It takes a special talent to create healthy snacks that your children will actually eat and not complain about. The biggest secret about getting your children to try new healthy alternative snacks is to let them participate in the preparation. Kids love learning new things and they love to help. Does this Spark an idea?
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Ants on a Log
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This is an old time favorite and requires only three ingredients and no cooking. After washing and drying celery, fill the groove with peanut butter and garnish with raisins.
Vegetables and Dip
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If your child is too young you don't want them to cut the vegetables, but they can fill small cups with ranch dip. Make a game of it and call broccoli florets "little trees" and cauliflower "little bushes." Add some cherry or grape tomatoes and mini carrots so the vegetables are just their size.
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Fruit Kabobs
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Cut fruit into child-size pieces and have the kids layer them on wooden skewers. This is a great snack, but also works for dessert.
Fruit and Dip
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Make a healthy fruit dip with plain yogurt, raw honey and cinnamon. Serve it to your kids with a variety of finger-size fruits.
Fruit Smoothies
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What child doesn't like bananas and strawberries? Let the kids pick which fruits they'd like to put in their smoothie and then let them drop them into the blender.
Muffins
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Make some healthy oatmeal muffins and let the kids frost them with a cream cheese icing made from low-fat cream cheese, raw honey and cinnamon. Make sure the cream cheese is softened so the kids will have an easier time of mixing the icing. Call them "Cupfins" or "Muffcakes" and they will think they have a special type of cupcake for their snack.
Granola
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Toast oatmeal, nuts and sugarless coconut in the oven. Add some chopped dried fruit and serve the entire package in a colorful paper cup.
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grouch
Feb 28, 2011
The ants go marching 2 by 2....some things never die. If I want to bring a smile to a few people's faces I bring these same snacks into work. How can anyone say no to the healthier snacks and quite frankly it kind of perks up the mood in the office for the day remembering the way things use to be. -
NJMommy
Sep 13, 2010
great article. I love the idea of my 6 year old helping make the snack. I will try that!
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Tara Farkas
Sep 10, 2010
I love your ideas. So many kids eat too much junk. All your ideas are healthy and have minimum processing or none. Thanks for writing this article.
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Larry Fike
Sep 09, 2010
Neat ideas! I also put hotdog pieces on cut-up bread and tell my kids, "sssh!" don't bother them! The dogs are sleeping! (Which makes them gobble them up.)
