How to Make Fun Summer Snacks

Making fun summer snacks is a great way to spend time with your children during these lazy days of summer. There are several tasty options that you can give your children when they take their breaks from enjoying the warm sun on a fun filled summer day.

Instructions

1. Ask your children what their favorite fun summer snacks are and keep the recipes handy. You might even want to consider making a special recipe book with your children.

2. Always try to keep the ingredients for for their favorite snacks handy so that when they are hungry, they have options. For some examples of fun summer snacks that are also healthy, see the steps below.

3. Juice pops are a fun and easy summer snack to make. You can buy molds at almost any grocery store. A great way to make them healthier is to make them with 100% real fruit juice instead of a more sugary counterpart. All you have to do is fill the mold with the juice and let them freeze. If you cannot find a mold. You can make them with an ice cube tray. Fill the cubes of the ice tray with juice and cover with some plastic wrap. Then stick a toothpick in the center of each cub and freeze.

4. If your children are in the mood for something a little more filling than an ice pop for a fun summer snack, teach them how to make ants on a log or a banana dog. For the ants on a log, take a celery stick and fill it in with either peanut butter or a peanut butter substitute. Then place raisins or another dried fruit to make the ants. To make the banana dog, take a hot dog bun and put a banana in it and have your children top it with chocolate syrup, peanut butter, or any other topping they might like.

5. If they are wanting something a little more filling, but cooler, you can make your own ice cream sandwiches or chocolate dipped strawberries. For the sandwiches , you can use either cookies or brownies. Take a cookie or brownie and put a scoop of low fat ice cream or frozen yogurt on it and then top with another cookie or brownie. Keep any left overs in the freezer. For the chocolate dipped strawberries, you can melt semisweet Baker's chocolate or chocolate chips in the microwave according to package's directions and dip strawberries in the chocolate. You then put the strawberries on a cookie sheet covered in wax paper and then place it in the refrigerator or freezer to cool. Leave them in the fridge so that the chocolate does not melt and they stay cold.

6. When you are making your fun summer snacks, use healthy ingredients whenever you can and explain how eating healthy snacks are good for their growing bodies. Good eating habits start young and can last for their entire life.