I am trying to find a fun recipe for snacks for preschoolers?

Question

Every month my little girl gets a snack day at her preschool. Does anyone know of any fun snacks to make for preschoolers.

Answer 1

fun and lo fat-jello squares. You could preportion them for easy delivery. also, make your own gorp-raisins, choc and white chips, dried fruit etc... that is so good and good for you while giving you a boost. Another very cute recipe I saw someone make was rice krispy bars with a bit of frosting made into a candy corn shapr on each bar. A little frosting...MMmmmmm who doesnt love that.

Answer 2

Keep it simple and nutritious:

Animal crackers and raisins in little snack-sized ziploc bags

String cheese and apple slices

Graham crackers and apple juice boxes

Snack mix made from a variety of easy to eat by hand cereals and vanilla milk boxes

Mini muffins and apple juice boxes

NutriGrain bars and little water bottles

Ritz crackers and individually wrapped snack sized cheese portions (these come in shapes, cubes and bars, about 3/4oz each)

Things to avoid: popcorn, peanuts and peanut butter, chocolate, anything that makes a big mess... the kids with allergies, who choke easy and teachers will thank you :) Also, keeping items individually wrapped or bagged with help the teacher with handing it out and stop any cross-contamination and germ-spreading amongst the little guys.

Answer 3

I used to be a preschool teacher, and they pretty much like anything edible, sometimes things that aren't edible! They usually will like snacks that have creativity or animals, like goldfish crackers or animal crackers. An easy treat is jello cups, where they can put treats in it like sprinkles or tiny cookies. Teddy grahams or chex mix is also good and healthy. You might ask your child teacher what "lesson" or skill they are working on so you can incorporate what their learning with the snack. Good luck!

Answer 4

ants on a log........... cut celery in 3 inch pieces spread cheese whiz ( becaus eof allergies no peanut butter)on them that makes the logs now let kids add raisins to make it look like ants on a log! Easy, fun and nutritious or
GIANT GINGERBREAD KIDS

1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. shortening
1/2 c. dark molasses
1/4 c. water
2 1/2 c. all purpose flour
3/4 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. ground allspice
Raisins or currants

Beat sugar, shortening, molasses, and water in a large bowl on medium speed for 1 minute. Stir in remaining ingredients except raisins. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, 1-2 hours.
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Roll dough 1/4 inch thick on lightly floured cloth- covered surface. Cut with 5-8 inch gingerbread kid cutter. Lift cookies carefully onto ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with raisins.

Bake until set, 8-10 minutes; cool 3 minutes. Carefully remove from cookie sheet; cool. Decorate with frosting, if desired.

About eleven 5-inch or six 8-inch cookies.
This looks good .... http://www.bettycrocker.com/Recipes/Recipe.aspx?recipeId=33393

Answer 5

I used to teach at a pre-school where kids would make ants on a log during snack time.
Celery, peanut butter and raisins. (smear the peanut butter on the celery stalks for the kids and ask them to add the raisins themselves).
This is an easy-to-do and healthy snack for pre-schoolers.
However, given the prevalence of peanut allergies these days, do ask the class about possibly affected children first. To be on the safe side, you can substitute almond butter, pumpkin butter, apple butter or Nutella for the peanut butter.

Answer 6

If the kids get to make it themselves, you could do peanut butter on celery sticks with raisens as ants. This would be called "ants on a log".

If you make it for them, you could make "banana hot dogs". You put peanut butter on a hotdog bun and put a banana in it like a hot dog. Of course for preschoolers, you would want to cut it in half (it's too big for a snack)

Answer 7

Munchy Honey Cakes , bears love honey (google the chilren's recipe version). What about a fruit salad (very colourful) and grab a melon ball scoop as I'm sure the kids will love scooping out balls of melon, washing the fruit, peeling bananas, picking grapes. They could even might smiley faces on plates with pieces of fruit too.

Answer 8

Fruit Dippers
Ingredients

largely chopped up fruit pieces
fruit puree




This is especially good for kids as it is a fun way to eat fruit. It is also quick to prepare and will keep them quiet while you are doing all those morning chores.

Slice up large pieces of fruit. I would suggest harder fruits such as pears and apples if they are eating with their fingers, but if they are using forks you can add peach slices, melon pieces and bananas.

You can blend up cooked apple and banana to make a lovely dip or you can buy a pot of baby food or fruit puree that is already blended. Give each child some dip on a plate with some fruit slices and they can enjoy.

Answer 9

Get some bread slices and use a rolling pin on them, making them flat. Then you put peanut butter and jelly (or any filling of your liking if there are peanut allergies) all over the now flattened bread. Then you roll them from one side to the other and cut into little pieces and they look like snails! I know I used to love them when I was little.

Answer 10

Celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins on them--it's called ants on a log, I think. The only potential problem is some kids have peanut allergies, which can be pretty severe.