Ants On a Log is a fun party food that kids can make themselves.
Kids love birthday parties. The presents, the decorations, the cake and even the food can be both fun and intriguing. Make some fun foods for the next kid's birthday party you plan, and you may just find that everyone finishes their lunch before clamoring for cake and ice cream. Does this Spark an idea?
Meal Time
Birthday party meals for kids are typically kept simple. Don't serve boring options, however, or the kids will pass them by in favor of the awaiting birthday cake. If the options are fun, they'll eat their meal as eagerly as their dessert.
Cut sandwiches into fun shapes using cookie cutters. Make sandwich roll ups by spreading fillings like peanut butter and jelly or tuna salad on a whole wheat tortilla. Roll it up and cut into rounds. The pinwheel look will appeal to the kids and they'll likely eat their lunch without squabbles.
Sides
Pass on greasy, fattening sides like french fries and go for fresh fruits and vegetables, providing nutritious options that are fun as well.
Cut star fruit into slices. Slice strawberries and kiwi fruit for fun colors, shapes and textures. Make a fruit salad out of cubed fruit and provide yogurt for dipping.
Serve a fresh veggie platter of carrot sticks, celery sticks and sliced cucumbers. Add broccoli florets as well. Provide a tub of ranch dressing for dipping,
Make Your Own
Kids like to eat foods if they can prepare them themselves. Try a couple of variations of Ants On a Log. Provide celery sticks with cream cheese or peanut butter and raisins, nuts, chocolate chips or candy sprinkles as the "ants."
Make garden scenes on paper plates with a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables cut up into shapes. Use flower shaped cookie cutters on red, green and yellow peppers. Slice down the side of a large pepper and remove the insides. This will create a large clean sheet of pepper that can be flattened, and from which you can get one or two small flowers cut with the cookie cutters. Score cucumbers with a fork and slice into circles. Add broccoli florets as trees. Small stalks of celery make great trees or grass and carrot slices add flower buds or an orange sun. Hold a contest to see who can create the prettiest garden. Party guests must eat their "gardens" before having cake.
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