are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
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by Amy Hudson
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by Amy Hudson
Daniel Chapter 6 tells the story of Daniel, a righteous, God-fearing jew who served as a high-ranking government official under king Darius. Daniel did his job so well that king Darius planned to set him in charge of the whole kingdom. Some of the other government administrators working alongside Daniel decided to find a way to get rid of Daniel. They went to king Darius and presented him with the idea for a new law that said the people could pray to no god but the king. The punishment for doing so would be to be cast into the den of lions.
Daniel heard about the decree, but continued to pray to his God. He did not hide himself as he did so, but rather prayed in front of an open window, and was caught and charged before the king. Since the law could not be repealed, the king reluctantly had to allow Daniel to be thrown into the lions’ den.
The next morning, the king, after a restless night’s sleep, rushed down to the lions’ den to see if Daniel’s God, whom he had always served so faithfully, had saved him. When the stone that covered the top of the den was rolled away, the king saw this:
1 slice cheddar cheese
1 piece sliced ham
1 tortilla
1 baby carrot
3 cheerios
1 black bean
a strawberry
a blueberry
Slice the cheese into thin sticks for legs, one square for lion’s head, and body and tail shape as shown. Slice some small triangles into remaining section for Daniel’s hair. Fold the sliced ham into a rollup, then slice thin sections and lay around the lion’s head as shown to look like a mane. Use remaining ham for Daniel’s face. Slice a black bean in half and use for Daniel’s eyes along with a half of a Cheerio. Place head atop a body made of carrot sticks and a tortilla. Add cheerios, strawberry bit, and blueberry sections as shown for lion’s face.
by Amy Hudson
Is there a cookie that is more Christmas-y than gingerbread? Here at Creative Kid Snacks, we like to play with our food. We like to keep our snacks healthy, educational, and fun. Today’s snack is a Christmastime treat, so we will put it in the dessert category. While you’re here, you might enjoy checking out some of our other fun Christmas creations!
Everyone likes a relaxing bubble bath, including gingerbread men.
To make this creation, my girls and I first followed the Betty Crocker gingerbread cookie recipe, and used our gingerbread man cookie cutters to cut them to size.
Next, we used this recipe for royal icing to pipe the sleepy eyes and smile on our gingerbread man’s face. We chose to use royal icing because it stays put much better than a buttercream.
Once cooled and dried, we placed our gingerbread man into a mug filled with milk. We used cold milk because we like to eat our cookies with nice cold milk. If you like, you could also heat up the milk for a real “warm bath” for your gingerbread man. You could even add a bit of fancy peppermint flavor syrup like you’d get from the coffee shop if you had some on hand!
Next comes the fun part for the kids – making the bubbles! To make the bubbles, place a straw into your milk and blow! Blow until you have lots of beautiful white bubbles for your happy gingerbread man’s bubble bath!
You may also like the idea of letting your gingerbread man take a dip in a hot tub of warm cocoa. Follow all of the same directions as before, but this time, add some hot chocolate mix or chocolate syrup to your warm milk before serving!
Make sure the cookie cutter you are using for your gingerbread man has his arms out to the sides as opposed to down closer to his body. The ourstretched arms help the gingerbread man to rest comfortably in the mug as his arms hang over the sides.
Choose your mug carefully. Allow enough room for his body to submerge but not too much room or else his feet will float in the milk and he will look like he is ready to fall out backwards from the mug. If this happens, simply brace your gingerbread man with a straw or even a spoon before serving.
Blessings to your and your family this Christmas season!
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by Amy Hudson
My girls love the Frosty the Snowman movie. We have a DVD of the same version that was on TV all the way back in the 80’s when I was a kid. They love to sing the song, “Frosty the Snowman, was a jolly happy soul . . .” The other day I decided to make them a snack inspired by their favorite snowman. (Even though we’ve already made these snowman snacks last year, today’s snowman looks just like Frosty from the movie).
3/4 to 1 cup cottage cheese
1-2 baby carrots
1 slice of banana
1 dried blueberry (I buy the large bag available at Costco)
1 fresh blueberry
2 small slices celery
1 dried cranberry
Use a small spoon to scoop the cottage cheese onto the center of the plate. Gently spread it out to make the largest part of Frosty’s body – his tummy. Next, spoon each leg on and gently slide cottage cheese into shape if needed. Follow the same process for his arms. Cottage cheese is great, because it naturally falls into the shape of fingers at the end of an arm. You won’t have to use your fine motor skills for this step! Slice one square piece of celery, along with one thin rectangular piece, and place atop Frosty’s head. Add a dried cranberry to look like a flower. Slice a small dried blueberry in half and place onto Frosty’s head for eyes. Slice your fresh blueberry in half, then slice a crescent shape out of one of the halves, and lay that flat onto Frosty’s face for his smile.
Slice a baby carrot in half lengthwise. Lay one above the other next to Frosty to look like his broomstick. Slice one banana wheel. Carefully take your knife and slice thin sections from the wheel. Place onto plate to be the bottom of the broom. To make Frosty’s pipe, slice a baby carrot in half lengthwise, then slice one of those halves again (lengthwise), so you have a flat rectangular piece of carrot to work with. Slice a pipe shape, aiming to get a thin rectangular piece with a squared piece at the end. Place the pipe right into Frosty’s smile, and he is complete and ready to delight your little ones!
After I made Frosty for my oldest, I decided to make him a little friend. She was easier and faster to make than even him. Meet Mrs. Frosty.
3/4 cup cottage cheese
2 fresh blueberries
1 red grape
1 dried blueberry
1 small section of celery
1 dried cranberry
1 baby carrot
Use a spoon to scoop and carefully shape three cottage cheese circles onto the plate for Mrs. Snowman’s body. Next, thinly slice a section of celery and place onto plate for her arms. Slice a dried blueberry in half and place onto her head for eyes. Slice a dried cranberry in half width-wise and place beneath eyes for Mrs. Snowman’s mouth. Add two fresh blueberry buttons and a red grape bow. To make the bow, slice a red grape in half lengthwise, then slice a triangle out of each half and add a remaining sliver of grape for tie of hair bow. Complete her with a tiny sliver of a baby carrot (proportional to her face), and you are done!
Enjoy!
If you enjoyed these snowmen, check out our other snowman creations, (our snowman milk chugs are super easy and fun), along with the rest of our Winter and Christmas snacks!
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