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Space Party Food

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A friend asked for some creative food ideas to serve at her kids’ space themed birthday party.  It’s actually a NASA themed party, which is very cool for a theme.  Here are some of the best healthy foods to serve at a space themed kids birthday party.

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Rocket Wraps

(Via Creative Kid Snacks)

Serve turkey and cheese wraps for a main course.  This individual plate can be created by following the recipe here.

Alternatively, you can arrange wraps onto a larger platter as shown in the photo below.  You can make as many rockets out of two wraps as desired, and omit the cottage cheese smoke trail and stars.

 (Via Creative Kid Snacks for Build-a-menu)

Fruit Stars and Moon

fruit stars and moons

(via Amy on Pinterest)

I love this idea.  Serve Mango Moons and Kiwi stars dipped in chocolate!  Who can resist?

Planet Kabobs

fruit planets

(Via Amy on Pinterest)

Scoop Melon into balls and add to skewers.  Place in a foam holder and label “Planet Kabobs”.  In addition to melon, you can use red or green grapes, as they are also a great round shape.

Earth Cookies

Earth Cookies

(via Amy on Pinterest)

Nasa is famous for its amazing photography of planets and stars in our galaxy, so make these earth cookies and display on a black plate or platter for a great addition to your party menu.

Food Craft

Solar System Snack

Have the kids create their own Solar System with finger foods!  Teach them the names of each planet as they arrange them on their plates and then allow them to add their own stars!  Solar System Snack directions here.

Party Favors

stars and moon

(via Amy on Pinterest)

Send the kids home with a bag of sugar cookies shaped like a star and a moon.  Be sure to use the right kind of icing, as typical buttercream may stick to the clear baggie!

Hosting a themed birthday and looking for healthy and creative menu ideas?  Leave a comment on today’s post or on our Facebook wall and let us help you plan a delicious and healthy menu!  Be sure to let us know at least 3 weeks before the party to give us time to prepare a post just for you!

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Rocketship lunch

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3-2-1 Blastoff! What kid wouldn’t love a rocket ship going off into space for their lunch?

Awhile back I guest posted over at Build a Menu sharing this Rocket Ship Lunch.  I made a new one that is even better!  Today’s plate incorporates carrots, yellow pepper, fresh turkey breast, a high-protein wrap, and greek yogurt.  I made this lunch for my girls several times and each time I did, they were so excited!  I think it is one of their favorites!

Rocket kids lunch by CreativeKidSnacks.com | Turkey breast in a whole wheat tortilla wrap (high fiber and protein) with carrots & yellow peppers. Made this for my own kids using technique shown in post with unsweetened GREEK yogurt and they ate it all upIngredients:

1 whole grain tortilla wrap (I use the Ole Xtreme wellness Multi-Grain.  It has the highest protein and fiber bang for your buck)

2 baby carrots

3 thin slices yellow bell pepper

1 T yogurt (any kind – I used greek for the high protein content)

To make Rocket Lunch:

Assemble your turkey wrap by placing some mayo or miracle whip,turkey breast and any other desired elements into tortilla.  Roll as you would a burrito.  Slice off one end completely so you have a straight bottom edge for your rocket.  For the top of the rocket, slice your wrap into a point shape.  Take a small portion of the tortilla you cut off and slice two thin triangles to place on the sides of your main wrap as shown above.

Next, slice a baby carrot into wheels.  Use two wheels for windows on the rocket.  Slice another baby carrot in half lengthwise and cut about 1/3 off of the top of each half to create a straight edge.  Place one half carrot in the center beneath the rocket, and slice your other remaining half in half again.  Arrange carrots with two thin slices of yellow bell pepper as shown.  Now you have your flames coming from the rocket!

Finally, it’s time to make your smoke trail and stars.  Spoon 1-2 tablespoons of yogurt into a plastic bag.  Snip off a tiny corner of the bag, and use the bag to pipe little stars all around the rocket as well as little trails of smoke beneath the rocket.

*I’ve mentioned before that I can get away using any kind of yogurt when it becomes a design piped on a plate.  Although my kids would never reach for a cup of unsweetened Greek yogurt from the fridge, they lick it all up when it’s served on a creative plate like this! *

If you enjoyed today’s snack about outer space, you might like our Solar System snack as well!

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Solar System

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A great excuse to give our kids a variety of fruits, veggies, meats, and cheeses in one snack (while educating them at the same time), is to make the Solar System with them!  Teach your children about the planets in our Solar System (yes, I know Pluto is no longer considered a planet…read on), and give them a healthy snack at the same time!
Using snacks is an amazing way to teach your young child about science.  Take a look at our Volcano post for a good example of this!

I found foods to use for each planet first, then I handed each to my daughter one at a time and had her repeat the names of the planets with me in order.  As she repeated each one, she laid it on the plate (and I spaced them out a little more for the picture).  She normally doesn’t like pepperoni but she ate it with this snack!
Below is a list of which foods I used for each planet:
Sun: mandarin orange, top sliced off and peeled but not separated
Mercury: a red grape
Venus: celery
Earth: kiwi
Mars: strawberry
Jupiter: pepperoni
Saturn: cheddar cheese
Uranus: a slice of string cheese
Neptune: ham
Pluto: (No longer technically a planet) corn
I added Pluto as a way to show my daughter that it was once a part of the solar system but is no longer.
And this one is another solar system I made last week showing the lines of orbit that each planet has.
I prefer the first version, which do you prefer?
The solar system above was made to show how each planet orbits the sun in our galaxy, the milky way.
I made the lines in the photo below as well as the stars in the photos above using this technique:
Variations:
Make your planets out of anything you have in the house that you can cut into circular shapes.  Use your own creativity for this one!

If you enjoyed this post, check out our other educational snacks

 

Volcano
Egyptian Pyramids
Alphabet Lunch (practice your ABC’s)
Stoplight (to learn about traffic rules)
The Flood
Jonah in the Big Fish
David and Goliath
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?  (Includes a lunch and learning activity)
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Snowflake Pancakes (plus 25 great educational activities for the snow)

 

 

 

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