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Snowflake Breakfast

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Celebrate winter, snow, a snow day off school, or just make breakfast fun with snowflake pancakes!

Snowflake Pancakes

Snowflake pancakes are so easy to create.

Prepare your pancakes, and place one onto the center of a plate.

Next, use an aerosol whipped cream container to “draw” a simple snowflake design as shown above.  Make a hexagon around the border of the pancake, and add a three pointed branch coming out of each of the six points.

For a finishing, snowy touch, sprinkle some powdered sugar in the middle.

Serve snowflake pancakes alongside some fresh raspberries or strawberries and a small serving of scrambled eggs for a delightful snow day breakfast the kids will love!

Snowflake Pancakes

What to do with the rest of the day?

Take a look at some awesome snow day activities to do with your child after breakfast is over!  These links are from some of my favorite parenting and education blogs!

Awesome Snow Day Activities

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Make an ice snowman inside

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“Cook” with the snow

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Make snowman art

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Create a snow volcano

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Make a toilet paper roll snowman

Paint snowmen using Q-tips

Paint snowmen using Q-tips

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Teach the kids about snow plows and make a 3-D craft together

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Make some snow spray paint

Take a nature walk and prepare some special hot chocolate

Take a nature walk and prepare some special hot chocolate

Print a snowman coloring page or 2 and design your own snowmen

Print a snowman coloring page or 2 and design your own snowmen

Make rainbow snow

Make rainbow snow

Prepare some snowman treats

Prepare some snowman treats

Have a special ice cube scavenger hunt

Have a special ice cube scavenger hunt

Make a tin can snowman wind chime

Make a tin can snowman wind chime

Read snow books and play snow games

Read snow books and play snow games

Bring the snow inside to play

Bring the snow inside to play

Make an upside-down snowman

Make an upside-down snowman

Make an snowy South Pole bath

Make an snowy South Pole bath

 

Make a snowy scene sensory box

Make a snowy scene sensory box

Build mini snowmen - inside!

Build mini snowmen – inside!

 

And also check out these other awesome ideas:

Snowman Stories and Crafts Collection – Growing Book by Book

Super fun Snowball Games – Thinking IQ Blog

Glitter Snowflakes – Mess for Less

Study Snowflake shapes – Play DrMom

Rainbow Snowflakes – Reading Confetti

3-D Cotton Ball Snowmen – Crystal’s Tiny Treasures

Marshmallow Snow Craft – Hands on: As We Grow

Make Borax Snow Crystals – Kid’s Activities Blog

Hope you enjoy all of these wonderful activities for a snow day!

Before you go, make sure you check out other Creative Kid Snacks involving snow!

Cottage Cheese Snowman

Downhill Skier

Snowman Milk Chugs

Snowman Party Poppers

Snowman Popcorn Cups

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Healthy Christmas Snacks for the Kids

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Looking for some healthy snacks to serve this Christmas?

Get the kids into the Christmas season with these fun snacks and lunches!

#1:  Veggie Christmas Tree

Use cut celery arrange on an angle to create the shape of the tree.  Slice a baby carrot into wheels for the ornaments.  Cut a yellow pepper into the shape of a star for the top of the tree.
Create the trunk by rolling a slice of deli ham into a one inch wide roll-up and folding it in half.  Slice the bottom off to create a straight line if you wish.
My favorite part of this snack are the snowflakes.  I created them by slicing some string cheese into wheels, then carefully slicing little triangles out of them (from the outside in).
Serve with a little ranch for dipping, and enjoy!
(My kids ate this whole snack up!  So much good fiber and protein!)
Variations:
Use cucumbers for the tree (sliced in “sticks”)
Use a carrot or two for the trunk and cherry tomatoes for the ornaments
Use yogurt for the snowflakes

#2: Santa Panini Sandwich

I made this snack by first making a turkey and cheese panini sandwich on our Cuisinart Panini grill.

After placing it on the plate, I spooned some cottage cheese around the bottom of the plate and left a little gap where Santa’s mouth would be. Note: the sandwich is placed with the rounded side of the bread down.

Next, I created his hat and nose with some strawberries.  Finish the look of the hat with a little whipped cream and finish with some raisin eyes.

This one was a favorite!

#3: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

I made Rudolph out of a peanut butter sandwich.  Leave the round (top) part of the bread in tact, then slice into an oval for the main part of the body as shown.

From the remaining portion, slice four thin legs and a head.  Think of cutting the shape of a shoe for the head.  Add a raisin eye, a strawberry nose, and two pretzel antlers.

A little pine tree made of sugar snap peas completes the look of Rudolph’s flight through the air!

#4: Cottage Cheese Snowman

Meet one of the first creative snacks ever created.

Our sweet snowman has a cottage cheese body , raisin eyes and buttons, 1/2 a baby carrot for a nose, and celery sticks for arms.

Scoop the cottage cheese onto the plate with a small spoon into three circles.  Slice your baby carrot in half and add for his nose.  Place his eyes and buttons on, and finish with arms.  Done!

You can’t get much healthier than this for a festive winter snack!

Variations:
Use pretzels for his arms to look more like sticks
Use yogurt for his body
Use blueberries for his buttons

#5: Holiday Wreath

My daughter Grace asked for a wreath for lunch.  I decided to go with celery for the greenery as opposed to lettuce or cucumbers, which, depending upon your child’s taste buds, you could definitely use.  My girls love celery, so I went with that.

Next I added carrots and grapes sliced up for the “berries” of the wreath.  You could use cherry tomatoes, red bell peppers, or even strawberries here, but I used what I had on hand.

The bow was made out of a slice of ham.  I cut one full slice from the deli into quarters, and rolled each up as big as I wanted it to be for the parts of the bow.

Once all that was done, I snapped the photo.

Before I served it, though, I had the idea to add some background “snow”!

This is how I served it, and, as usual, it was gobbled up!

Which version do you like better?  I really can’t decide.  This second one is definitely more filling for lunch, though, and the girls do love their cottage cheese.   So for that reason alone, I know my kids would vote version 2!

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Healthy Dessert: Airplane

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This is a dessert.  Make an airplane by slicing a banana in half lengthwise, then taking one of the halves and slicing it at a slight angle about 2/3 of the way through.  Arrange the pieces to look like a plane.  Add halved brown M&M’s for the windows, half a strawberry for a tail, and whipped cream from a can for the jet stream and the clouds.  The kids won’t be able to resist!

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