We are celebrating my son's birthday at his preschool this Thursday and I need some ideas of what to make for 18 kids. They had a birthday celebration today with cupcakes and they have their valentine party with junk food soon too. I was hoping to get some ideas for something fun and EASY but not full of sugar. Thanks!
Apples dipped in peanut butter, or caramel.
Strawberries, pretzels, and apples dipped in chocolate.
Baby carrots in hummus pots (super cute!!)
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/carrot-patches-688927/
Bugs on a log-just celery, peanut butter and raisins
or this fruit cake:http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/appetizers-snacks/healthy...
Good Luck!
Banana bread, banana muffins, pudding, fresh fruit salad, whole wheat goldfish and cheese....
My friend brought in make your own yogurt parfaits. Mostly just yogurt and a variety of fruit toppings that the kids could choose from.
At our school there are so many allergies its hard to make anything, including junk foods. I generally like to bring unsalted or un-buttered popcorn and pop it there. I dont know your school rules on that, we have to do it at the school to be certain no nuts or anything touched it. I like fruit pizza... sugar cookie dough for crust, made with splenda. light cream cheese spread on it, with different fruits as the "toppings". Not sure how healthy or un-junk that is but I like it and so far most kids do too.
Cream cheese, phyllo tartlets topped with fruit. Yum!
Fruit Pizza:
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/spring-fruit-pizza/d0...
Kool-Aid Popcorn:
http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/kool-aid-popcorn/
(maybe made into mini popcorn balls?)
I've also seen cute pics of fruit kabobs and ice cream waffle cones filled with fresh fruit, with or without a cream cheese-yogurt dip.
Fruit people - like salad people but use fruit - if it seems like a lot of work you could - 1) bring in paper plates of the ingredients (berries, kiwi slices, pineapple, whatever colors and shapes you want) or 2) just do faces
http://www.molliekatzen.com/salad_people.php
My school tells us no cupcakes and I do comply. If everyone brings in sugary junk for their birthday, they will be eating garbage every week. Happily our head of school agrees - if a parent brings in sugary treats or drinks, she sends them right back home. I think those are called consequences :)
If your son's birthday is on Thursday the 9th, so is mine! I did this as a project to go along with a book report for my friend's son and the kids LOVED it. I went to the dollar store and bought each child a plastic dog bowl. We wrote each child's name on the bowl with a Sharpie pen, and filled the bowls with cocoa puffs instead of dog food. Granted, cocoa puffs are still laden with sugar, but far less than cake I am sure. The kids pretended to be puppies and ate from their own bowl, taking them home as a party favor. You can also get stickers and have them cover the bowl. It is both a craft project and a snack. Good luck and happy birthday to your little one.
For my childrens' preschool, I usually make apple cinnamon muffins and then I let them pick what kind of baking cups they want me to make them in. My son usually will pick dinosaur or pirate baking cups. I use an organic box mix mady by Dr. Oetker that my kids really like. It is a little bit healthier than cupcakes.
My kid's school tells us no cupcakes. Sometimes I comply, and sometimes I bring them in. My kids only eat sweets on special occassions, and their birthday's count. But last year I did popsicles for both of my kids in school. This year we are doing cupcakes for all 3 classes for Vday, and we'll see about birthday's.
I am considering making some of the Hungry Girl recipe cookies.
