Creative Food Ideas For Kids

Don't play with your food right? I mean it's rude....... or is it? I guess it depends on who you are!!! I love fruits and vegetables and a lot of what we (I) create comes from food! Aren't you inspired by the shapes the colors the textures? Well here are a few times that I have played with food, it's usually for my daughter but sometimes I build a mashed potato castle just for me :)

 

Rainbow of yumminess!!!

 

When my daughter was starting to eat lots of different solid foods I was obsessed with getting all the amazing colors of different food in her diet. I wanted her to have a well rounded palate for different flavors and most of all be healthy! Here is one of the ways I encouraged her to eat a variety of food. This particular picture was taken before she had a friend over for a play date and snack :)

Found a pic I ddn't use for Instagram :)

 

I used dark chocolate chips, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, chicken, salba nuts, avocado, lettuce, bananas, blackberries, strawberries, carrots, cheddar bunny crackers, hummus, sour cream and onion bunny crackers and cucumbers! My daughter loved it, I still love making my rainbow taster trays for her!!! O by the way I use ice cube trays for this over the rainbow flavor :)

 

So on another play date my friend packed her son this pre-made peanut butter and jelly round sandwich with no crust in a plastic packet, did I mention it was white bread???!!!!

 

*Side note, I am a little weird about food, I like my food items fresh and we eat primarily organic. I choose not to eat meat and the only sugar in our house is the packets you find at restaurants for our guest when I am serving coffee.

 

As I stared at the packet debating whether to actually give them this food item a picture flashed through my thoughts of those awesome bento boxes that are amazingly designed to be animals and depict scenes and then it came..... (side note....I served these sandwiches my daughters Halloween party te-he-he)

 

My little under the sea, fish food creation!!! The kids loved it!!! I had a blast putting the plates together and even a more amazing time seeing the look on their faces when I gave them their snack!

So lesson learned........

Just because I won't eat it, doesn't mean I can't make it cute for others to eat :)

 

Chocolate stuffed orange slash jack o lantern yumminess!!!!

I love to make these! They are time consuming to "prep" but so worth it!!!

Here's what I do.....

Cut the top off the orange

Hollow it out (takes a little work) but don't take the pulp out to the rind inside (adds flavor)

Now use your favorite brownie recipe

(I used my triple chocolate recipe)

Fill the hollowed orange

Baked in the oven

Let the orange cool completely

Pipe a face on with chocolate!

Ooooo La La

Delish and Creative!!!!!!!

 

Hope you all enjoyed this post and I can't wait to hear if any of you try out these fun foods!!!

NOW GO PLAY WITH SOME FOOD :)

 

WARNING!!!

The majority of my pictures will be taken by my iPhone, why, well because it's handy. I will try to make the time to take pictures with my amazazazing camera but I can be lazy ok I am lazy :)

I am a horrible speller

My grammar has no hope

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First off I am a proud wife and momma!!!! :)

I've always been cheap.....not in the penny pinching sort of way but in the I see something pick it up look at the price tag and say "I can make this.....for way cheaper!" Why not just buy it? It's a challenge I guess, to see what I can do. Now that being said I know my limits, I'm not here to compete with Picasso but at the same time I like a little competition! :) I create, its what I do , whether it's in the kitchen the garden my craft room or in my head all day, I create. I love to plan parties, o my, since having my daughter it has become an obsession and I love it! My husband and I love to host I could fill up a blog on our gatherings alone (maybe I'll be a writer, squirrel) ooops never mind back to my love of crafting. I have had friends, family and acquaintances along the way tell I should do more with my uh whats it called, well I'll call it talent! My sweet husband has always told me that I'm the bomb at what I do throughout the year and tonight has given me the encouragement to blog and share. So thanks to him there's one more crazy crafter sharing her ideas that I am sure someone else has but not with my spunk :)

NEW BLOG?????

Ok so here it is my "New Blog" I had a hard time intertwining my personal blog with my creative ventures. I would want to pin something onto Pinterest, or would have another blogger want to share a link and well I just felt uncomfortable. So my life, family, friends is on my personal blog and all my crazy craftiness is on this one! So now I can feel comfortable sharing my ideas, craftiness, horrible sewing skills and major ninja glue gun skills here and I don't mind someone I may never meet taking a peek! If you have any questions about something I have done or if you see anything on my blog and would like a tutorial PLEASE let me know! Leave me comment, give me advice or just say "hi." :) This is my new venture and I would love your input or advice just remember I'm no pro! I am a horrible speller my grammer skills are just pathetic but this girl has a glue gun and knows how to use it!