Looking for some fun, fresh, & healthy spring snacks for kids? Keep reading for 7 ideas that are sure to get your kids eating their fruits & veggies! I’ve also included a free learning activity you can do before or after snack time at the end of this post.
Spring is one of our favorite seasons around here! The weather is perfect for hours of outside play, and there are so many great spring learning activities we love to incorporate to practice math and literacy skills.
One of my all-time favorite things to do is combine stories with thematic snacks to boost kids’ love of reading. Research has found that these storytime snacks lead our little ones to associate positive feelings with reading, which is exactly what we want, especially in the younger years. You can read more about storytime snacks in this post.
So today I’m sharing with you 7 healthy & fun ideas for snacks you can make during springtime. These ideas are all simple enough that your little one can get involved in making them, which is great fine motor practice, too!
Pair these snacks with any of our favorite spring books to help your little ones develop a love of literacy (and maybe eat their fruits & veggies, too!)
INSECT-THEMED SPRING SNACKS
Do you do an insect theme in your classroom in the spring? Or are your little ones at home super interested in insects? If so, the first two spring snacks for kids on our list are perfect for them! Keep reading to check out our Apple Butterfly & Strawberry Ladybugs!
Ingredients:
- Apple
- Raisins
- Celery Sticks
- Pretzel Sticks
Directions:
- Wash your apple & celery sticks and cut them into slices.
- Place one celery stick on a plate. Lay out four apple slices around it to be the butterfly’s wings.
- Add raisins to the apple slices.
- Add pretzel sticks to the top of the celery to be the butterfly’s antennae.
Ingredients:
- Strawberries
- Raisins
- Pretzel Sticks
- Spinach
Directions:
- Wash your spinach and strawberries, and cut your strawberries in half.
- Place the strawberries on the spinach leaves.
- Add raisins to the strawberries to look like a ladybug’s dots.
- Add pretzel sticks to the strawberries to look like a ladybug’s antenna.
Want to pair these insect snacks with an insect-themed sensory bin? Check out this post!
FLOWER-THEMED SPRING SNACKS
I may have gotten carried away, but there are SO many fun ways you can make flower-themed spring snacks! Each of these four flower ideas are made from fresh fruit, which will make them irresistible to your little learner. Choose the fruit combination they’d like best and have fun making them!
Ingredients:
- Mandarin Oranges
- Blueberries
- Kiwis
- Pretzel Sticks
Directions:
- Peel your oranges and kiwi, and wash your blueberries.
- Lay out your oranges around one blueberry to look like the petals of a flower.
- Add a pretzel stick for the stem.
- Cut your kiwi slices in half, and add one half to either side of the pretzel sticks to look like the leaves.
Ingredients:
- Blueberries
- Green Grapes
- Ritz Crackers
- Cream Cheese
Directions:
- Wash your blueberries & grapes, then cut your grapes in half.
- Spread a thin layer of cream cheese over a Ritz cracker.
- Add the blueberries and grapes to make a flower. You can put a blueberry in the middle with grapes around the outside, or you can put a grape in the middle with blueberries around the outside! Either way works!
Ingredients:
- Apple
- Celery Sticks
- Blueberries
- Kiwi
Directions:
- Wash your apple, celery sticks, and blueberries, and peel your kiwi.
- Cut your apples and celery sticks into slices.
- Lay out one celery stick on a plate. Then add the apple slices to look like the petals of a flower.
- Add a blueberry in the middle of the apple slices.
- Cut your kiwi slices in half, and add one half to either side of the celery stick to look like the leaves.
Ingredients:
- Strawberries
- Green Grapes
- Kiwi
- Pretzel Sticks
Directions:
- Wash your strawberries & grapes, and peel your kiwi.
- Slice your strawberries.
- Lay out your strawberries around one green grape to look like the petals of a flower.
- Add a pretzel stick for the stem.
- Cut your kiwi slices in half, and add one half to either side of the pretzel stick to look like the leaves.
SUN-THEMED SPRING SNACKS
The last spring snack for kids is one that would be perfect in spring or summer! These adorable suns are so bright and cheerful, plus they can be made gluten-free if you’d like. They’re a favorite around here!
Ingredients:
- Mandarin Oranges
- Cheese Slices
- Optional: Ritz Crackers
Directions:
- Peel your oranges.
- Use a circle cookie-cutter to cut out circle shapes from your slices of cheese.
- Lay out the cheese on a plate. Then put the oranges around the cheese to look like the sun’s rays.
- Optional: Add a Ritz Cracker underneath your cheese slice.
FREE RHYMING ACTIVITY
Want to add a learning activity to these snacks? Try this FREE Rhyming Flowers Word Families activity to practice CVC words. Your little one can add the flower petals to the correct stem to create rhyming words. Click here to read more about it and to download this free activity.
What are your favorite spring snacks for kids? Do you have any other ideas I should add to my list? Comment below or find me on Instagram (@littleslovelearningblog) and let me know!
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Happy Learning!
