Give each child a plastic cup and a spoon. Now place a scoop of rainbow sherbert ice cream. Poor some cream soda over the ice cream. Now sprinkle with sprinkles over the top of it all.enjoy!

Spread soft cream cheese on slices of whole wheat bread. Let each child place a cookie cutter on top of their bread (any shape) and press down. When the cookie cutter is removed, a shape will appear in the middle of the sandwich.enjoy!

Mash and blend 8 cups of applesauce, 1/2 cup of peanut butter and 16 bananas, chopped up small, together and serve in cup or bowl. Sprinkle with nuts or your favorite topping.enjoy!

Make 2 boxes of vanilla pudding, as directed on back of box. Wash Blueberries. Slice strawberry's. Mix the pudding, Blueberries and Strawberry's all together. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.enjoy!

You'll need apples, peanut butter and or cream cheese. Cut each apple in half and core it. Let the children stuff each apple with either peanut butter or cream cheese. Put them back together and set in a ziploc bag. After each child has some, go for a walk and show them the apple tree's (if you have some around) and tell them to eat one of their apples. Discuss that that is how their apples for snack are grown.

You'll need 2- 6 ounce cans of favorite juice concentrate, 4 envelopes of unflavored gelatin, 4 cups of boiling water (adult help is required) and 2- 8"x 8" cake pans or one large one. Make the gelatin--Pour the boiling water into a large bowl. Sprinkle the gelatin on top of the water. Carefully stir until the gelatin is dissolved. Add the juice concentrated and stir again. Pour the mixture into the lightly greased cake pans. Put in the refrigerator until firm (about 2 hours). Cut the gelatin with hand shaped cookie cutters.enjoy!

You will need to send a note home with every child the night before, and request them to bring an ingredient to share for the home made friendship snack mix. Take one HUGE ZIPLOC BAGGIE and poor all the ingredients into it that all the children brought. Now give them each a disposable cup and let them dip into the baggie. Each child can tell what they brought out of the bag. And they can tell which ones they like the best!enjoy!

Mix together 2 cups of plain yogurt, one can (12 ounces) cranberry apple juice concentrate and two teaspoons of vanilla. Pour mixture into small paper cups and insert plastic spoons for handles. Chill in freezer until set. Makes 8 servings.enjoy!

Spread small amount of tomato paste on Ritz cracker. Cut a slice of chees into 1/4's. Place cheese on cracier. CUt weiner. Place weiner slice on cheese. Place in 350 degree oven. Bake until cheese melts.enjoy!

Use a rolling pin to flatten slices of whole wheat bread. Spread on peanut butter and roll up bread to create a log. Slice into pieces.enjoy!

Dip bananas in yogurt, then roll in nuts, coconut or granola. enjoy!

Soften cream cheese with a little milk: form into balls. Roll in chopped nuts, etc....

Use four graham crackers for one serving. Spread three crackers with applesauce and stack one on top of the other. Top with the fourth cracker and spread applesauce over the top and edges. Refrigerate 30 minutes.enjoy!

Prepare a cake mix according to the directions on the box. Spoon cake batter into flat bottom ice cream cones until they are not quite full. Set cones in a cake pan and bake according to package directions for cupcakes. When cooled, frost and decorate with candies, cherries, sprinkles, colored sugars,etc.....enjoy!

Spread cream cheese on rice cakes. Use raisins to make letters on the rice cakes. Decorate rice cakes with sprinkles. Name the letter on the cake.enjoy!

Items needed are oreo cookies, candy corns, black licorice, white frosting, freen and red m&m's. Spread the frosting on the cookie. Place the two green m&m's on as the eyes. Place the red one on as the nose. Cut the licorice into small pieces about one inch and place them on as whiskers. Put a small amount of the frosting on the bottom of (2) candy corns and place them on the top of the cookies as the kittens ears.enjoy!

Blend 1 cup of milk, 1 sliced banana,2 tablespoons canned pumpkin and a dash of cinnamon together for a foamy pumpkin drink. Makes enough for 2 people.enjoy!

Scoop out the inside of a large pumpkin. Put a mixing bowl inside. Fill the bowl with apple cider, orange punch or any other beverage.enjoy!

Moisten the rim of a drinking glass with water (clear plastic throw away glasses are good). Dip the moist rim in a shallow dish of sugar and fill the glass with red punch (example).enjoy!

Mix up a batch of Bisquick Biscuits using the directions on the box. Have the children roll out the dough with rolling pins. Use heart shaped cookie cutters to cut out the biscuits. Bake as to the directions on the box. For the pink butter: Pour heavy cream into clean, baby food jars (one for each child). Add a couple of drops of red food coloring. Secure the jar with the lids. Have the children shake, shake their jars until the cream turns into butter.enjoy!

Make a batch of rice krispy treats following the directions on the bos. Before they cool, press them into a small funnel to make a Hershey's kiss shape.(They will pop out of the funnel easily and quickly). When cool, wrap each in aluminum foil; be sure to insert a long strip of white paper into the top of the kiss with a special message or the child's name!enjoy!

Buy pre-made pizza dough or make home made pizza dough. Roll the dough out and use heart shaped cookie cutters to make hearts out ot the pizza dough. Top the mini pizza's with sauce and cheese. Bake according to the instructions on the dough can or your home made recipe.enjoy!

Have the children spread cream cheese and strawberry jam onto a tortilla. Have the children roll the tortilla up like a log. Let the chuildren roll the tortilla up like a log. Let the children use their plastic knives thaty they used to spread the cream cheese and jam to cut the rolled up tortilla into sections.enjoy!

Mash 1/2 cup of peanut butter and 1 large or 2 small very ripe bananas with a fork. Add 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of coconut and 1 handful of raisins. Mash until completely mixed. Spread on bread!enjoy!

Make 1-3 cup package of pudding according to directions of the package. Then, add 2 tablespoons of pumpkin (canned) and 1/4 teaspoon of pumpking pie spice. Mix up.enjoy!

Wash cucumbers. Cut them into fairly thick slices. Spread each slice with cheese and then top with an olive.enjoy!

Spread cream cheese on the hot dog buns. Peel the bananas. Cut them so they fit into the buns. Cut each sandwich in half. Enjoy!

You'll need Favorite fruits and rounded tooth picks. Wash your hands. Have the children help you clean the fruit and then cut what they safely can. Put several pieces of fruit on each toothpick. Set all the kabobs on a plate.enjoy!

You will need Ready to bake pizza crust, peanut butter and jelly.Cook the pizza crust according to package instructions. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly. Have the children spread peanut butter and jelly over the crust. Cut into pizza slices.Listen to the laughter as the children eat!enjoy!

Gelatin Pizza (snack fun) 
 
4 packs of 4 serving size or 2 packs of 8 serving size boxes Jell-O 
  powder, any flavor 
2 1/2 cups Boiling water 
  Non Stick Cooking Spray 
1 cup cool-whip 
2 cups cut-up fruit 
Pour gelatin into bowl. Add 2 1/2 cups boiling water to gelatin. Stir, 
until gelatin is completely dissolve, about 2 minutes. Spray pizza pan 
with non-stick cooking spray. Pour gelatin mixture into pizza pan. Put 
pan into refrigerator to chill until firm, about 3 hours. 
 
Remove pan from refrigerator when ready to serve. Put about 1 inch of 
warm water in sink. Carefully dip just bottom of pan into warm water for 
15 seconds. Spread whipped topping over gelatin just before serving, 
leaving about 1 inch of space around outside edge of gelatin for Pizza 
Crust. Top pizza with fruit, arranging fruit in whatever designs you like. Cut 
pizza into wedges. (Recipe by Linda Davis)Serves 10 to 12 people. 

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Baked Bananas(Snack ideas) 
 
Peel and slice bananas circle wise. Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Blend 
1/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon and dip bananas in mixture until 
coated. Place bananas in baking pan or dish. Blend 1 cup orange juice 
and 3 tablespoons of butterscotch syrup. Pour over Bananas 
and bake for 20 minutes. 

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Chocolate Cake-Mix Cookies (Cookie bits) 
 
Use one box of your favorite cake mix. Mix according to package 
directions, except use 1/2 cups water. Add nuts, chocolate chips or 
raisins to taste. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet. 
Bake at the temperature indicated on the cake mix box until brown  
around the edges, about 10 minutes. Frost if desired. 

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Strawberry -Pineapple Smoothie (snack fun) 
 
1/2 cups fresh pineapple chunks        
1 to 2 tablespoons honey 
1 c. strawberries halved or sliced     	
4 ice cubes 
1 banana, peeled and sliced            	
2 cups of buttermilk 

Place all the ingredients in a blender (save a couple strawberries) 
and puree until smooth. Pour into 4 tall glasses and garnish with strawberries 
 

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Eatable Homemade Snowman

1 tablespoon butter

3 large shredded wheat biscuits (crushed)

1/2 cups miniature marshmallows

red hots

Melt butter and marshmallows. Stir in crushed cereal. Shape into

snowmen and decorate with red hots.

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Candle Salad

Place a pineapple ring on a lettuce leaf. Stand half of a peeled banana

in the center of the pineapple ring. Cut off the pointed end of the

banana. Next, make a flame for the banana candle by peeling off a strip

of carrot into a circle, overlapping the two ends. Stick one end of a

toothpick through the ends of the carrot strip and the other end down

into the top of the banana. Pinch the carrot ring to make it more

pointed. Decorated the candle salad with nuts and pieces of other fruit

if desired.

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Rainbow cookies

Cream 1 cup of margarine, 3/4 cup white sugar, 3/4 cups packed brown

sugar, 2 eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a large bowl. Blend in

3 3/4 cups sifted flour (enriched), 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, and 1/2

teaspoon salt.

Divide dough into four sections and add a few drops of food coloring to

each. On waxed paper, pat colors into strips 8" long, 4" wide, and 1/4"

thick. Stack them on top of each other, then refrigerate for a few

hours. Cut into 1/4" slices and curve into arches. Baked at 375 degrees

on an ungreased cookie sheet for 7 minutes.

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Frozen Fruit Salad

1 6 oz. frozen lemonade

1 6 oz. frozen orange juice

1 8-10 oz. frozen or fresh strawberries

1 20 oz. can crushed pineapple with juice

1 4 oz. maraschino cherries cut in half, with juice

3 or 4 diced bananas--place in pineapple juice to keep from turning dark

Mix 2 1/2 cups water and 1 cup sugar in saucepan. Boil briefly until

sugar dissolves. Cool and add remaining ingredients. Freeze in

individual servings or in 9 x 13 pan.

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Strawberry Soup

5 cups fresh strawberries

2 cups apple juice

Plain Yogurt
In a blender or food processor, puree 4 cups of strawberries. Add apple

juice and blend for 1 minute. Pour soup into bowls. Top each serving

with a dollop of yogurt. Slice remaining strawberries, and add before

serving. Makes 14 small servings.

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Cottage Cheese Dip

2 cups low fat cottage cheese

1 (1 oz.) package low-calorie ranch-style seasoning mix

Blend the cottage cheese and seasoning mix. Use a wire whip or

electric blender for a smoother dip. Serve with vegetables.

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Peanut Butter Bread

1 cup whole-wheat flour

1 cup all purpose-flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

3/4 cups natural-style peanut butter

1 cup milk

1 egg, beaten

Sift flours, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Mix in peanut

butter, blending with fork. Stir in milk and egg. Pour into greased

9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees f. for 50 minutes. Makes 15

servings.

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Tuna Cones

1 can (6 1/2 oz) tuna*

1 small carrot

1 small celery stalk

2 tablespoons mayonnaise

1 tablespoon lemon juice

3 flat-bottomed ice cream cones

Drain tuna and place in a medium bowl. Chop carrot and celery in very

small pieces and mix with tuna. Add mayonnaise and lemon juice to tuna

mixture and mix well. Use an ice-cream scoop to place a scoop of tuna

salad in each ice-cream cone.

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