Snacks provide an exciting and fun way to incorporate Bill Martin Jr. works into an early childhood program. Bill Martin Jr. books provide ample opportunity for healthy themed snacks.
Please be aware of health and safety policies when it comes to snacks in your program. The following ideas may contain possible allergens and choking hazards.
Some snack ideas:
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Half a banana, sliced in half lengthwise on a plate for the trunk of the palm tree with apple slices, pear slices, or kiwi slices for palm tree leaves and whole grain alphabet cereal or crackers
Pudding cups with pretzel sticks poked in and dried apple chips for leaves stuck on top with peanut, almond, or soy nut butter to make a palm tree
Whole grain letter crackers, grape tomatoes cut in half, cucumber slices and cheese cubes
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Rice cakes spread with peanut, almond, or soy nut butter with a banana slice nose, pretzel ears and raisins for eyes and a mouth
Whole grain crackers spread with hummus and topped with raisins for eyes and mouth
Whole grain toast with banana slices for ears and nose and raisins or chocolate chips for eyes
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See?
One scoop of ice cream with banana slices for ears and chocolate chips for eyes and a nose
The frosted half of an Oreo cookie with raisins or tiny chocolate chips for eyes and mini marshmallows for ears
Ritz crackers spread with cream cheese and sliced black olives for eyes and a whole black olive for a nose
Little Granny Quarterback
Football shaped grilled cheese sandwiches with cheese sticks placed on top like the laces on a football
Cheese, whole grain crackers, and ham slices shaped like footballs
The Ghost-Eye Tree
A glass of milk, Broccoli florets to be the trees, round slices of mozzarella cheese for the moon, pretzel sticks for fence posts
A round quesadilla for the moon and ham strips arranged to make a tree
The Magic Pumpkin
Whole tangerines or clementines with jack-o-lantern faces drawn on them