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Valentine Snacks
Contact_FullName: Michelle Contact_Email: chabotj@pacifier.com Area: Valentine's Day recipes Idea: A good dip for fresh fruit that my daughter's preschool class liked last year is 1 container strawberry yogurt combined with 2 cups strawberry or plain Cool Whip. We also threaded the cut-up fruit onto long wooden skewers and put them on the platter with the dip. (cut the sharp end off the skewer with scissors before serving) Contact_FullName: Kidosmom Contact_Email: bdtliv@msn.com Area: Valentine Treats Idea: 1 Jar Marshmallow whipped cream 1 package of cream cheese (strawberry) flavor mix the two ingredients: serve with fruit banana's, strawberries and other kinds of fruit that come to mind..... Contact_FullName: Jen Contact_Email: jenbeiers@mail.com Area: Valentine's Idea: As Sweet As A Kiss-Have students decorate a piece of foil with gummy candies (cut in half and they will stick without glue) and pull-and-peel twizlers. Then cut their masterpiece in the shape of a Hershey kiss. Use crate paper to add the flag. Contact_FullName: Heather Reid Contact_Email: sun_flower_yay@hotmail.com Area: Valentine's Day Idea: I was reading some valentine's snack ideas, and remembered these yummy dips. 1st Mix 2 parts coolwhip with 1 part cherry yogurt for a great fruit dip. Experiment with different flavours but we found that cherry works best!:) 2nd I saw this dip made with marshmallow spread and the person mixed hers with juice, ours is slightly different. Mix 1 jar of marshmallow spread with one small brick of cream cheese (room temp. so its soft and easy to mix. Mix well and enjoy! Great with all fruits:) And Thanks for all your wonderful ideas! Contact_FullName: Lesley Contact_Email: fairis7@aol.com Area: Valentine snacks/meals Idea: I use different sized heart-shaped cookie cutters to create fun meals and snacks for the kids. They associate Valentine's Day with candy and other sweets, so I use the cookie cutters for making heart-shaped pancakes, sandwiches (their favorite kind), biscuits, etc (anything that's healthy for them). They enjoy the novelty to their everyday meals and snacks and are still talking about it when mom and dad come to pick them up at the end of the day. Contact_FullName: rena Contact_Email: just_a_songbird24@hotmail.com Area: valentines-snack Idea: heart cupcakes this is so easy! just mix your cupcakes and pour them into a muffin pan as usual (be sure to use paper liners). then put a marble between the paper and the tin before you bake them. bake and ice as usual (don't forget, the marbles will be HOT!)....this makes a great and easy heart-shaped cupcake. Contact_FullName: Kim Contact_Email: kaml61@aol.com Area: Valentines Day - snack Idea: Melt vanilla chocolate wafers. Dip pretzel sticks in chocolate and set on wax paper. Sprinkle pretzel sticks with Valentine jimmies or and kind of Valentine icing decorations. Contact_FullName: Barbara Timmins Contact_Email: kidsconnectionpreschool@hotmail.com Area: Valentine's Snacks Idea: For Valentine's Day, the teachers cut out heart shapes out of bread (enough for two for each child), bologna and cheese (enough for one for each child) and let them put together their own sandwich. This way if they don't like bologna or cheese they can choose to not have it. Contact_FullName: Contact_Email: Area: Valentine's day-Snack Idea: Fruit Hearts Simple, red, and reasonably healthy: "Draw" the outline of a heart shape on a paper plate for each child. Then place a bowl (or some bowls, depending on how many children you have) of red/pink fruit pieces (raspberries, strawberries, cherries-no pits) on the table(s) and let children make a heart by placing red fruit onto their whipped cream heart outline. Contact_FullName: Diane Contact_Email: bdtliv@msn.com Area: Valentine - Snack Idea: Just did for Valentine's day for my son's 3rd grade classroom. I don't know if the kids were impressed but the mom's were. You can purchase colored bread from the local bakery. Some bakeries don't do it so you might have to check around in your area. It doesn't cost much more I think the loaf was $1.09 and it was medium pink. I wanted red but she said it taste bitter - so chose the pink. I put peanut butter and jelly between the two layers and then used a heart cookie cutter and it rather seals them. You can do each layer of food item between bread (such as if you did the peanut butter and jelly. First the bread, then the peanut butter, then another layer of bread and then the jelly and then another layer of bread. Another option is to do one layer with cream cheese and black olives sliced up and the next with spam. I know those don't sound good but really do a have a good taste when combined. Not sure kids would like it though. Contact_FullName: Barbara Contact_Email: kidsconnectionpreschool@hotmail.com Area: Valentine Snacks Idea: Because there is always too much emphasis on candy and chocolate at Valentine's day, we make a snack that fits into three food groups...we take a heart-shaped cookie cutter and cut hearts out of bread, sliced cheese and lunch meat (normally bologna). We set the three items out on separate plates rather than making the sandwiches in advance and let the preschoolers make their own sandwich, deciding if they want all three or just two of the three. Add some 100% fruit juice with this snack and we've hit 4 food groups! Contact_FullName: Diane Contact_Email: bdtliv@msn.com Area: Valentine - Snack Idea: You can order colored bread from the baker at your local store. Yes pink or red or both. Then use the cookie cutters that are heart shaped that are open. Fill your sandwich with peanut butter and jelly but sure to not incase a student is allergic to peanut butter then cut out the shape (heart or what ever Valentine cookie cutter). They make up cute sandwiches. I've done this for Valentine's and the kids just love it. Some bakeries will cut the crust off if you ask. 3-12-01Valentine Cookie Graham You need: a Graham cracker pink frosting (put red food coloring into white frosting) Alpha Bits cereal small candy hearts Directions: 1- Frost Graham cracker with pink frosting. 2- "Write" your message (I Love You or your name, etc.) using the Alpha Bits and placing them on the middle of the frosted cracker. 3- Decorate the boarder with candy hearts. Enjoy!
3-12-01For our Christmas party, we let our three year old preschooler put icing on cookies and decorate with sprinkles. For Valentines Day we wanted to use the leftovers and the kids had been asking for sprinkles, but we didn't want to repeat the cookies, so we decorated Jell-O jigglers with cool whip and sprinkles.
1-13-01Our children are bombarded with candy/sweets at Valentine's Day. I began to make this special lunch as a way to "sneak in" something healthy. Purchase frozen bread dough. Unthaw and place in a heart shaped cake pan. You may need to stretch the dough to fill the pan. Bake according to directions. After it is cool, slice it to create a sandwich. Let your children decide on what type of sandwich they wish to create. Some suggestions: ham, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, turkey, mustard, mayo, etc. Serve this heart shaped sandwich with red fruit (apples, strawberries, raspberries, etc.), red/pink fruit juice. Our children really enjoy making this bread and deciding which fillings to use.
10-2-00You do a real cake in a heart pan. Then you decorate the top by using little candy containers (like you find in a box of chocolate) you can purchase these at your party stores. Then put the candy container (wrappers on top of the frosted cake and add candy to each spot.) Looks like a box of candies when done.
Date: 2-9-00We combine cooking, learning about the color pink (red + white), our shape of the month (the heart) and Valentine's day into one delicious activity. Prepare pancake mix, the kind that only needs water, the kids can help mix. Have each child squeeze some batter up into the turkey baster. The teacher then squirts the batter into the shape of a heart. Make enough for each child to have two. Then pass around a bowl full of "Cool Whip" and allow each child to place a spoonful on each pancake. Follow this with a bowl of sliced strawberries in juice. The berries and cool whip make beautiful pink valentine's hearts and some fine motor exercise as well.
Date: 2-7-00Valentine's Wreath Coat bottom of bundt pan with non-stick spray, sprinkle candy hearts all over the bottom of bundt pan. Follow recipe for mixing Rice Krispy Treats, except add a little red food coloring to butter mixture to make it pink and mix and press into bundt pan. Flip out and you have a beautiful wreath with hearts on it.
Date: 2-6-00Introduce a friendship theme to coincide with Valentine's Day. We make Friendship Salad (It's really ambrosia): Fruit Cocktail Marshmallows Coconut (optional) Let the kids help you pour the ingredients into a large bowl. Pass the bowl around and let everyone have a turn to stir it. The kids love this activity! It makes them feel as if they have really made something with their friends and it's delicious!
Date: 2-6-00Krispie Kisses Follow directions on the box to make Rice Krispies Treats. Press the completed mixture in a funnel. Remove from funnel and wrap with colored Saran Wrap! Attach a strip to the top of the "kiss" with a Valentine's phrase of the child's choice. These make cute gifts for parents.
Date: 2-6-00Valentine Fruit Pie For a quick treat, I take a graham cracker crust, empty 1 can of strawberry pie filling in it. Top with Cool Whip. Use the little conversation heart to decorate the top. Set in the refrigerator about 2 hours. Presto, a Valentine Pie (my 2 year old Loves this and enjoys putting the candies on top, I have her count them as she places them to help her counting skills, I did this with my nieces and nephews when they were young too and now they do it with their children)
Date: 1-25-00I like to make a heart shaped cookie Pizza for Valentines day. I use the slice and bake sugar cookie dough. I slice the cookie dough about 1/4" thick and place on cookie sheet to form a heart. I press the edges together until it is one big heart shaped cookie pizza. I bake until golden brown, not too long, 15-20 min. Cool and frost with butter cream frosting tinted pink. Decorate with valentine candy, M & M's, conversation hearts, etc. This is a big hit! I deliver this to school in new Pizza boxes that I purchase for $1.00. Great for all ages!
1-20-00Valentine's Punch 1 liter of Raspberry sherbet 1/4 cup of pineapple juice 2 liter sprite Put the sherbet in the punch bowl, it works best if it is half melted. Next add your pineapple juice. Wisk them together making a smooth texture. Last, add the sprite slowly, mixing continuously until the punch bowl is full. This punch tastes great and you can use different colors of sherbet for different occasions. (ie. Lime for St. Patrick's Day)
Date: 1-15-00Lovable Cookies 1 20oz. roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough, chilled 1 16oz. can pink frosting Powdered sugar Heart shaped cookie cutters - 1 small and 1 large Directions: Prepare sugar cookies according to directions on the package for rolled cookies. Cut hearts in dough using a cookie cutter. Use knife or smaller cookie cutter to cut out a heart in the center of half the cookies. Place cookies on un-greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 7-9 minutes. You can bake the baby hearts, too for 5 minutes only. Let cool. Spread each big solid cookie with frosting and top with a cutout cookie. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Date: 1-9-00Sweethearts: refrigerator biscuits sugar and cinnamon mixture melted butter Let children: 1)separate biscuits and cut with heart shape cookie cutter or mold into heart shape. 2)roll in butter, then in sugar and cinnamon mixture. Bake according to directions on package. VALENTINE PRETZEL GIFTS Melt white confectioners candy in the microwave. Add red food coloring a couple drops at a time until you find the shade you like. Let the candy cool slightly but still remain melted. Cover the table with waxed paper. Divide the candy into enough bowls for two children to share one bowl. Dip the pretzels and place on the waxed paper. (The candy can be re-melted over and over until it's all used. Heart shaped cupcakes Make cupcake batter as directed on the package. Pour batter into cupcake liners. Take a piece of foil and form a ball about the size of a marble and shove it down along the side of the cup, between the cup and the pan to form the round top of a heart. these look real unique and are so simple. Ice with red or pink icing and you have heart shaped cupcakes! Heart shaped Krispie Treats Make normal recipe of Rice Krispie treats, but add red food coloring to butter/marshmallow mixture, cut out with heart cookie cutters. If you do not have heart cutters you can either use a knife to cute them out or cut out a square and shape with your hands. Date: 5-25-99With all the food allergies our preschoolers may have, here's a simple way to express your love during the Valentine Holiday. Let each child have a slice of bread, a plastic knife or a craft stick to spread a little butter, and some cinnamon sugar to sprinkle before toasting. If you want a heart shaped cinnamon toast design simply press the cookie cutter shape into the bread before toasting. Yummy! Date: 4-18-99MAGIC VALENTINES CREME DIP HAVE KIDS MIX COOL WHIP AND 3-4 DROPS OF FOOD COLORING IN A BOWL UNTIL COLORED PINK. FOR DARKER COLORED, ADD MORE FOOD COLORING. THIS DIP IS GOOD FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS LIKE: ALL FRUITS, COOKIES, CAKES.... ETC! YUM! WITH REMAINING MAGIC DREME DIP, YOU CAN PUT IT A ZIPLOCK BAG, AND TAPE THE TOP SHUT FOR MESS PROOF PLAYING. MAKE SURE THERE IS MINIMAL AIR INSIDE THE BAG SO IT DOES NOT POP. THE CHILDREN CAN SQUEEZE IT, GOOSH IT, TAKE THE ERASER END OF A PENCIL AND DRAW DESIGNS IN IT, MAKE HAND PRINTS, ROLL IT, WHATEVER! THERE IS SO MUCH YOU CAN DO! THE CHILDREN CAN EVEN DECORATE THE OUTSIDE WITH MARKERS AND GIVE IT TO A VALENTINE! ENJOY THIS YUMMY SNACK THAT IS ALSO AN ART PROJECT! Name: Date: 4-18-99With all the food allergies our preschoolers may have, here's a simple way to express your love during the Valentine Holiday. Let each child have a slice of bread, a plastic knife or a craft stick to spread alittle butter, and some cinnamon sugar to sprinkle before toasting. If you want a heart shaped cinnamon toast design simply press the cookie cutter shape into the bread before toasting. Yummy! Name: Date: 4-18-99Have the children cut heart shapes out of prepared frozen pie crusts using cookie cutters. Curl up the edges and put their choice of Jelly or jam in side it- not too much. The oven should be at 350-375 degrees, and the heart tarts should cook for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Yummy yummy! Surprise Mommy! Name: Yvonne E-Mail: yakeyt@mwr.kic.or.jp
Heart Sandwich Slice of bread butter cream cheese red jelly Cut a large heart from a slice of bread. Spread with butter and cream cheese. Put a little red jelly in the center. Name: Vickie E-Mail: vickie kids@worldnet.att.net Frosted Valentine Punch Need Water Sugar 100% fruit punch Moisten the rim of a drinking glass with water (clear plastic throw away glasses work well). Dip the moist rim in a shallow dish of sugar Fill the glass with red juice. Name: Daylene Heart Shaped Biscuits with Pink Butter Biscuits: Mix up a batch of Bisquick Biscuits using the direction on the box. Have the children roll out the dough with rolling pins. Use heart shaped cookie cutters to cut out the biscuits. Bake according to the directions on the box. Pink Butter: Pour heavy cream into clean, disinfected baby food jars (one for each child). Add a couple drops of red food coloring. Secure the jar with the lids. Have the children shake, shake, shake, shake, shake their jars until the cream turns into butter. Enjoy the pink butter on your yummy hot biscuits! Name: Gail E-Mail: thom.childress@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu When ever it is my turn to bring snacks for my daughter's class, she always asks that I bring fruit and dip. We are planning on using this for the class Valentines party. Fruit and Dip 1 jar Marshmallow Cream 1/4 cup fruit juice (orange or pineapple seem to be best) Mix marshmallow cream and juice until well blended. Add more juice if too thick. Serve with apple slices and banana slices which have been dipped in Sprite or pineapple juice, canned peach slices, pineapple chunks. Watermelon chunks are also great when in season. We mix in red food coloring to create a Valentine theme. Name: Daylene Heart Crackers Buy Lavosh Heart Shaped Crackers. Use what ever topping you desire: peanut butter, cream cheese, tuna fish, cheese, etc. Name: M. E-Mail: buttonml@aol.com Rice Krispie Treat Kisses Make a batch of rice krispie treats following the directions on the box. Before they cool, press them into a small funnel to make a Hershey's kiss shape. (They pop in and out of 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! Name: Daylene Heart Shaped Mini Pizza's Buy pre-made pizza dough (located in the refrigerated section of your grocery store) or make homemade pizza dough. Roll the dough out and use heart shaped cookie cutters to make hearts out of the dough. Top the mini pizza's with sauce and cheese. Bake according to the instructions on the dough can or your homemade recipe. Name: Daylene Buy several packages of heart shaped pasta. You can find this kind of pasta at Trader Joes or a specialty cooking store. Cook the pasta according to the directions on the package. Add butter and toss with parmesan cheese. A yummy, healthy Valentine's Day snack! Name: Dawn E-Mail: scc.dawn@ttlc.net Jello Jigglers Make as directed on Jell-O box for jigglers. Let children use heart shaped cookie cutters to cut out hearts from the Jell-O. Valentine Waffles Let the children use cookie cutters to make heart shapes out of toaster waffles. Valentine Sandwiches Make a strawberry jelly, cream cheese sandwich on white bread for each child in your class. Let them use a heart shaped cookie cutter to press into their sandwich. Valentine Roll-ups Have the children spread cream cheese and strawberry jam onto a tortilla. Have the children roll the tortilla up like a log. Let the children use their plastic knives that they used to spread the cream cheese and jam to cut the rolled up tortilla into sections. |
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