My kids love Lunchables, but I don't buy them.
I'm a mean Mom.
Instead, yesterday for lunch, I made my own Lunchables. Pibb helped me set up an assembly line on the table. He counted out a portion of crackers for each person while I used flower and star shaped cookie cutters to cut cheese and meat. We used Swiss and cheddar, turkey and ham and Ritz crackers (I bought a box for a recipe and only used half of it - I don't normally buy them).
As each plate was filled up, Pibb added a handful of baby carrots and called the rest of the kids to the table. Pookie was first and he was amazed that he got star shaped cheese! The kids all agreed that shaped foods are just more fun to eat.
Clearly I need to use the cookie cutters more often...
My kids adore shaped foods,too. I have been a total slacker this school year, though. At the beginning of the year, I cut their cheese and veggies into cool shapes but then I just didn't anymore. But they loved flower shaped cucumbers with carrot centers and cheese cut into apples or the first letter in their name.
ReplyDeleteIt's true. Shapes are more fun.
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