Learn with Play at Home: Food for Kids

Here are some of the simple ways that I make healthy food fun for my kids

I believe that developing a healthy and happy attitude towards food starts from birth. By making good, honest food appealing to children, they are much more likely to want to give it a try.

(But, let's be realistic. Some kids don't like some things..(just like us!). If making it appealing doesn't work, leave it but be sure to try and try again as one day they might just realise they like it!)

I also think that banning certain types of foods (eg. "Junk" food) will not solve your problems. I believe that if you teach children from early on about "Everyday foods" and "Sometimes foods" they will have a more balanced and realistic attitude towards food.

I hope you can find some inspiration here and feel free to contact me or leave a comment at the bottom if you have any questions. Debs :)

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Butterfly shaped raisin toast with sultanas, dried apricots and fresh cut strawberry

Pikelets (like pancakes) cute with star shaped cookie cutters

Little bear pancakes. 3 blobs of pancake mix to make the shape then add a slice of banana and sultanas

Cheese Mouse. Triangle shaped cheese with embelishments for ears/eyes/mouth/tail (use what you have available)

Rice cake face. Made by child. Cream cheese to stick it down, chicken breast for hair, tomato mouth, carrot nose and olive eyes

Healthy Snack Platter. Trio of dips (tzatziki, beetroot and hummus) with mixed crackers and cucumber sticks

Toddler lunch. Cream cheese and olive sandwich fingers with fresh cut strawberries

Play date snack platter. Banana 3 ways. Fresh banana, banana chips and banana bread cubes with fun food picks

Sandwich cut with cookie cutter. Remove middle sandwich and fill with fruit.

Little person meal. Avocado on whole grain finger sandwiches, cheese stick, hummus dip and dried fruit

Little sandwich rectangles surrounding cut grapes and strawberries

Jazz up a basic Peanut Butter sandwich. Too easy. Standing up triangles with a scattering of sultanas

Cookie cutter pikelets with butter.

Fancy fairy bread (sprinkles on buttered bread). (Use shape cutter). Mini muffin in a silicone cupcake wrapper

Always make extra when you do a fruit smoothie to freeze for yummy healthy iceypole treats.

Pikelet bear with banana nose and chocolate bud eyes

Use cookie cutters to shape rice. Elephant standing on a satay chicken stirfry mountain.

Doggy cookie cutter to shape rice

Butterfly sandwich with bean body and sultana decorations

Circle face sandwich (fill with your choice of toppings) Extra veggies for the face.

Birthday pancake breakfast.

Toddler afternoon tea. Dip with watercrackers and freshly cut strawberries. Mini marshmallow cut for a treat.

Toddler Afternoon tea. Cut cucumber sticks, kabana, water crackers and dip

Basic sandwich. (Turkey and Cranberry Sauce). Add a couple of contrasting shapes like these cucumber circles

Cut a shape out of paper, pop on the top of drinks (like this banana smoothie made with milk, banana and yoghurt) and sprinkle some cinnamon over the top to make a shape.

To try something new, we adapted the "snackbox method." Click here for more information on the snackbox method and for more pictures.