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Old 02-07-2002, 05:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Valentine Treat and Preschool Snack Help Please!

My 3 1/2 year old daughter's preschoold and tumbling classes exchange treats for valentines day. I'm looking for creative ideas on what to give (no baked items).

Also looking for a creative way to do a snack -- we're responsible for the snack for 17 kids next week. (examples of things we can use: graham crackers, crackerts, cheese, peanut butter, popcorn, pretzels, peanuts, fruit, veggies)

Any ideas would GREATLY be appreciated!!
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Old 02-07-2002, 09:05 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Try some of these ideals:

1. http://www.cabbey.com/Crafts/valentine.htm

2. Edible "Candle" - http://www.cabbey.com/Crafts/valentine.htm
Valentine Day Candy Craft Candle

Materials:

1 York Peppermint Pattie
1 Roll Lifesavers
Hershey Kiss
Bow
Other candies
Ribbon for decorating
Cellophane tape

For the base, take the Peppermint Pattie and wrap it in foil or fold the corners under and tape. Glue a bow to the top of the Peppermint patty. Cut out the center loop of the bow. Take the outer wrapping off the Lifesavers roll. Don't remove the foil wrap. Tape a Hershey Kiss to the end of the Lifesaver roll. This will create a candle.

You can use other types of rolled candy such as Mentos, Rolos, Spree etc. Tape the bottom of the candle into the bow where the center loop was removed. You can decorate the candle with ribbon or stickers. Tip: Use ribbon criss-crossed around the candy and to a red candle add a chocolate heart candy.


3. http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/valentine.html

4. Games/Activities http://www.preschooleducation.com/gvalentine.shtml

5. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/valentine/

6. Snacks -

LADYBUG DELIGHTS
Give each child a small paper plate and a dull plastic knife. On another plate place chocolate wafers, m&m's, mini chocolate chips. Also needed is red icing. Place the wafer on each child's plate. Let them spread red icing over the wafer. Now poke chocolate chips all over the body. Decorate 2 eyes with 2 m&m's.enjoy!

FIREWORKS FIZZLER

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!

SHAPED SANDWICHES
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! BANANA & APPLE PUDDING 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!

STUFFED APPLES
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.

FRIENDSHIP MIX SNACK
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!

PINK SWEETHEART POP TREATS
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!

CHEESY WEINER WHEELS
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!

LINCOLN LOG SANDWICHES
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!

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

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

APPLESAUCE SUPRISES
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!

RAISIN CAKES
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!

KITTEN COOKIES
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!

PUMPKING PUNCH
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!

FROSTED PUNCH (ANY COLOR YOU CHOOSE)
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!

HEART SHAPED MINI PIZZA'S
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!

PINK HOLIDAY 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 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!

MONKEY BUTTER
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!

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

MONKEY SANDWICHES
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!

FRUIT KABOBS
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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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I just wanted to say...great ideas.

I could use these myself Thanks !!
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!! What a bunch of GREAT ideas!!!! You are WONDERFUL!!!!!

Now to narrow it down to which ones to use....
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**Dipped Marshmallows**

1 bag large marshmallows
250 ml (1 cup) milk
10 ml (2 tsp) vegetable oil
chocolate chips
Assorted sprinkles
colored sugar
coconut
crushed nuts

Melt chocolate chips and oil together over low heat (or about 1 min. in microwave).
Have your child dip each marshmallow into the chocolate (so about half of it is covered), then dip and roll in the sprinkles.
Place on a cookie sheet covered with wax paper to harden.
Give away as gifts (if you know anyone who actually might enjoy eating something like this!) or enjoy yourselves.
For Valentines Day, you can use pink, red or white sprinkles - and try using white chocolate too!!


**Scoop of Love**

Laundry detergent scoops (cleaned)
Candy (conversation hearts or Hershey's Kisses or Hugs)
Ribbon
clear wrapping
construction paper (for the tag)

Wash and dry scoops well.
Fill the scoops with choice of candies, cover with clear wrap.
You may wish to put the candies into a plastic baggie.
Tie with ribbon and add a bow.
Add a message on a heart shape tag which reads...

For conversation hearts "A scoop full of love for you from ...."
For Hershey's kisses "A scoop full of kisses ..."
For Hershey's Hugs - You get the idea!


**Footprint Valentine**

red construction paper
white tempra paint
scissors
glue
purple construction paper

Place child's feet in to white paint and place on red construction paper at an angle.
Do one, then the other - creating a heart shape with the 2 feet.
Let dry and cut 1 inch fro each side of the red paper.
Place a the purple paper behind it and staple or glue to "frame" the valentine.
You can use glitter and stickers for added decoration!


Go here for more great Valentine's Day Ideas, Crafts, Games, Recipes and Activities! http://www.theideabox.com/special.nsf/valentines.html

Thousands of ideas, all for you! http://www.theideabox.com
They offer a free email newsletter with seasonal ideas. Enjoy !
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