Healthy Celebrations

Birthday parties and holiday celebrations at school provide a unique 
opportunity to help make healthful eating fun and exciting for 
children.  Listed below are ideas for healthy snacks:

Food items
•	Fruit smoothies - blend berries, bananas, with yogurt (we do 
        not have a blender at school)
•	Fresh fruit, fruit and cheese kabobs, fruit salad
•	Vegetables trays with low-fat dip or peanut butter
•	Whole grain crackers with cheese cubes, or string cheese
•	Waffles or pancakes topped with fruit (we have a toaster)
•	Pretzels, low-fat popcorn, rice cakes, graham crackers, 
        animal crackers
•	Angel food cake, plain or topped with fruit
•	Mini bagels with peanut butter or jam
•	Low-fat or sugar free pudding, low fat yogurt, sugar free 
        Jello
•	Granola bars
•	Trail mix (whole grain/low-sugar cereals mixed with dried 
        fruit, pretzels, nuts)
•	Peanut butter cracker sandwiches
•	Small bran, oatmeal or multi-grain muffins
.       Sugar free fruit pops
•	Our school pretzels cost 50c.  If you choose to purchase this 
        snack, we can certainly provide each child with a pretzel     
        half.

Non-food items
•	Fancy pencils or pens
•	Scented markers
•	Mini notebooks
•	Temporary tattoos
•	Sunglasses or eyeglasses with nose disguise
•	Mini super balls or Koosh balls
•	Stickers
•	Jacks, marbles, playing cards
•	Bubbles
•	Capsules that become sponges/figures when placed in water