Ideas for Your Kids' Snacks for School

Is your child in kindergarten? I have a child in kindergarten and I am supposed to bring a snack to school once a month for her whole class. At first I was not sure what I should bring but after a few months went by and a few snack days. I got more ideas. Now we all want our children to eat healthy and so does their teacher. So what is healthy and not to expensive? Here are some snack ideas that I hope will help.

One thing I found is that you should try to buy in bulk or larger quantities. That way your children will have some left to keep at home and have for snacks there. A good snack I liked the most was trail mix. So what I did was buy some at cost-co. You can get a box with individual bags inside. I believe there were eighteen. What I did was only bring about six packages to her class. Of course it always depends on the number of kids in the class. The teacher had me split them into little cups. Then that left me quite a few, for snacks at my house. Each pack serves about two or three kids. All of the kids from her class loved it.

Next, I bought the cheaper brand of crackers that have peanut butter inside. There are six crackers in each individual bag. I think about eight per package. Each child only needs about three crackers. So it was perfect and not to much money spent. Look at WalMart, they have a pretty good deal.

Try getting vegetable sticks. Like baby carrots, celery, or bell pepper. Get low fat ranch dressing to go with them.

Yogurt and granola. Definitely good and children will love it. Get the big tubs of yogurt. One should be fine. Also one cheap box of granola.

Crackers, peanut butter, with bananas. Very good and healthy. My kids love it.

Now for a healthy drink to bring with a snack would be a bottled juice. But if you do not have time to split into cups at school. Then get the individual boxes of juice. Apple probably would be the first choice in my house, so I would go with that.

Now all of these are some ideas. Just think healthy and cheaper brands when your out shopping. Now if you would like to have some left keep for your kids at home then buy extra. Also you could offer a donation to the class with the snack. Like, paper plates, spoons, cups, or napkins. Although at her school this is not required, just a nice gesture. Make sure you try to switch up the snacks each time you provide one. So the children can have variety. I hope this has helped and given you a little bit more options.

By Sarah Morris