Make after school a special time with these fresh after school snack ideas with your child! It’s just the thing that brings that smile I’ve missed all day to my child’s face and pair perfectly with DASANI® water for a refreshing afternoon snack!
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School’s back in session and I’m going to admit as a mom, I’m missing the conversations I had all summer with my kiddos. We’ve started a new little routine that has been rocking our after school time together and building up their confidence. These after school snack ideas will make your time together a part of your day you look forward to as you hear about their school day with these printable water bottle labels that will help your child feel like a superstar!
After School Snack Ideas
Our after school snacking is usually the first time after school that I get to spend time together with my kids over a meal. It’s my special time where I get to hear about their school day and all that happened. Sometimes they need a little bit of encouragement to share with our Back to School Table Talk Printables
I came up with this little idea for creating fun snacks with your kiddos to put a smile on their face and help build up their confidence. First thing we do to prep for our after school time is head to the store on our weekend to purchase DASANI® water to help create a cute after school snack with my kiddos!
Banana Sushi Recipe for After School Snack
My kids come home from school pretty hungry and I’m always looking for new ideas of what to give them that they’ll like and a little fun too. One thing we’re started to do is get creative with our after school fruit. We’ve started to make fruit sushi with bananas and granola with protein.
It’s so easy to do and lots of fun as we prepare them together. It’s that time together where I get to hear about their school day.
Banana Sushi Ingredients
- Banana
- Favorite Nut Butter Spread (We used cashew butter)
- Granola with Protein
- Optional Add a dried fruit too for my fruit flavored fun!
Banana Sushi Directions
1. Place granola into a ziplock bag and have your child smash it into tiny pieces.
2. Place granola onto a plate for rolling your banana onto.
3. Cut banana in half and then Peel the banana
4. Spread peanut butter around the banana. (Greek vanilla yogurt is a favorite too)
5. Take the peanut butter covered banana and roll around in the granola on the plate.
6. Set granola covered banana onto new plate and with your child you can slice it into sushi sized pieces. (They can go into the fridge too for a cold snack)
6. Enjoy your Banana sushi with your DASANI® water bottle that you’ve added a special water bottle label to celebrate your child. PRINT HERE
Your child may also enjoy making with you these Peanut Butter Balls or Granola Bites.
After School Water Bottle Labels
That smiles arrives quickly after we get started that I’ve missed all day! Our special after school water bottles messages send that sweet smile over the moon with cuteness and they gleam the rest of the afternoon!
I’m so proud of them and how well they’re doing as school kicks off and I hope to continue throughout the school year. Look for more themed water bottle label printables to come soon with MORE THEMES!
Fruit Kebobs Recipe After School Snack
Sometimes during our school week, we have a lot of fun making fruit kebobs together too. We just gather our favorite fruits and assemble them together. Consider adding a few of your favorite nuts for something salty to go along with them.
Making fruit kebobs sneaks in a little bit of sorting, patterning and counting too!
BTW Moms, have you tried DASANI® sparkling water? Just the little bit of sparkle I need to pick me up for an afternoon of fun with the kids. Plus it goes well with our fruit kebob after school snack!
Ingredients for Fruit Kebobs
- Grapes
- Blueberries
- Strawberries
- Raspberries
- Any fruit that your child loves works!
Fruit Kebob Directions
1. Prep fruit together by selecting from the fridge and washing.
2. Place fruit into a few bowls for sorting.
3. Use a skewer stick place fruit onto them in your own special pattern.
4. Enjoy your fruit kebob and be sure to hydrate with a special after school DASANI® water. Don’t forget to add your special after school water bottle label {PRINT HERE}.
For a special treat, you can also make this delicious fruit dip with your child!
After School Table Talk Printables
PLUS add a After School Table Talk Discussion from below {PRINT HERE}
While we’re snacking together on our fruit kebobs I have made a printable activity for after school conversations. {PRINT HERE} It helps us to talk about the school day without having to always ask “How was your day at school” You can print them out and add them to popsicle sticks and keep in a container for them to grab from during snack time.
Fruit kebobs are so easy to snack and chat about the day with! Brings that SMILE every time!
Here are a few more fun ideas for Back to School with kids!
What is your favorite way to connect after school during snack time with your child?
Healthy snack and easy to prepare as well. We will try Banana Sushi this week!!!
Great healthy snack ideas! Love the printable water bottle labels and conversation starters too. I’ll definitely be trying out these ideas!!
Thanks Tracey! The kids have been having fun with them the past few weeks and I’m loving the smiles we’re sharing after school together. Can’t wait to hear how your little ones likes these ideas!