Treating to the playgroup is quite an event for the child. Treating can take place with, for example, a birthday or at the transition to primary school. Treating does not happen often and it is therefore nice to pay a little more attention to it. But it can be very difficult to come up with a fun, original treat that also meets the requirements of the playgroup. In this article you will find two fun and healthy ideas.
Requirements
Some playgroups have set special guidelines for parents regarding treats. Consider, for example, a guideline such as having to bring a healthy treat.
Sometimes it is quite difficult when thinking of a treat to take into account both the guidelines of the playgroup and the wishes of the child. To help a bit, below are two fun and healthy ideas.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Caterpillar Never Enough is a fun, mixed treat consisting of a sweet and some healthy. You will need a number of things for this treat. Namely; apples, twisted long bacon, glitter markers (edible), an apple corer and colored, sturdy paper.
Since it is a spoilage treat (the apple turns brown and the bacon soggy), it is recommended that you prepare the treat just before the treat.
To avoid having to deal with a lot of work at the last minute, you can already make some preparations. Starting with making our caterpillar. The bacon has two flat ends. Draw a face on one of these ends with the edible glitter pen; this is the face of the caterpillar. While the glaze from the glitter pen is already drying, we can continue with the next preparation; the ticket.
Cut a leaf (a leaf like an apple) out of the cardboard and write the text you want on it. For example ‘hip hip hooray’, ‘hooray ….. it’s birthday’ or ‘hooray …. three years’. You can make this leaf with a piece of adhesive tape on the stem. Then do this for all apples.
When the preparations are done, you can move on to preparing the treat yourself. Drill a hole through the side of the apple with the apple corer. So if you just place the apple, it will be horizontal.
Take the caterpillar (the bacon) and push it through the hole you made in the apple. Let the side with its face on one side stick out of the apple a little more so that it looks like the caterpillar is coming out.
You now have one apple completely ready. The other apples should already have a card and the other caterpillars already have a face. The only thing left now is to drill holes in the other apples and put the caterpillar in them.
As said before, this is not a treat you can start with well in advance. The juice of the apple can make the bacon soggy and the apple brown. The later you start, the better the result will be.
Danoontje pig
Just like the previous treat, the Danoontje pig is easy and fun to make. For this treat you will need Danoontjes, a marker, pink printing paper, scissors, tape and small plastic spoons.
You start by looking for a suitable picture of a pig’s snout on the internet. Once found, print it as often as necessary on the pink printing paper. Cut out the pig’s snouts and then place a Danoontje on the spot of his nose. Trace the circle with a pencil so that a circle the size of a Danoont is drawn around his nose. Now cut the circle out, so that a hole is created at the place of his nose.
Since you used the Danoontje as an outline, it should fit through the cut out hole. Place the Danoontje, with the lid on the back of the pig and the bottom of the Danoontje on the side of the face, in the pig. You now have a pig snout with a Danoontje nose.
Draw two nostrils at the front of the Danoontje with the marker. Now take the spoons and the roll of tape and stick a spoon on each dessert. Take a closer look to see if each dessert comes with a spoon and your treat is ready.
For variation you can attach a skewer to the muzzle and stick the spoon there. The skewer gives you a slightly different effect and it is easier for the children to hold the treat well.