Looking for some fun after school snack ideas to fill those bellies and make them smile?  Here are 12 fun kid snacks that are sure to please!

Check out these Butterfly Snack Bags that are not only healthy, but adorable, too!

Have a PB&J fan?  Make your own Peanut Butter and Jelly Sushi.

Speaking of sushi, try making some delicious Fruit Sushi!

These Frozen Banana Penguins put a whole new spin on frozen bananas.

Vehicle lovers will rev their engines for these easy Fruit Cars!

Grab some ripe bananas and mix up these yummy Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins or try one of these other 25 awesome muffin recipes.

Make a splash with these cute Jello Cup Swimming Teddy Bears!

Zoom off with this fun Jet Snack idea.

Have a TMNT fan?  Check out these simple Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle apples!

Kids like variety?  Try this yummy Fall Snack Mix.

Need something quick?  Grab a permanent marker and make some simple Fruit Cup Faces.

Another fast idea:  use a toothpick to create Secret Message Bananas.

We’ve come a long way from just milk and cookies!

Make after school snack time even more fun and try making a few of these ahead of time with the kids.  Those butterfly snack bags and the fruit cup faces could become a craft one day and a yummy snack the next!

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Candy corn.  When we finally got to do some real trick-or-treating (after that whole trick-or-treat on the wrong night fiasco), my daughter was disappointed that she didn’t get any in her bucket.  So, I went out and got a bag (75% off since it was after Halloween).

I decided we’d put some of it to good use and craft a few candy corn turkeys as an after school treat this week.

I have to say they were both pretty excited when I brought our turkey ingredients to the table.

I gave each of them a marshmallow to use as the turkey’s body, a handful of candy corn for its feathers, and a cut piece of Twizzler Pull-N-Peel candy to use as legs and a waddle.  I also got out some orange decorating icing for a beak (although candy corn would have worked as well), and some small dark candies for eyes.

They wasted no time getting creative!

Of course, their favorite part was eating their creations!

Like our candy corn turkey?    Check out our marshmallow snowmen!

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Sometimes you just need to make lunch more fun….

To make the turkey above I used a spinach tortilla and made turkey and shredded cheese wraps, which I sliced into 1/2 inch thick slices.  A grape made up its head and carrot slices made the beak, legs, and nest.  I used yogurt covered raisins as eggs and gave it a tomato sunshine in the sky.

To make our healthy flower garden, I used 3 different sized star cookie cutters (okay, they were from the Play-Doh toys…) to cut stars from tortillas, ham, and cheese.  Green beans and peas made up the stems and leaves and ham created the “dirt.”

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