If you have a preschooler or Kindergartner, you may know the agony of trying to find a snack idea that correlates with the “Letter of the Week” curriculum.
While our schools never required this, it was always suggested as a fun activity. But how many snacks start with the letter “X”…? My kids have a hard enough time coming up with “Show + Tell” items – let alone, snack ideas!
Well, have no fear – I’m here to help!
On a particularly long road trip, my daughter and I decided to brainstorm snack ideas for every letter of the alphabet. While some of them are stretches – okay, maybe giant leaps – they still work and are guaranteed to get you that extra credit!
*Bonus tip: We bought this set of cookie cutters a few years ago (2″ Cookie Cutters) . If we can’t think of a snack that starts with the “letter of the week”, we just make Jell-O jigglers or cookies with that letter’s cookie cutter. Works like a charm!*
SNACK IDEAS
– Letter A –
Ants on a log
Angel Food cake
“A” shaped cookies
Animal crackers
Apple juice
Avocado
“A” shaped Jell-O jigglers
– Letter B –
Banana bread
Bagels
Biscuits
“B” shaped Jell-O jigglers
Broccoli
Beans
Bread
“B” shaped cookies
Blue Jell-O
Beets
Brownies
Blue icing (on Graham crackers)
– Letter C –
Cucumbers
Celery
Cake
Cookies
Cocoa
“C” shaped cookies
Cauliflower
Cashews
Cupcakes
Cereal
Cranberry juice
Corn
Cheese (spread, slices, or sticks)
Candy
Crackers
“C” shaped Jell-O jigglers
– Letter D –
Desserts
“D” shaped Jell-O jigglers
Dried fruit
“D” shaped cookies
Danish
– Letter E –
Eggplant
“E” shaped Jell-O jigglers
“E” shaped cookies
– Letter F –
Figs (dried)
Fruit cups
Fig Newtons
“F” shaped Jell-O jigglers
Fish crackers (goldfish)
“F” shaped cookies
– Letter G –
Granola
Grape Jell-O
Grape juice
Green icing (Graham crackers)
Green peppers
Gum
“G” shaped Jell-O jigglers
Green Jell-O
Green beans
“G” shaped cookies
– Letter H –
Hazelnut spread (Nutella)
Hoagie
Hot cocoa
Heart shaped cookies
Honey buns
“H” shaped Jell-O jigglers
Heart shaped Jell-O
Honey Granam crackers
“H” shaped cookies
– Letter I –
Iced tea
“I” shaped Jell-O jigglers
“I” shaped cookies
– Letter J –
Juice pops
“J” shaped cookies
Juice
“J” shaped Jell-O jigglers
– Letter K –
“K” shaped Jell-O jigglers
“K” shaped cookies
– Letter L –
Lemon Jell-O
Lemon water
“L” shaped cookies
Lime Jell-O
Lemonade
Lollipops
“L” shaped Jell-O jigglers
– Letter M –
Mangoes
“M” shaped cookies
Milk
“M” shaped Jell-O jigglers
– Letter N –
“N” shaped Jell-O jigglers
“N” shaped cookies
– Letter O –
Orange Jell-O
Orange sherbert
“O” shaped cookies
Olive oil (and bread)
Orange juice
Orange icing (Graham crackers)
Oatmeal
“O” shaped Jell-O jigglers
– Letter P –
Pumpkin seeds
Peanuts
Purple Jell-O
Peppers
Pudding
“P” shaped Jell-O jigglers
Pink icing (on Graham crackers)
Peaches
Papaya
Pink Jell-O
Pickles
Pumpkin
“P” shaped cookies
Plums
Peas
Peanut butter
Potato chips
Pretzels
Purple icing (on Graham crackers)
– Letter Q –
Quiche
“Q” shaped cookies
Quinoa
“Q” shaped Jell-O jigglers
– Letter R –
Rainbow sherbert
Red Jell-O
“R” shaped Jell-O jigglers
Ranch dip (and veggies)
Rice cakes
“R” shaped cookies
Radish
Rice Krispies
Red icing (on Graham crackers)
– Letter S –
Sandwiches
Sherbert
String beans
Seafood
S’mores
“S” shaped Jell-O jigglers
Shrimp cocktail
Squash
“S” shaped cookies
– Letter T –
Tortilla chips
Tuna
“T” shaped cookies
Tomatoes
Tea
Turnips
“T” shaped Jell-O jigglers
– Letter U –
“U” shaped Jell-O jigglers
“U” shaped cookies
– Letter V –
Vanilla cake
Vanilla ice cream
Vanilla pudding
“V” shaped Jell-O jigglers
Vanilla yogurt
“V” shaped cookies
– Letter W –
Whole wheat bread sandwiches
Waffles
“W” shaped Jell-O jigglers
Wafers
White cake
“W” shaped cookies
Walnuts
Water
– Letter X –
“X” shaped pretzels
“X” shaped carrots
“X” shaped celery
– Letter Y –
Yam
“Y” shaped Jell-O jigglers
Yellow cake
“Y” shaped cookies
Yellow Jell-O
Yellow icing (on Graham crackers)
– Letter Z –
“Zero” shaped cereal (Cheerios)
“Z” shaped Jell-O jigglers
“Z” shaped cookies
Do you have any suggestions to add to the list above? I’d love to hear them! (I’ll try to keep this list updated!)
If you found this handy, you may also like my Show + Tell Ideas {from A to Z} post. Or, you can find all of my school posts here.