The answer is yes.
My kids are both going through a picky stage. I suppose everything is relative because my 4-year-old did recently choose to eat a spinach salad topped with feta, black olives, cucumbers and Greek dressing instead of a greasy piece of pizza. (Lest you think she has no food vices, a chocolate chip cookie the size of a plate topped off her lunch.) But honestly, both kids have been really tough to feed lately. Nothing appeals to them – not even the old standbys like peanut butter sandwiches.
So Mom’s had to get creative. These Rudolph sandwiches were a big hit and super easy to make. I got the idea from the December issue of Your Big Backyard and adapted my reindeers a bit since we didn’t have all the ingredients on hand.
I cut whole wheat bread into triangles and spread peanut butter on top. Then I used raisins for the eyes, two Goldfish pretzels for the antlers (small pretzel twists would probably look more like antlers), and a pomegranate seed for a nose (dried cranberries or cherries would work, too). Both girls gobbled up their sandwiches and Mom was quite pleased with herself.
AWESOME idea! Thanks for sharing it here, Kate, for those of us who would have never-never-NEVER thought of anything close to that!
How cute! Jayce really needs creative stuff like that to get him to eat. Although in school and in feeding therapy, he has been AWESOME lately! Making fun “fun” again really helps! You are on the right track :)
We make “tubby toast” by putting smiley faces in our sandwiches cut in circles. We also cut up chicken into strips and place them around a circle of ketchup as “sun rays”.
i love this. thank you .. my son is totally in picky stage.