FOODS

Hot Cocoa and a Marshmallow Snowman:

There are so many different Cocoa recipes online or on Pinterest so make your favourite for this Theme Day. We then created Marshmallow Snowmen using both mini and regular snowmen, toothpicks and some gel food colouring (in the little jars). We dipped toothpicks in the food colouring to draw on the marshmallows. I know there are edible markers out there, too, so you could always use those.

DESSERTS:

Snowman Cones:
Ice cream on a wintery day? Why not! Scoop the ice cream into your cone. I couldn’t find flat bottom cones so I had to use pointed cones and I kept them propped up in a tall mug. Use chocolate chips for eyes and a trimmed piece of gummy bear or gum drop or dried papaya for the nose! Easy peasy!

Melted Snowman Cookies:

These were just too darn cute not to try to make. I found the recipe for these here: http://smashedpeasandcarrots.com/christmas-traditions-melted-snowman-sugar-cookies/

Snowman Cake:
My mom made this for my son for his Birthday one Christmas. A simple buttercream and candies make for easy decorations. You can either bake a rectangular cake and cut it into shape, or back one large round and one small along with a few cupcakes and piece together that way.

Here are some tasty treats inspired by the snowman!

LUNCH:
Snowman Face Sandwich:

You can make these both savory or sweet like we did. First I used a large circle cookie cutter to cut bread circles. Then I used a tiny circle cutter to make a hole in the top slice of bread to stick the carrot nose in. For the sweet snowman I spread peanut butter and then decorated with the carrot nose, dried cherry eyes, and raisin mouth. For the savory snowman I spread cream cheese inside then used sliced olives for the mouth, a carrot nose, small cucumber slices for the eyes and used the same small cutter to make cheddar cheese pupils for the eyes. You can serve your sandwiches with a steaming bowl of soup to keep your family warm!

SNACK TIME:
NOTE: This snack was originally on my Winter Theme Day but when I updated that I removed it and decided to give the friendly Snowman his own Theme Day!

Yogurt Snowman Face:
Ingredients: Vanilla yogurt, blueberries or raspberries or slices of bananas small peeled carrots, raisins, or any other combination of fruit or vegetables you know your child will eat (or chocolate chips for a less healthy option).

Step 1: Help your child scoop vanilla yogurt onto a plate or bowl and form into a flat circle shape.
Step 2: Give your child two blueberries (or raspberries or bananas etc.) to use as eyes on the yogurt face.
Step 3: Give your child a small carrot to use as a nose.
Step 4: Give your child raisins to form a smile for the yogurt snowman face.

Snowman

BREAKFAST:
Snowman pancakes:
I originally found this idea on Pinterest but the link doesn’t work so I cannot give proper credit where it is due. Sorry. To make our snowman pancakes I used an old family recipe to make small pancake circles and lay them on my kids plates plate like a snowman. I used a piece of cooked bacon for a scarf but your could always use something healthier like some fruit. I used chocolate chips for buttons, blueberries for eyes, raisins for the mouth and a piece of dried papaya for the nose. It is hard to find fresh berries around here in the winter.