Halloween Snacks for a Primary School Party
How to Make Easy October Treat Recipes for Elementary Kids
Sep 7, 2009
Elementary classroom Halloween parties vary according to the rules of the individual school, but they all include some kind of special Halloween snack. Each of the Halloween treat recipes can be adapted to meet the needs and tastes of the students in the class.
How to Make White Chocolate Ghost Candies
To make white chocolate ghost candies kids dump a bag of white chocolate chips or melting candies into a microwave safe bowl. The parent or teacher microwaves the candy for 10 second intervals until all of the candy has melted stirring the candy after each interval.
Once the white chocolate is melted the kids take turns using a small spoon to scoop a blob off white chocolate onto a piece of wax paper. They then use the spoon to push the chocolate down to form a ghost shape. The shapes do not have to be perfect and are often spookier when they are irregular.
To complete the white chocolate ghosts the kids lightly press mini-chocolate chips onto the white blobs to make the ghost’s eyes and mouth. The white chocolate ghosts harden in the refrigerator. Once they are completely formed they can be peeled off of the wax paper and enjoyed during the Halloween party.
How to Make Healthy Ghost Snacks With Mashed Potatoes
For a healthier ghost snack parents or teachers can use their favorite recipe to make a batch of mashed potatoes making sure that the potatoes don’t get too watery. The kids use their hands to make a ghost shape out of a scoop of mashed potatoes.
Kids use defrosted frozen peas to create a scary face for the ghost. The mashed potato ghosts are placed onto a cookie sheet and baked in an oven at 350° until firm.
How to Make Jack-O-Lantern Quesadillas
All teachers or parents need to make jack-o-lantern quesadillas is shredded cheese and tortillas. Students choose the shapes they would like to see on their jack-o-lantern treat. The teacher then uses the clean kitchen shears to cut out the face.
The kids place shredded cheese on a non-cut tortilla and the pumpkin face tortilla on top of the cheese. The parent, teacher, or other adult cooks the quesadillas in a frying pan and then places them on a plate to the kids to eat at their Halloween party.
Easy Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwich Spider Snacks
Ice cream sandwiches shaped like spiders are a refreshing sweet treat for Halloween. The ice cream sandwich spiders are so easy to make that kids can make them during their classroom Halloween party.
Before beginning to make the spider ice cream sandwiches a half gallon of chocolate ice cream needs to be removed from the freezer and allowed to soften. The kids use a knife spread a small scoop of chocolate ice cream onto a chocolate chocolate chip cookie.
They place another cookie on top of the ice cream to create the spider’s body and add eight pretzel sticks to the ice cream sandwich to make the spider’s legs.
Healthy Halloween Eye Ball Snack Recipe
One healthy Halloween snack that especially appeals to elementary kids is grape eye balls. To make the Halloween eye ball treat an adult uses a vegetable peeler to peel a pound of green grapes.
The grape eye balls are placed into small cups and given to each child at the classroom Halloween party. The teacher can have the students put their fingers into the cup to guess what the snack is before they eat it.
Parents and teachers can substitute nut or gluten free products for any kids with allergies. Sugary ingredients in dessert-style Halloween snacks can be replaced with similar shaped healthy foods for a more wholesome treat.
For more Halloween themed ideas parents and teachers can read Teach Elementary Students about Rhyming Couplets, Halloween Reading Lesson Plan and Activity, and How Pumpkins Grow Lesson Plan.
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