Fun Animal Face Toast Treats

Even the pickiest eater can't resist these adorable Animal Face Toasts! Perfect for kid-friendly snacks, school lunchboxes, or anytime you need a little pick-me-up.

We all know that sometimes it can be difficult to get your kids to eat the food you make, but little tricks like these animal faces toasts make it easy. Of course, that doesn't mean you need to cater to their every whim all the time, but it is helpful to have a few tricks up your sleeve when the most dire situation strikes.

That's why we love these animal faces toast ideas! They are fun, easy to replicate and you can have even more fun with them by coming up with new ideas of your own.

You might like to serve these alongside our yummy Hot Fudge Sauce with fruit or Fruit and Yogurt Kabobs. Both are fun ways to get more fruit into your child's diet.

Making Fun Food Encourages Healthy Eating

It's true! Kids love to be entertained. It's a fact. They also love the little details that you put into their snacks and lunches. The more often you provide your kids with fun food choices that are healthy, the more likely they will be to fall in love with a variety of healthy foods.

Hence, why am I am a staunch supporters of the play with your food movement. Okay...it might not literally be a movement, but you've seen all the fun bento box lunch ideas floating around the internet, right?

Treats like this are perfect for bento boxes! That little extra time you spend doing something special for your kids doesn't have to be time consuming.  Seriously. Look at how easy these faces are to make. And really, if making fun food like this brings a smile to your child's face...isn't it all worth it?

A little nut or peanut butter spread and a few strawberries or bananas sliced up and you're in business!

I love discovering fun new ideas for making lunches. I found some really great books that have such fun lunch food ideas in them. Here are a few for you to check out:

• Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches
• Little Bento: 32 Irresistible Bento Box Lunches for Kids
• Effortless Bento: 300 Japanese Box Lunch Recipes

toast decorating ideas

Whether you're making a bear, a mouse, a fish, a cat or a dog - or something else entirely, you can start with very simple ingredients. In fact, you probably already have many of them in your kitchen.

Start off with the toast itself. Any type of bread you like is perfectly fine - plain white bread, whole grain bread, and sourdough are all good choices.

Next youll need some type of base for the "animal face" on your toast. Peanut butter is a classic choice. But you can also use cream cheese, Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread, almond butter, or any type of nut butter.

Then, you need some ingredients to decorate the "faces". Slice up bananas, apples and strawberries. Toss on some fresh blueberries, which always make fun eyes. Whiskers can be made with pretzels or thin apple slices or sesame sticks. And you have an animal toast creation fit for a king. Well... um...kid.

Whether you want to make panda toast, puppy toast or monkey toast, just get creative. Play with your food!

More Fun Treats

If you love these animal face toasts, be sure to check out these other fun, family-friendly recipes:

• 35 Kid Friendly Dinner Ideas
• Dessert Kabobs
• Funfetti Pancakes
• Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick

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