Easter Fruit and Veggie Cups – quick, healthy and inexpensive fun for Spring! These cute cups are perfect for parties, classroom snacks and make a great Spring craft!
One item I always keep on hand for crafting with the kids – PAPER CUPS! They come in lots of fun colors and they’re so inexpensive! Yesterday I shared how to create these simple Easter cups. You can get the step by step how to here.
Not only are these cups perfect for Spring crafting, they also help encourage kids to eat healthy! Anything I can do to make fruits and veggies fun and exciting for my kids is a win – this is an easy way to do just that!
These cups are perfect for a party or for classroom snacks and they can be filled with anything you want! Have the kids decorate their cups, then fill them up with a healthy serving of fruits, veggies or grains! You could even serve 100% juice in them or give the kids a spoon and they can be filled with yogurt or applesauce.
Supplies you’ll need
- White, yellow, teal and orange paper cups
- Black sharpie
- Small and medium size pink pom poms
- Scissors
- Ribbon or twine
- Colored cardstock/construction paper
- Cellophane bags
- Gluesticks
- Mini Forks
There are so many things you could use these fun cups for! Snacks are just more fun when you eat out of a cute cup! Here are a few more healthy things you could put in these Easter cups.
Healthy Spring Snack Ideas
- Popcorn
- Whole wheat crackers
- Sweet Peppers
- Nuts/Seeds
- Dried Fruit
- Applesauce
- Yogurt
- Pretzels
- Granola
- Coconut
- Cut up cucumber
- String Cheese
- Watermelon
- Multi-grain Cereal
- Snap Peas
- 100% Fruit Juice
For more simple Easter inspiration you might want to check out these posts!
Karen says
Hi Rebecca,
Such a sweet, simple and fun idea! I love it and pinned it. As I couldn’t see a way to share directly to our FB page, I have posted the pin along with your url. Great way to make eating fruits and vegetables fun.
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