Hello my friends! I do double duty over at my blog Free Printable Lesson Plans, as Teacher Omi of the Omschool. And today, I wrote a lesson planner on lighthouses, maritime and boats, for a beach day party. So I thought, why not share Omschool snack crafts for beach day party planner? What's a snack craft you ask? It's edible art: homemade, or should I say kid-made snacks that serve as craft projects too! I've tried to keep these as healthy and sugarfree as possible!
🍩 Life Preserver Bagels
Here's an easy, mostly mess-less treat that's perfect for a beach day party!
Ingredients: Plain Aldi or Thomas mini bagels (perfect for kids who probably won't eat an entire bagel), red fruit leather or strawberry fruit tape and cream cheese. You can use red pepper strips instead of fruit leather, too! You can also use any flavor large bagel cut in half.
Instructions:
Cut the red fruit leather (or red pepper) into thin, uniform strips.
Open bagel and spread cream cheese on open side.
Attach four fruit leather or pepper strips at equal intervals to create the "red stripes" of a life preserver. Or leave bagel closed and wrap strips around.
Use a tiny dab of cream cheese to secure the ends of the fruit strips.
🗼 Rainbow Lighthouses
A healthy beautiful beacon for your beach day feast!
Ingredients:- Strawberries (for the top), any combination of colorful fruit pieces:
red berries or watermelon chunks
yellow pineapple or banana slices
mandarin or fresh orange slices, cantaloupe chunks
green kiwi, grapes or honeydew
blueberries
purple grapes
Blue yogurt
wooden skewers (or assemble without skewers, attaching with cream cheese or peanut butter, for younger children).
Instructions:
Spread a little blue yogurt on your plate to act as the "waves."
Alternate stacking fruit pieces in rainbow pattern: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet (purple) to build your lighthouse tower.
Carefully place a whole strawberry on top to act as the red lantern room.
⛵ Sailboat Apple Slices
Crispy, crunchy boats ready to catch the breeze.
Ingredients: Apple wedges, cheese slices (cheddar works great), toothpicks.
Instructions:
Cut your cheese slices into triangles to serve as sails. Or fold squares to make those billowy sails.
Push a toothpick through the top and bottom of the cheese piece.
Insert the toothpick into the top of an apple wedge "hull." Your boat is ready to set sail!
🦀 Crabby Sandwiches
A savory, sand-wich to add a "pinch" of fun to your snack menu!
Ingredients: Mini croissants, cream cheese, cheese or cumbers slices, olives or cherry tomatoes, lunchmeat or crab salad and lettuces leaves.
Instructions:
Slice the mini croissants open and spread with cream cheese or crab salad.
Add lunchmeat slice or crab salad.
Place two cherry tomatoes or olives on toothpicks for for eyes
Cut cheese or cucumber slices to look like crab’s "claws" and add to sides.
Serve on a lettuce leaf sea!
A raft of ants
Banana boats
- peel bananas and carve a narrow groove for "sailors" to sit in.
- fill channel with yogurt
- arrange berries or grapes like sailors in the boat.
- stick pretzels in sides like oars
- Make little flags with SS Omschool!
Gone Fishing Snacks
Beach Mix Buffet
Beachy Charcuterie
- veggie tray assortment you know your kids will eat: broccoli and cauliflower florets, mushrooms, baby cucumbers, mini sweet peppers, grape tomatoes, celery and carrot sticks.
- shelf stable meats like pepperoni, jerky or dry Italian salami
- cheese cubes
- relish tray of olives and pickles
- goldfish crackers, pretzles or popcorn
- nuts and dried fruit
🦀 Ocean Friends Healthy Cut-out Cookies
An easy, kid-friendly way to make "Omschool" treats that are as fun to decorate as they are to eat! We've skipped the refined sugar so you can feel good about seconds.
🥣 Easy & Healthy Cookie Dough
Perfect for rolling, cutting, and making memories.
Dry Ingredients:
2 cups Almond Flour
1/4 cup Tapioca Starch (for a lighter texture)
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
Wet Ingredients:
1/4 cup Melted Coconut Oil
1/4 cup Maple Syrup or Honey
1 large Egg
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions:
Mix: Whisk the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk the wet ingredients.
Combine: Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix with a spatula until a smooth dough forms. It will seem soft at first but will firm up!
Chill: Form the dough into a cohesive disc. Wrap in plastic wrap or a beeswax wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. (This is key for good shapes!)
Preheat & Prep: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
Roll: Lightly flour your work surface with tapioca starch. Roll the chilled dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
Cut: Use your favorite sea creature cookie cutters (starfish, crabs, sharks, fish!) to press shapes. Place 1 inch apart on the baking sheets.
Bake: Bake for 9-11 minutes, or until the edges are very lightly golden.
Cool: Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before carefully transferring to a wire rack. They must be completely cool before decorating.
🎨 Sugar-Free & Natural Decorating Fun!
Who needs sprinkles when you have these healthy hacks?
Natural Colored "Frosting" Base
Mix 1/2 cup Cream Cheese (softened) or Greek Yogurt (for a tangier taste) with:
🔵 Blue (Ocean): A pinch of Blue Spirulina Powder or a few mashed blueberries.
🟢 Green (Seaweed): A pinch of spinach or Matcha Powder.
🟣 Purple (Corals): A dab of Acai Powder or beet juice.
🟠 Orange (Nemo!): A pinch of Turmeric Powder.
🔴 Red (Crabs): A small squeeze of Beet Juice or a pinch of hibiscus powder.
Texture & Toppings
Get creative without the sugar crash!
Coral Reef & Fish Scales: Use small pieces of freeze-dried fruits (strawberries, raspberries, mango, blueberries). They are crunchy and naturally sweet!
Sharks' Teeth & Bubbles: Press chia seeds or puffed quinoa into soft frosting.
Edible Seaweed: Use finely shredded unsweetened coconut mixed with a tiny bit of matcha/spirulina, or simple, thinly sliced fresh mint leaves.
Fish Eyes: Use small dabs of melted sugar-free chocolate chips or use a single chia seed pressed into a dab of white frosting.
