Jellyfish, starfish, and sand, oh my!
Get ready to take your little land-lubber on an under-the-sea adventure with a very jolly jellyfish!
It’s not always easy to get children to eat food that is good for them, but this easy-to-assemble lunch combines wholesome ingredients with a cute design that’s as much fun to put together as it is to eat. And I’ll bet you’ve never had a jellyfish for lunch before!
But that’s not all. While you’re assembling your snack, you can work on the letter J together. Your little one will have so much fun, she may forget that she’s learning! And if you love this recipe, we have lots more like this one for you to enjoy with your children. Work on important pre-reading skills and eat your way through the alphabet with our ABC Snacks series!
Jolly Jellyfish Lunch
Here’s what you’ll need to make this lunch for one child:
- ½ sandwich round or pita pocket
- Your favorite sandwich filling
- 10-12 long slivers of multicolored heirloom carrots
- 5 sections of an orange
- 1-2 tablespoons of hummus
Directions:
- Fill ½ of a sandwich round or pita pocket with your favorite sandwich filling.
- Position sandwich flat side down at the upper edge of your plate.
- Create jellyfish tentacles with slivered carrots.
- Make a starfish by positioning five orange sections in the shape of a star.
- Spread a dollop of hummus on the bottom of your plate to make a sandy ocean floor.
Variations:
- Instead of making a sandwich, cut a tortilla in half and make a quesadilla to form the jellyfish.
- Use multicolored sweet pepper slices or narrow slices of lunch meat and cheese instead of heirloom carrots to form the tentacles.
Adapted from JDaniel4’s Mom
Teaching Tips
- As you create your jolly jellyfish, practice saying /j/–/j/–jolly jellyfish with your child.
- How many words can you think of that start with the sound of /j/ as in jellyfish?
- While you eat your jellyfish lunch, have more fun with the alphabet with Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book.
- Download ABC Snacks: Tips for Working on Pre-Reading Skills for more teaching tips.
Want More Snacks that Start with J?
For snacks that start with J and many more, get the entire series of ABC Snacks Cookbooks with more than 40 snack recipes for your preschoolers!
Photo credit: Rachel Neumann
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