Food art lunch

These fun food art ideas and recipes will keep the kiddos busy in the kitchen, being creative and creating their own healthy treats with California produce!

School is out, but arts and crafts are in! No need to spend money on DIY craft supplies when you can keep the kids busy at home with food art activities using Darling Citrus®.

Food just tastes better when it looks all cute and Christmas-like. And the kids will be way more likely to eat something shaped like a snowman or reindeer.

It's all fun and games at my house until somebody says, "Lunchtime!" Cue the tears, hair pulling, and frustration — from me. Hey, my toddlers

My name is Laleh, I have a son Jacob and a daughter Charlie. Sometimes we like to turn our healthy meals into art pieces!

Do you have crazy picky eaters at home? I swear, if I let them, my kids would eat nothing but licorice and milk. We're making some progress with the whole 'If you're hungry enough for candy, you're hungry enough to eat your dinner' strategy, but it's always a struggle. It doesn't matter if I make super simple kid food, or regular old grown up food, one of the kids always complains and refuses to eat it. Isn't that always how it goes?! Way back when I started this blog, I wrote a post with a…

One Friday, my kids did not want to go to school and I thought of creating something different and cute for their lunch. On seeing the cute lunch that was packed for them, they were so excited and packed their bags immediately to go to school. They started demanding themed lunch every Friday and I couldn't say no to them.

I can think of a few kids who would love these!

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