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My Favorite Kid-Friendly Picnic Ideas

Hello everyone. I’m AmberLee from Ticket Chocolate and am so excited to be a guest here on HowDoesShe (an all-time favorite blog stop of mine!) talking about kid-friendly picnic ideas

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I’m here to share some of my kid-friendly picnic favorites to simplify your summer. Picnics in the summer keep me sane. It’s as simple as that. For me, if I am packing up the kids and going somewhere right before lunch, or right after lunch, and I can manage to throw together a picnic, the day always turns out better.
For one, it means my kitchen floor stays that much cleaner, but also, it almost always results in great chats with my kiddos while we all chill and munch, instead of all eating quickly and running off to do our own thing.
Picnics, however, only happen if they are simple. So I’m here to share five of my family’s favorite, simplest and most kid-friendly lunches.

Picnic 1: Smoothie in a Bag

At some point, I came to the realization that smoothies were a lot easier to store in my freezer in a stack of zip-top bags. I make a batch in advance, then come picnic time, my kids just mush them around and then pipe them right into their hungry little mouths.

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Picnic 2: The Pizza Dog

The key elements of a Pizza Dog are simple: a fresh loaf of your favorite baguette and a few sticks of string cheese (can you guess how we gave the Pizza Dog its name? see any resemblance?) When picnic time comes, let everyone use the string cheese to build themselves a Pizza Dog, or shred the cheese for a more traditional pizza. Then top with any other pizza favorites.

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Picnic 3: Dip and Roll

This is probably a favorite of my kids to assemble. I pack together a few dip-able snacks along with some peanut butter, cream cheese, hummus or other favorite dips, and of course, a few fun things to sprinkle on top. The toppings are what put this picnic over the top: raisins, sunflower seeds, cheerios, bittersweet chocolate chips, the possibilities are endless.

kid-friendly picnic

At my chocolate-centric house, my kids know milk chocolate counts as dessert, but a sprinkling of bittersweet chocolate, that’s a snack.
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Picnic 4: Pancake Sandwiches

You’ve done breakfast for dinner, try it for a picnic. Lately, I’ve been using leftover waffles or pancakes (Costco offers the best organic 6-grain pancake mix that works beautifully for this) and bringing along fruit, nuts, and favorite spreads (peanut butter is a kid favorite, goat cheese is mine) to let everyone put together a Pancake Sandwich to order.

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Picnic 5: Muffins and Frozen Fruit

Did you know you can freeze a mandarin right in the peel? I love packing a bag full of these and snacking on them partly-thawed alongside my kiddos on a hot day. A bag of frozen blueberries or grapes is always a hit, and alongside a few muffins, makes the perfect lunch on-the-go. (By the way, I am on the hunt for the perfect bran muffin recipe, anyone?)

kid-friendly summer picnic ideas

About Bobbi

I live in a little place called Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, and love being a Canuck! I married my very best friend 15 years ago and am a mother to four adorable girls who keep me on my toes constantly. Being a homemaker is my favorite occupation, though I'm also a portrait photographer and avid Project Lifer! Oh, and I LOVE working at HowDoesShe, sharing ideas for women, by women, on how to make the most out of our lives! It's amazing!

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  1. Stephanie says

    What fun, yummy looking treats! Plus, I had no idea you could freeze a mandarin orange in the skin. What a clean, convenient, cool snack-on-the-go tip!

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    I love picnics – I hadn’t though of ANY of these ideas…I can’t wait to try – much more fun than the classic pb&j!

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