Snowman Pancakes

Fun and Easy Snowman Pancakes!

Happy New Year! I still can't believe it is already 2014. I'm excited to see what this year has in store for us :) I hope you all had a wonderful New Year too!

So with winter here, and no way to avoid it, I made some fun and easy Snowman Pancakes for Eliana! I was inspired by our Nemo The Snowman Sandwich from last year :) I made these pancakes for Eliana back in December, I decided to wait to share these because I knew baby was coming and I wouldn't have as many posts going out, AND we are in the middle of a blizzard today so it is quite fitting to share right now! :)

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you will have known by now that baby Samantha has arrived!! She was born exactly a week before Christmas on December 18th! I am so thankful for her health and her life and she has been such a joy! We have been adjusting wonderfully with our newest addition, even with lack of sleep and sickness going around in our house lol :)

So-- back to the pancakes! David had made pancakes but there was a little bit of leftover mix, so instead of letting that go to waste I found a way to use it up!  To make these pancakes all you'll need is your favorite pancake batter (fully mixed so there are no bumps) and a squeeze bottle to draw on the skillet or griddle.

With your skillet, or griddle, on low heat draw the outline of your snowman.  Let your outline cook until it gets all nice and bubbly.  Then fill in each section of the snowman with the batter.  Once the snowman is almost fully cooked, gently flip your snowman so it can cook on the other side.

I used a green grape for the hat, mini chocolate chips for the eyes and buttons, apple slices for the nose, scarf and arms and a chocolate sprinkle for the mouth.  The "snow" is yogurt :) It was so simple to put together and Eliana loved it! I only did one and then let her decorate the others. I put all the ingredients in small bowls and let her assemble and decorate however she wanted. 

Who says you shouldn't play with your food? ;)

Here is a picture of Eliana making hers! (she wanted them for dinner!) :)

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Winter Themed Fun Food Ideas!

7 Winter Themed Fun Food Ideas!

With our first official snowfall today I decided to put my past winter fun food ideas together and share them again!  Thankfully we had less than a half of inch of snow with just icy rain and a wintery mix of things falling from the sky.  I do not enjoy winter or snow really, so I'm thankful we haven't had a lot of snowfall so far! The thing I do love about this time of season is the colors.  I love all the whites and blues and snowflake decorations... I just don't like the cold!

This post is part of a blog hop so after reading my post please click on the button at the bottom and follow the links to see 12 other blogger Wintery Themed Bentos and Fun Food ideas! :)

Frosty The Snowman:

I made this simple Frosty the Snowman Lunch for Eliana last year and she LOVED it.   This Frosty was a ham and cheese sandwich topped with cheese.  The details were so easy and quick to put together-- check out more HERE.

Snowflake Bento Lunch:

Here I made a simple Snowflake Bento Lunch, packed in our EasyLunchboxes. Eliana had a wowbutter and Honey snowflake sandwich.  You can see all the details HERE.

Roly Poly Penguin Snack:

Mr. Roly Poly the {peanut free and nut free} Penguin is so simple to make and he loves playing in the popcorn snow! See how to make him HERE.

Simple Snowflake Cookies:

We made these simple snowflake cookies with prepurchased peanut free and nut free Enjoy Life Foods Sugar Crisp Cookies and frozen yogurt! See how HERE.

Nemo the Snowman:

In February this year we were slammed by blizzard Nemo and since we were stuck inside with at least 27 inches of snow (yes you read that right. yuck) I made Eliana this cute Nemo the Snowman Lunch :) See more details HERE.

Peppermint Snowflake Bark:

We made this fun dessert last year and it was so simple and easy to make! Simply melt your dark chocolate and your white chocolate with some crushed peppermint candy canes and extract! The mold does all the work for you.  See more details HERE.

Snowflake Cheese and Crackers:

This was a very simple snack I made for Eliana.  I used Snowflake Ritz Crackers and a snowflake cutter on some pieces of cheese.  See the details HERE.

This winter we'll have to remake ALL of these ideas because Eliana loves winter and snow so much (unlike me haha). To see more Wintery Fun Food Ideas please continue through the blog hop! Next stop is Sarah from Blame it on the Bento and there are 12 more blogs to hop through! :)

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Nemo the Snowman Lunch

What else do you do in a blizzard but make some fun food?! We were slammed by blizzard Nemo here in Massachusetts! We got at least 27 inches of snow!  Eliana and Mia love the snow -- they wanted to play outside all day. Forts were built, tunnels made and destroyed, snow was thrown all around. It was a play, shovel, rest with hot chocolate and then repeat kind of day :) 

Now I don't like snow. Or winter.  But it was absolutely beautiful to see everything covered in snow. Mia even fell and got stuck in the snow before we shoveled! I shared some pictures of her on Instagram earlier today :) 

Today Eliana asked for a snowman lunch so I made this up quick for her. I of course had to name him Nemo in honor of the blizzard.

Nemo was so simple to make! Using my nesting circle cookie cutters I cut bread, ham and cheese for his body. I used mini chocolate chips for his eyes and buttons.  You know when you find two mini chocolate chips stuck together? Those are his eyes :) They worked out perfect! 

With a mini carrot nose, and chocolate jimmy sprinkle mouth and pretzel arms he was all set! I made him a hat and scarf out of organic fruit leather scraps I had leftover from a previous lunch.

And of course Nemo the snowman is enjoying 27 inches of snow too ;) Nemo is surrounded by Skinny Pop Popcorn "snow". On the side Eliana had strawberries and carrots, not pictured.

I'm hoping the snow will be easier to pack tomorrow because we will be attempting to make a real Nemo the Snowman! :)

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Snowflake Bento Lunch

A Snowflake filled lunch!

We made this lunch last week during the snow. We got another dusting of snow last night which reminded me I had this picture in my camera! This snowflake filled lunch was made in our EasyLunchboxes.

Eliana had a WOWBUTTERand honey snowflake sandwich, cut with a snowflake cookie cutter. On top of the sandwich are a few pieces of cheese cut with a mini snowflake cutter.  Surrounding the sandwich are snowflake wafers.. mostly there for pretty factor as they have little to no taste :)

In the upper right she has stacked cucumbers cut with a mini snowflake cutter. 

In the bottom right she had edamame in a blue square silicone cup. Eliana loves edamame, but I realized afterwards this may have been too much because she didn't finish it all. She did love the lunch though and she asked me for more snowflake lunches :) So we will probably make another one in honor of the one inch of snow we got last night! 

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