Simple Spring Snack for Kids

This simple Spring snack for kids is sure to bring lots of smiles! These festive butterflies are easy to make, and perfect for an on-the-go snack! With just a few materials you probably already have at home, you can make this adorable butterfly snack. Invite the kids to join you in the kitchen, and this would be a wonderful way to get them involved in their own snack preparation while you spend some quality time together. A big thank you to our friends at Pepperidge Farm® for sponsoring today’s creative snack idea! Be sure to scroll down to learn how you can enter to win a special giveaway courtesy of Pepperidge Farm.

Here is how to make a colorful Spring snack for kids:

Simple Spring Snack for Kids Gather your materials. To make these adorable butterflies, you will need:

  • Goldfish® Crackers — We love the Colors variety for this project, but any Goldfish crackers will do!
  • Snack sized zipper topped bags
  • Clothespin
  • Washi Tape
  • Fine point marker
  • Pipe cleaners

Simple Spring Snack for Kids Fill the zipper-topped bag with yummy Goldfish crackers, and leave a bit of space in the middle of the bag. Let out as much air as possible. Seal up the bag. Bend the pipe cleaner into a “V” shape and curl the ends to look like antennae. Add a strip of washi tape to the clothespin, and use a marker to add eyes and a smile! Simple Spring Snack for Kids Put It All Together:

Use the clothespin to hold the center of the zipper bag and the pipe cleaner antenna. Enjoy your yummy butterfly snack!

More to Explore:

After making these butterfly snacks, my 10 year old was inspired to create a short stop-motion video to make them come to life. Lots of imaginative fun!

 

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Comments

  1. we like to snack on GoldFish crackers when hiking

  2. Our Goldfish adventures will take us to the amusement park.

  3. Jessica To says

    Our Goldfish will take us to the water park.

  4. Mami2jcn says

    Our goldfish adventures will take us to the pool.

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  6. Our goldfish adventures will take us to the beach for a fun day.

  7. Julie Wood says

    Our Goldfish adventures will take us to the park, swimming pool, camping and to the Beach! We love Goldfish crackers!

  8. Julie Wood says
  9. Lisa Brown says

    our goldfish adventures will take us to the park with the dogs 🙂

  10. Lisa Brown says
  11. Our goldfish adventures will take us to our local zoo! My family loves to go to the zoo!

  12. Madeline says

    Our goldfish adventures take us to the local park.

  13. Madeline says
  14. We have an after nap snack tradition, and we love Goldfish!

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  15. Nicole D says

    Our Goldfish adventures take my kids and I to the farm to see all the animals for an outdoor adventure.

  16. Nicole D says
  17. My goldfish adventures take me to great memories with my son!

  18. Niki Johnson says

    Love Goldfish! They take us to all our summer activities and sports. And we’ve even used them to decorate a cake. Fun!

  19. Niki Johnson says
  20. Our goldfish adventures will take us to a campground.

  21. Our Goldfish adventures would take us to the park and miniature golf.

  22. Our best memories are made by spending time together as a family.

  23. Jessie C. says

    My Goldfish adventures will take you to the beach.
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  25. We will be taking goldfish on our road trip this summer to Yellowstone.

  26. Sarah Hall says

    Our Goldfish adventures take us to the pool and to the baseball games.

  27. Our Goldfish adventures take us hiking at a nearby state park.

  28. Our goldfish adventures will take us on a picnic outside on a nice day!

  29. Sandra Green says

    Grandma needed a new idea. Great for home,school,church any where.All love goldfish.

  30. everywhere!! beach, park and mall.

  31. Goldfish crackers make great Sunday School snacks!

  32. Great snack when I’m working on the computer all day!

  33. My adventures are usually through books. So I’d snack on Goldfish crackers while reading 🙂

  34. D Schmidt says

    They would take us on lots of fun summer daytrips.

  35. Love these! We made them for my daughter’s preschool snack day. They were a big hit!

  36. Stephanie says

    They’ll take us to the park!

  37. This is a great idea for Spring Lesson in JUnior CHurch

  38. We’ll take goldfish crackers to the aquarium where they can meet their relatives….until we bite their delicious little heads off! 🙂

  39. Nicole Larsen says

    Our Goldfish crackers will take us on lots of adventures on hikes and to the parks this summer!

  40. To the grocery store, so I can shop in peace. 🙂

  41. Victoria R. says

    Goldfish are great to take anywhere – especially the park or pool!

  42. Victoria R. says
  43. Kimmy Ripley says

    Would love to take a roadtrip to a waterpark this summer. Goldfish are great for long car rides.

  44. Wouldn’t it be great to take a Goldfish Adventure to San Francisco!

  45. maria cantu says

    We take walks together.

  46. great snacks to take with us on hikes and picnics pryfamily5@gmail.com

  47. Stephanie Phelps says

    Gold fish crackers take us on a pirate adventure as we make our camp under the dining room table and imagine we are far away!

  48. Stephanie Phelps says
  49. sherri crawford says

    perfect for traveling your butterfly is adorable

  50. Claudia McGee says

    how fun ! i need to do this for school lunch ! They’ll take us to the Lake swimming and fishing!

  51. Claudia McGee says
  52. Rebecca Graham says

    Our goldfish adventures will take us to the water parks.

  53. Susan Smith says

    Our goldfish adventures will take us to the park.

  54. Susan Smith says
  55. Aurelie Red says

    Our goldfish adventures will take us to the pool ♥

  56. erica best says

    i do not have one but I love the stories and pictures on the site .

  57. erica best says
  58. We take goldfish with us pretty much wherever we go. The last adventure was to the water park.

  59. Our goldfish adventures will take us to the park

  60. ELIZABETH P says

    We have goldfish for movie nights!! truckredford(at)Gmail(dot)com

  61. ELIZABETH P says
  62. Lauren E. says

    We like to take goldfish crackers fishing with us.

  63. We love making memories by having a family game night together every week! We could serve goldfish as a snack.

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  65. latanya t says

    to the beach

  66. latanya t says
  67. Yummy and what a cute idea. These yummy crackers always take me to the sweetest memories I had with my kids. We love to pack the Goldfish with us to picnic and road trip! All fun and sweet memories….and we are continuing to make more. 🙂

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  68. Samantha Daleo says

    Our goldfish will take us California next to visit with our family. They are a great snack for the plane and the car rides.

  69. Samantha Daleo says
  70. ANGEL JACKLYN says

    IT WILL TAKE US ON A LITTLE ARTSY DECORATING ADVENTURE, MUCH LIKE YOURS. THANK YOU!

  71. ANGEL JACKLYN says
  72. Lauren M says

    Great Sunday school snacks!

  73. Tari Lawson says

    I love goldfish crackers. I take them with us when we travel. I am sure they will be going to Florida with us soon.

  74. Cynthia C says

    Our goldfish adventure will take us on a road trip to the beach.

  75. Cynthia C says
  76. I take my goldfish crackers to the pond and share them with the geese and ducks

  77. Our goldfish adventure will take us to the beach.

  78. Margaret Smith says

    Our Goldfish adventure takes us on road trips. We like to pack small bags of Goldfish for each of our kids. They love them and they make a great snack. Thanks so much.

  79. Margaret Smith says
  80. Debbi Wellenstein says

    We will be adventuring with our Goldfish crackers on our walk around the lake.

  81. Denise S says

    Our goldfish adventures take us camping in the mountains.

  82. Linda G. says

    Our Gold Fish will take us on a bike adventure and also on a hiking adventure.

  83. paige chandler says

    We will take them on our annual family road trip.

  84. Angela W says

    To the beach and swimming pool!

  85. Angela W says
  86. I take Goldfish crackers to the beach.
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  87. Stephanie V says

    We eat goldfish on a road trip whenever we saw an out of state license plate!
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  88. Barbara M says

    We will go to the park with our Goldfish crackers.
    thank you

  89. Barbara M says
  90. Our goldfish adventures take us to the lake.

  91. Emily R. says

    Our Goldfish adventures will take us to the park,zoo & road trips!

  92. Ashley C says

    Our goldfish adventures will take us to the zoo!

  93. Christina G. says

    Hopefully my Goldfish adventures will take me to the bottom of the bag. Thanks for the giveaway!

  94. Christina G. says
  95. Anastasia Falling says

    Our Goldfish adventures take us all over during the summer! Especially to the park and to fun, exciting activities like the Fourth of July fireworks! 🙂

  96. Anastasia Falling says
  97. Denise L says

    Our goldfish adventures always take us to soccer practice 🙂

  98. Denise L says
  99. Crystal F says

    They would take us to the softball field for my daughter’s tournaments this weekend. thank you!

  100. sarah hirsch says

    our goldfish adventures will take us on a roadtrip to Canada

  101. Lauren Olivia Wood says

    My goldfish adventures will take me to France!

  102. Stacey B says

    Our gold fish take us pretty much everywhere

  103. Stacey B says
  104. They will take me to the pool this summer.

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  105. family dinner

  106. Kathy Pease says

    These would be great for a day at the park

  107. Kathy Pease says
  108. We like taking Goldfish crackers on hikes and bicycle rides.

  109. Susan Smith says

    Our Goldfish adventures will take us to the pool

  110. Susan Smith says
  111. mickeyfan says

    Goldfish go with us almost everywhere we go.

  112. Richard Hicks says

    Adventures would take us to the park for a fun time

  113. Richard Hicks says
  114. Christina Sparks says

    We like to eat them when we go out to the wilderness and go rock hunting.

  115. They take us to fun lunches.

  116. Stephanie Galbraith says

    They take us to sporting events.

  117. Our adventure will be a road trip.

  118. rachel cartucci says

    Our Goldfish adventures take us to the pool every summer!

  119. rachel cartucci says
  120. erica best says

    we snack at the park

  121. erica best says
  122. My Goldfish adventure is going to be at Topsail Beach next week! I am SO excited and Goldfish will def be coming along on the drive down! 😀

  123. Daniel M says

    take them to the beach

  124. Lisa Garner says

    Our goldfish adventures will take us camping this summer.

  125. Lisa Garner says
  126. Erica B. says

    We will take them on a picnic.

  127. The kids love goldfish. This makes them even funner.

  128. I love Goldfish! Always have as a kid an as an adult too! I’m sure my kids will someday too! Thanks for the giveaway!

  129. Ellie Wright says

    Goldfish crackers are often my boys’ after game snacks. So they love eating their goldfish on the way home and discussing the games.

  130. Ellie Wright says
  131. Francine Anchondo says

    we take them to the park.

  132. Brenda Elsner says

    We take goldfish snacks with us everywhere.

  133. tina d reynolds says

    They will take us to the park ocean zoo and the backyard a lot 😉

  134. tina d reynolds says
  135. Tracey byram says

    I take baggies of goldfish to the park

  136. s riches says

    We will take goldfish with us when we go camping this summer.

  137. Carolyn D says

    Goldfish adventures can take place anywhere I go with my family including camping, the beach, or even the park.

  138. Amanda Sakovitz says

    Id take them to the park!

  139. Amanda Sakovitz says
  140. Karen Drake says

    We like to take Goldfish crackers with us when we go to the go kart races.

  141. joe gershc says

    my goldfish adventures will take me to make new recipes with them

  142. Claudia Davis says

    To the local beach!

  143. Claudia Davis says
  144. Thomas Murphy says

    We like to eat GoldFish crackers at the beach!

  145. Thomas Murphy says
  146. We are taking goldfish to Denver CO with us!

  147. Our Goldfish adventures will take us to the lake to camp and go fishing.

  148. CharityS says

    We’ll take Goldfish crackers on our weekly picnics in the park.

  149. CharityS says
  150. Tabathia B says

    They will take us to the beach

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  152. No kids. I don’t like Goldfish crackers. I do like Visa GCs.
    Thanks for the contest.

  153. Stephanie Larison says

    To the zoo this summer when we take them as snacks.

  154. Debbie B says

    we’ll be taking goldfish with us on our trip to Nashville

  155. Debbie B says