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August 22, 2012

Back to School Muffin Tin Meal

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Monday nights are busy at our house so a couple months ago we started doing muffin tin dinners.  Muffin tin meals are usually just a fancy way to serve leftovers, but this week I made a back to school muffin tin meal to celebrate the first day of school!

It was very simple to do.  I used kitchen scissors to cut out the sandwiches in the shape of a notebook and wrote ABC on the top with an icing pen.  I saw the super cute idea for the cheese pencil on Money Wise Moms. Instead of using a string cheese and bolonga for the base I just cut a rectangle from a block of cheddar cheese and attached the Bugle and raisin with peanut butter. According to Money Wise Moms you can use mustard to attach it also.

I rounded out the meal with Scrabble Cheez-Its (which since they’re not whole grain are a special treat at our house–we really do live on the edge!) and raisins, apples and grapes. Our back to school themed muffin tin was not only super easy for me to throw together before we went to gymnastics, it was a huge hit with the kids!  And would even be fun for a first day of school lunch too!

What fun foods have you made for back to school?

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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  1. Lorie says

    August 23, 2012 at 10:54 pm

    That pencil is so adorable and I didn’t realize they even made those Scrabble Cheez-its. I’ll have to check those out!

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  2. Megan says

    August 24, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    I love to use the Cheez-its to spell out messages in the lunchbox–especially on special days–and my little ones love to use them to find letters and make their names. They are definitely worth checking out! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

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  3. Cathie Johnson says

    August 25, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    Excellent idea. Thanks for sharing your tips. Love to have you visit and comment at toddlersthroughpreschool.com anytime.
    Cathie J

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    • Megan says

      September 3, 2012 at 12:02 pm

      Will definitely check it out Cathie! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  4. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    August 27, 2012 at 9:59 am

    My kids love muffin tin meals, and this one is cute!

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    • Megan says

      August 27, 2012 at 10:13 am

      Thanks! Usually our muffin tin meals are just leftovers so the kids were impressed too. 🙂

      Reply
  5. Deb Chitwood says

    September 5, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    This is awesome … so creative and fun for back to school! I pinned your post to my Back to School Pinterest Board at http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/back-to-school/

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    • Megan says

      September 6, 2012 at 2:23 pm

      Yay! Thanks so much!

      Reply

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