Is Your Breakfast Happy to See You?

I have been known to draw my kids initials and a heart on my kids toaster streudel with icing. I also use the back of a knife to make a little design on breaad before I toast it. I put food color in the pancakes. They think I'm magic. I pretty much am.

I do food coloring in Pancake Batter when I have it.

I call them my ''HIPPIE,HIPPIE SHAKE PANCAKES''.

I let the boys decide what colors they want...and then once I get the batter on the griddle, I do a few drops and swirl it around with a fork.

I posted a few years ago, about making fun creative plate displays for kiddo's.

The one I have always loved was turning a hot-dog into an Octopus. It is SO much fun!! and the kid pretend they are eating a real Octopus:)

I bought one of those Sandwich cookie cutter's. It is a Dinosaur. My kids LOVE that as well.

Hey R.-

Not so much faces...BUT surely colours...

Green for st paddy's day...

red and green (separate...as I discovered...together a yucky brown lol) for x mas...

Orange stuff lately...(halloween/T day)

Red...red...shades of pink for valentines day...

MANY pastels around easter/spring...

BUT...for me...
leftovers from dinner...

stir fry
pizza
steak

If 'they' don't like my colorful attempts...

LET THEM eat CEREAL!!

Best luck!
michele/cat

R.--we have talked about this. Breakfasts for my son.
I am definitely sending my kid to eat breakfast at your house.
Every day.
His name is "Mr. Gourmet-Never-Eat-Anything-Twice For Breakfast"!
(He needs to be at his bus stop by 8:20. Thanks!)

Here is a GREAT blog with fun kid food ideas if you ever want to get really creative with your kids. I am not sure how often it is updated anymore..but there is enough materical here to keep most of us going for the occasional kid friendly meal for a long long time!

http://littlefoodjunction.blogspot.com/

Here is a christmas example..its a sandwich tho....
http://littlefoodjunction.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-chri...

Just need to click around the blog...cute stuff!

Enjoy!

yes, all the time! Silver dollar pankcakes with raisins for eyes, a banana smile, etc...my boys love it and it really takes no effort at all and they think it's funny!

Oh yeah! Anything to get them to actually eat and get us out the door! Neither one of my kiddos love sausage but they love when I make Mickey Mouse out of the pancake and sausage, so will request it at least once a month!

Food coloring, faces, making things into different shapes, you name it!

I make heart shaped pancakes and fried eggs, that's as fancy as I get ;)

Yes! I use the round deli thins and usually spread peanut butter over it, use banana circles for eyes and raisins for the nose and mouth. My son thinks it's so funny.

The breakfast houses do that with the kids' menu pancakes, don't they! You aren't alone!

Dawn

Yes. Usually with raisins. I try to make funny pancakes too.

Haha, but of course! I also draw smiley's in my sandwiches with mustard, makes for the perfect distribution!

Nope, just never struck me to do. I have made food look like woodland creatures, talk about creepy to eat. :p

Yes! I love doing plate art.

I like putting batter in a bag and piping it onto the griddle to make letters.

Not necessarily faces, but animals, or swirlies with pancake batter.