My 5 year old helped me put together a “fancy snack board” for him and his 2 year old sister tonight and I fear I’ve raised the bar too high. It’s literally just goldfish, grapes, strawberries, mandarins, cheese sticks, cheddar, a very serious attempt at a provolone rose (his idea of “fancy”), pepperoni, and turkey sticks—but apparently arranging it like this makes it Michelin star. They’re usually good eaters, but they were extra into it… like pointing at things, discussing options, fully in their charcuterie era. Not sure if this is a genius parenting hack or if I’ve just committed to making tiny boards for the rest of my life 😅

Update: I cut the fruit and cheese, peeled the mandarin oranges and showed him how to fold the pepperoni. Then my little man took it from there. He arranged the food plate, folded the rest of the pepperoni and did the provolone flower (this took him a few tries, but he kept trying until he got it) and peeled the string cheese into flowers.

by MokaMama

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  1. electricmama4life on

    My husband used to do this for our kid when she was younger and send me his little creations (stay at home dad). I love everything about this! Especially them turning being so into it.

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