Bat Snack for Kids

Want to hear a little known fact about me? I love bats! From the time I was a student teacher, I loved to do a bat science unit for Halloween and read Stellaluna to the class. Now I'm sharing this classic bat story with my own kids. We made a bat themed trail mix to to with the book! It's the perfect Halloween snack.

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Stellaluna by Janell Cannon shows just how adorable bats can be so it's the perfect way to introduce these flying mammals to kids!

For a Stellaluna themed snack we used the bat shaped pretzels from Utz's Halloween pretzels, dried cranberries and plantain chips (since Stellaluna was a fruit bat), plus pumpkin seeds, and almonds.

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The possibilities when creating a trail mix with kids are endless but we prefer a mix of sweet dried fruit and salty snacks and we always include protein!

I invited our daughter to scoop and stir the trail mix herself for fine motor practice. When hosting a Book Club Play Date or classroom party, you can have each child add the ingredients they like best to their own bowl or bag of snack mix.