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Rainbow Snack Plate
Here's one to try together!
Build a real rainbow on a plate from whatever fruit and veggies you have.
Reviewed by our team.
Safety first
- A grown-up does all the cutting
- Quarter berries and cut veggies in thin strips for under 4s
- Quarter grapes and cherry tomatoes lengthwise for under 4s.
- Check for milk allergies if using yogurt dip.
What you need
- Soft veggies (peppers, cucumber)
- Berries (optional)
- Bananas (optional)
- Yogurt (optional)
- Plate or tray
- Knife, 1, for the grown-up
- Bowl, 1 per color
How to do it
Grown-up prep: Wash and cut the fruit and veggies into small pieces and put each color in its own bowl.
- Wash your hands, rainbow chefs!
- Look at all the colors and name each one. Ask: Which color do we have the most of?
- Pick a plate and decide which way the rainbow goes.
- Make one stripe of each color across the plate. Ask: Can we make it look like a rainbow?
- Add a cloud at the end of your rainbow.
- Count the pieces in each stripe.
- Try one bite of a color you don't usually eat. Ask: Is it crunchy, sweet or juicy?
- Share the plate and say which color tasted best.
Play it again
- Color of the day: build a plate of just one color.
- Taste and guess: close your eyes, taste a piece and guess its color.
- Rainbow faces: use the colors to make a face instead of a rainbow.
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