{"id":35718,"date":"2020-01-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theleangreenbean.com\/?p=35718"},"modified":"2022-03-14T19:27:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T23:27:53","slug":"low-mess-snacks-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theleangreenbean.com\/low-mess-snacks-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Mess Snacks for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi friends!<\/p>\n

Looking for some low mess snacks for kids? This post has been highly requested and I’ve finally gotten around putting it together! <\/p>\n

Before we dive in, let’s address a few things:<\/p>\n

A lot of you asked for low mess car snacks. I think it’s important to note that eating in the car can be a choking hazard. I try to limit my kids eating in the car to times when a time crunch makes it pretty much necessary. For us, that’s one day a week when I have to go straight from my oldest’s swimming lesson to pick my daughter up from preschool and then turn around at get home and get my oldest on the bus for school, all in a span of about 20 minutes. In most cases, if they need to eat in the car, I pack their lunch boxes and then they sit in their seats and eat either before we leave the parking lot or after we arrive. I recognize that sometimes eating in the car is unavoidable, but I encourage you to make it the exception, not the rule. Also, I don’t let my kids eat in the car until they are big enough to have their seats facing forward so that I can see them.<\/p>\n

If you need more ideas, check out my Healthy Road Trip Snacks<\/a> post for more on the go snack options and my 60+ Healthy Packaged Snacks<\/a> post for general snack ideas. <\/p>\n

\"toddler<\/p>\n

Also, the term low mess is pretty relative. Some kids (mine) are extremely messy eaters. They can turn pretty much anything into a giant mess and it’s the main reason why the floors at our house are never ever clean. Some kids eat very neatly. Also, age can impact the messiness factor. In most cases, a 5-year-old is more capable of limiting their mess than a 2-year-old. So, this list is snacks that I find to be lower mess, but messes can still be made. It might come down to a little trial and error with your own kids.<\/p>\n

I put this list of low mess snacks for kids together with a few situations in mind. Times when you need snacks but do not need 100 cheerios all over the floor or half a box of goldfish crushed into the carpet. I try to bring our snacks in a Bentgo lunchbox<\/a> or stasher bags<\/a> (aff links) So these snacks are good for:<\/p>\n