Right now my son is in the stage where he loves all things “transportation.” This means cars, trucks, boats, helicopters, and of course… planes. So you can probably imagine his excitement when we first saw the media images for Disney’s PLANES!
Right now PLANES is all I kind of hear about (well that and the Monsters from Monsters University. He’s so excited). While trying to figure out what snack to make him the other day, I remember seeing an “airplane fruit dessert” somewhere on Pinterest. People were uploading their own versions. Very cute, but I didn’t want to particularly give my energetic old year old a dessert for snack. So I decided to go ahead and create my own, but with a healthier spin!
Looking through my fruit, I found some strawberries and one and a half of banana. I used the whole banana as the body of the airplane, while I cut the half longways to create two “wings”. Other recipes I saw called to place chocolate chips on top, but I opted for raisins. Instead of whip cream to create clouds, I used nonfat Greek yogurt!
Needless to say, my son absolutely loved this and ate it right up! He was certainly excited about his food looking like a plane. At first it seemed like he just wanted to play with it instead of eating. However it wasn’t long before he gobbled down the wings and then started on the rest of his plane. I decided to show him the teaser for PLANES while he was snacking. He quickly became glued to the screen during the viewing, and then let our a happy cheer with “more planes please!” I’m not sure he can wait till August!
If your little one is a fan of airplanes, be sure to make them this snack before watch the teaser for PLANES together! They’ll certainly be even more excited for Disney’s latest adventure.
PLANES Teaser Trailer:
Don’t forget to connect with PLANES on Facebook and Twitter! This film is scheduled to hit theaters August 9, 2013.
I was not financially compensated for this posting. All opinions are my own.
Susan says
This movie looks like something my daughter will love!
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
Such a fun tie-in, and tasty too!
Samantha K says
What a cute idea! My son LOVE airplanes so I am going to do this at snacktime tomorrow!
Cinny says
Awww…how cute is that!
Pam says
That is so cute! What a great way to get the kids to eat healthy snacks!
Tonya says
What a great idea for a snack! My girls would love that. The movie looks like fun, can’t wait to see it!
Emily says
So cute! My 2 year old nephew recently started noticing planes in the sky – he’dlove this snack and the movie i bet :)
daisy says
What an adorable idea! My son would LOVE this. I’m going to copy this idea. :)
OurFamilyWorld says
That is such a cute idea! Very healthy recipe too. This movie looks like it’s going to be really cute!
Elma Placeres Dieppa says
This is great! My kids will love it, especially since we just saw the planes preview the other day. Thanks!
Kristyn says
love this idea! my daughter would love it and i cant wait to take her to see the movie!
Jennifer Williams says
That is so cute, I do stuff like that for my youngest all the time to make eating more fun. I will have to borrow this one for him.