Crafts with Real Food Ingredients

Why throw away those dinner scraps when you can make beautiful art with them? Our real food crafts will also help teach your kids about what they’re eating!

We love these popular pasta-based crafts: How to Make Sunflowers with Paper Plates and Pasta, DIY Play Food Mac and Cheese and Gratitude Words Craft. And be sure to read our simple instructions to dye pasta for crafts.

baked cheese crisps on a white plate surrounded by a cheese grater and block of parmesan cheese.

Heart-Shaped Baked Cheese Crisps (10 Minutes)

Several heart-shaped yogurt and strawberry bites on a cutting board.

Heart-Shaped Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Bites

candy cane and xmas tree rice krispie treats arranged on a circular wood serving tray

Christmas Rice Krispie Treats

elf wearing hat and sitting on tray of christmas-decorated pretzel dessert rods

Chocolate Dipped Christmas Pretzels

veggie turkey with orange, pineapple, veggies, and tiny hat

Thanksgiving Centerpiece Veggie Turkey

severed prosciutto hand on cutting board with grapes and sharp knife

Severed Hand Halloween Snack Board (Scary Easy, Kid-Approved!)

row of Halloween pretzels with fun colors and decorations

Silly Monster Halloween Pretzels

Two spider sandwiches made from peanut and butter sandwiches, pretzels and candy on a white plate.

Spider Sandwiches (Easy Halloween Snack with Pretzel Legs!)

Four apple wedges turned into smiles with marshmallow teeth.

Apple Teeth Snack (3 Ingredients, Kids Love Making Them!)

three colorful pumpkins decorated with melted crayons

Fun with Melting Crayons on Pumpkins

blue, green and red dyed pasta

How to Dye Pasta for Crafts

paper plate sunflower with pasta petals

Paper Plate Sunflower Craft with Pasta

Rainbow Spaghetti Art for Kids (Easy Pasta Craft!)

Rainbow Spaghetti Art for Kids (Easy Pasta Craft!)

fake mac and cheese on a doll's table

Fake Mac and Cheese Craft

several paper cardboard heart frames

The Best DIY Cardboard Frame with Pasta

colored tortilla with hearts

Tortilla Art for Kids (Easy Edible Paint Craft!)

Roasted Chickpeas with Cinnamon and Sugar

Sweet Roasted Chickpeas with Sugar and Cinnamon

three felt snowmen holding candy canes

Adorable Snowman DIY Candy Cane Holder

Two strawberries transformed into santa hats with melted wafers and bananas.

Strawberry Santa Hats

pancakes in shapes of mom letters and heart

Fun Pancake Shapes for Kids

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