Healthy Lunchbox Ideas: Inspo & Practical Tips 🤩🥦

Coming up with healthy and tasty snacks for your kids can be challenging. So, we're here to share some inspiration and practical tips for your little one's lunchbox. Whether they're toddlers or pre-teens, we'll explore some colorful and delicious snack options that will catch their attention. 3–7 years old This is the age where finger foods and variety become their jam. It's a perfect time to explore new flavors and textures. Think crispy pretzels, bite-sized fruits, refreshing berries, and cheese squares. 6–9 years old By this age, kids have a pretty good sense of their preferences. It's a great time to introduce them to some tasty new treats – offer a mix of their usual favorites and keep discovering new foods together. 9–12 years old Children this age develop bigger appetites and need snacks that are more filling. Overall, when choosing snacks for your child, focus on nutritious options that they actually enjoy. Simple snack ideas for your child's lunchbox: Hummus + Vegetable Sticks Creamy hummus and crispy vegetable sticks are the perfect combination. Try crunchy carrot, cucumber, celery sticks, or bell pepper strips. Yogurt + Toppings Try Greek yogurt with crunchy granola, sesame, and fresh pomegranate seeds. Guacamole + Crackers Avocado guacamole is the perfect companion for wheat crackers or crispy pretzels. Banana + Nut Butter Pair banana with nut butter and a sprinkle of salt. You can also add some fresh berries or dates. The possibilities for combining tasty and healthy snacks are endless. Get creative with a mix of berries and fresh fruits – from colorful kiwis and juicy peaches to refreshing watermelon cubes and mango slices. Choose cheese for something salty, and make sure to include various nuts! Looks matter! When it comes to kids, the presentation of snacks plays a big role. They love fun-shaped food that catches their attention, so use wavy cutters to transform veggies into spirals, cut bread into bite-sized squares, or make quesadillas in a triangle shape. And to add a little extra excitement, you can pack their snacks in a cute lunchbox with different compartments. How to get children involved?  Have them join you in choosing fruits, vegetables, and snacks at the grocery store. Encourage their creativity and independence by letting them put together their snacks or mini sandwiches. Make this process more fun – try our crafty printables that let kids play and learn at the same time! They can cut, color, and arrange various nutritious snacks in their own paper lunchbox. Plus, they can use different ingredients to make a sandwich! It's a great way for kids to explore healthy snacks and build essential skills. Give it a try! Download Printables!

Creative Strategies for Getting Kids to Eat Their Veggies 🥕🥦

Getting your kids to eat their veggies isn't always an easy task but, with a few tricks and strategies, you can turn this challenge into an enjoyable and nutritious experience for the whole family. Here are a few ideas to try out:1. One of the best ways to get your kids involved in trying vegetables is by adding dips and sauces they already enjoy. You can also experiment by cutting vegetables into fun shapes using cookie cutters – most kids love creative presentations! A great way to make eating veggies more attractive is by incorporating them into meals they already know and like - adding diced tomatoes to spaghetti or grated carrots to macaroni and cheese can be a pleasant surprise!2. You can also involve your children in the cooking process as this will help cultivate their interest in food. And remember: it pays off to be a good role model when it comes to eating healthy. If you show that you're enjoying your veggie dish, chances are high that your kids will soon follow suit!3. There's no one-size-fits-all solution so don't hesitate to keep experimenting until you find what works best for your family - dinner time doesn't have to be a battle zone, it could be the perfect opportunity to bring everyone closer together through the joy of cooking and healthy eating!

Fluvsies – Cafe & Dress Up Update!

Welcome to the sweet and dreamy world of Fluvsies! Now you can dress up your cute virtual pets in stylish outfits! Choose among tons of cute dresses and accessories and turn Fluvsies into real pet fashionistas. So cute! But that's not it! This update includes a new minigame! Visit all-new cafes in town, unlock new recipes and cook the best dishes for your pets! Yummy! Update or download the game now! Google Play – https://bit.ly/2Jw0jzNApp Store – https://apple.co/2JywO0s

Meet Levina, the Creator of “Cooking Mania” Game

Meet one of the youngest TutoTOONS game artists - Levina Wiana! For the past several months, she has been working on four different restaurants and now Levina is here to share her experience in creating “Cooking Mania: Cultural Dishes”, new food making game for kids. About the Game In Cooking Mania: Cultural Dishes game, kids meet four little, cute chefs from different parts of the world: Grazia from Italy, Marta from Mexico, Yuki from Japan and Lin from China. Children have to help chefs make their traditional meals: pizza, tacos, sushi and Guo Bao chicken. Cooking Mania game helps kids learn how to use kitchen tools, cook at home with parents, keep the kitchen clean. Watch more in the video! TutoTOONS: Hi, Levina! Tell us more about yourself. Levina: Hello! My name is Levina but people may know me as Vi, I’m from Indonesia. Currently, I’m studying in 3D Animation (master’s degree) and I also work as a freelance illustrator. My scope of work typically is creating 2D illustrations and digital painting. I started working as a freelancer in 2010. It’s really nice to make a job of your passion. Did you have game development experience before you started to work with TutoTOONS? I did some art and design works when I was an intern in a 2D game studio. During the internship, I was taught how to make several characters and learned how to create game environments. I also learned about making game assets. I didn’t learn how to program the game, though. Just making the arts. Tell us more about the game you were creating. The game I was creating for TutoTOONS is a cooking game called Cooking Mania. It has four mini games that include four different restaurants and food cultures - Chinese, Italian, Mexican and Japanese. The game characters are all little girls with appearance and looks matching their home countries. What was the most challenging part of making this game? Actually, the most challenging part was creating the environments and the food. This was the first time when I had to focus on making environments and food attractive and suitable for kids. I do not draw them that often and it was a good chance to learn how to do it better. What, in your opinion, is the most important thing in game creation using TutoTOONS game builder? Communication with people who help artists make games - we need all the help possible to make the game the best it can be. Even though the game builder is pretty nice and easy to learn, we still need to ask questions - technical, game idea, opinion about the appearance and other. As for the game builder application, the most important thing is knowing how to use its tools and scenes that fit with your game activity. We also need to think if the game idea is good enough and how to picture it from our mind into the game. Share a few game creation tips. First, for the idea: think about the target audience of your game. In this case, it’s the little girls. Try to picture what they like and what attracts them so they would enjoy playing our game. Next, the game art. There are many different styles of art that can be used for games but game artists must always think carefully which style will be liked the most by the players. We can’t just make the game as we like it because it’s not only for us. We can ask opinions and brainstorm with people around us to make decisions. We must be open minded: getting other people’s opinion may open a new box of ideas and help to make the game better. Great tips! Are you planning to make more games with TutoTOONS? In the future, I’ll try to come up with nice and fresh idea so I could make an even better game. We will be waiting for this! Describe TutoTOONS in 1 sentence. Nice and simple game builder :) Any final thoughts? It’s nice to have experience in working with TutoTOONS, I learned several new things, and not just about using the game builder but also about making better art, games, and in professional work. Thank you, Vi, for sharing your thoughts! Join Levina and her four little chefs by downloading game “Cooking Mania: Cultural Dishes”! Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.tutotoons.app.cookingmania.free iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1081846390 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BI0GW7U/