Our 10 Favorite Camping-Friendly Food Art for Kids

Amelia ArvesenAugust 7, 2024

Our 10 Favorite Camping-Friendly Food Art for Kids

Unless you dine at a five-star restaurant or take special care to plate your meals, food isn’t necessarily pretty. It’s usually just a pile of ingredients in a pot or on a plate, gone in minutes. No wonder kids can be finicky about what they eat. But food art—making pictures on your plate out of food—just might be the answer for a picky eater, even if that picky eater is you. 

Below, we’ve collected our 10 favorite food art ideas from across the internet that you can easily take to the campground to add interest to snacktime. It’s a family-friendly activity that encourages creativity and rewards everyone in the form of full bellies.


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Fruit cow food art

1. Fruit Cow

Source: Bored Panda

Use ingredients to make a food art portrait, like this cow. Or make a portrait of your favorite animal, of yourself, or of a family member. How detailed can you make it? 

Camping food art

2. Snacking Caterpillar

Source: Super Simple

Your plate is the canvas. Create a scene like this one of a caterpillar munching a leaf. Mix veggies and fruits with crackers and cheese for a balanced snack.

Owl food art

3. Oatmeal Owl Bowl

Source: Pure Wow

Who knew a bowl of oatmeal could be so creative? Before digging in with a spoon, arrange your favorite oatmeal toppings into food art.

Food art town

4. Fruits and Veggies Village

Source: The Sporkful

Paint a landscape with berries, melons, watermelon, celery, and more. This is a great way to use up leftover ingredients from other meals.

Butterfly food art

5. Butterfly Charcuterie Board

There’s nothing better than a charcuterie board after a hike, paddle, or a bike ride. Crackers, cheese, fruits, nuts, and dips go great together.

Cookie food art

6. Artist Palette Sugar Cookies

Source: Arts & Crackers

Sugar cookies are a classic food art project. Bake them ahead of time, and bring candies and frostings along with you to the campground for a fun family dessert.

Snowmen food art

7. Breakfast Snowmen

Source: SAS Institute 

Food art doesn’t have to be flat. Stand up your eggs into little snowmen and top them with carrot hats. What else can you make 3D? 

Rainbow pizza food art

8. Rainbow Pizza

Source: Gimme Delicious

One topping? How about six? One for every color of the rainbow. Get fancy with meats, veggies, cheeses, and more stuff you like on your pizza.

Watermelon food art

9. Carved Watermelon

Source: Food Network

You’ve carved a pumpkin, but have you carved a watermelon before? Make a monster, a basket, a farm animal. Then fill them with fruit salad.

Silly face sandwiches

10. Silly Face Sandwiches

Souce: CBC

A PB&J is good on its own. But add a silly face to the top, and your kid will dig it even more. How many different faces can you make? 

Don’t feel like you have to stick to this list. Let your imagination run wild, especially when you’re hungry. Hopefully these packable snacks and meals will spark some creativity.


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Amelia Arvesen, auteur Outdoorsy


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