Cow Toast

Welcome to farm week! We're starting with a snack that says moo. Your little one turns a slice of toast into a cow face with a few simple toppings: banana for the muzzle, blueberries for the eyes and spots, and strawberry ears. Cow Toast takes five minutes and gets a lot of giggles.

What you need

• 1 slice of bread, toasted

• Cream cheese, yogurt or a nut or seed butter to spread

• 1 banana, sliced into rounds

• Blueberries, halved or smashed flat

• 1 strawberry, sliced, for the ears

• Optional: a round cookie cutter to make a circle face

How to make it

1. Spread it. Your child spreads the cream cheese over the toast. This is the cow's white face.

2. Add the muzzle. Lay two or three banana slices near the bottom. Add two blueberry halves for nostrils.

3. Add eyes and spots. Two blueberry halves make the eyes. Dot a few more around the face for spots.

4. Add the ears. Tuck a strawberry slice at each top corner.

5. Count to 6. How many blueberries did your cow get? Can you count six? It's Number 6 day!

Why we love it

Spreading, placing and pressing are great practice for little hands, and building a face means naming its parts: eyes, ears and nose. It's also an easy way to start talking about where milk, cheese and yogurt come from.

Make it your own

• Pig toast: Use strawberry cream cheese for a pink face and a banana slice for the snout.

• No toast: Build the cow on a rice cake or a tortilla.

A quick safety note: For kids under 4, halve or flatten blueberries and cut strawberries small. Skip dairy spreads for a milk allergy, nut butters if your family avoids nuts, and wheat bread for a wheat allergy. Always have your child sit while eating.

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• Round cookie cutter set

• Shop everything for Week 6: Farm

• Starter supplies: the basics we use most weeks

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More for this week: see all our Farm activities, Letter F activities and Number 6 activities.

Every child is different. Please use your own judgment about what's safe and right for your family. Always supervise children during activities and while eating, and adjust foods for allergies, dietary needs and your child's age and chewing ability. Sprocket & Sprout shares these ideas for fun and learning only. We are not responsible for any injury, allergic reaction, damage or mess that may result from trying them. This post may contain affiliate links; if you buy through them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.