Please, I need budget luau "snack" food ideas

[pamluvsdisney]

My daughter in 3rd grade is having a class luau on this Friday!

The usual donations from local grocery stores have fallen through.

Long story, short is that I need to have a few snack ideas for a Hawaiian luau.

So far, I have volcano cake and a watermelon fruit basket that a couple parents are going to bring. Also, we will have plain sugar cookies (that is all the grocery store would do, not even macademia nut).

I have no idea what is Hawaiian and snacky. Can anyone give me a couple salty snack ideas that are budget friendly?

What can I do easily to the sugar cookies to make them Hawaiian?

Any ideas are appreciated! THANKS!
Pam
1st time room mom who is overwhelmed.

 

[karensokool]

Goldfish crackers (cheap at wal-mart...the "whales" type). Swedish fish candy. Fruit kebabs with pineapple, melon, strawberries, grapes. hope that helps.

 

[Iott Family]

Laughs! All my "hawaiin" food knowledge is centered around what is served at ohana's!!!!

I really loved there pineapple spears w/ caramel sauce for dipping. Also, maybe a dried fruit trailmix made with dried pineapple, banana chips, macadamia nuts and cherios? You can make drinks using ginger ale or sprite and those frozen bacardi mixes over ice. I do this for our kids, totally non alcoholic! scouts promise! maybe a banana nut bread/muffin type thing? Use some crushed pineapple and mix it with the instand pudding mix in pistachio flavor, add mini marshmallows and coolwhip=watergate salad. Kids love this! And its green, LOL! YOu can sub in any instant pudding mix and add manadarin oranges and you have a cool fruit salad.

Good luck!

 

[eeyorefan74]

How about Hawaiian pizza? Hawaiian punch to drink? I think it comes in pouches now. Pigs in blankets- just use cocktail wieners, wrap them in a piece of crescent roll dough and bake. You could use brightly colored sand pails for chips and other snacks to make things look beachy. Decorate with plastic leis and artificial flowers.

 

[Lucy2005]

Its been a few years but a long time room mom just suggesting keeping it simple/basic for 3rd grade. Not too sure how daring they are on trying new things. I would stay away from nuts too because of allergies. Sometimes its fun to put out something like a bowl of pretzels and put a sign in front of it "hawaiin limbo sticks" or something like that. Sorry, I can't think of anything too creative right now If you just put colored sprinkles on the sugar cookies they will look festive too.
Good luck!

 

[luckey-lasvegas]

Frost the cookies with plain vanillia frosting. Crush Nilla wafers so they look like san and sprinkle on top of frosting. Lay a piece of fruit stripe gum or fruit by the foot down on the "sand" as a beach towel. Lay a teddy gram on top of the "towel" secured with some frosting. You can also put a cocktail umbrella on each cookie.

 

[RobinFabulous]

My DD's class is doing this. Maybe do those "sandies" cookies? They are having fruit salad and I can't remember what else, I'll ask and report back!

 

[bookgirl]

Spam and hawaiian rolls.


No kidding, Hawaiians buy more SPAM per capita than any where in the world. There are supposedly whole menus created around SPAM.

 

[MM27]

I did a luau last year at the end of the school year. I was a little unsure if the kids were going to go for the fruity theme that I was thinking, but it went over well. I've have kids that I had last year come up to me all year asking me if I was doing it again this year and if they could come.

I did several different fruits, I made a big sheetcake with ALOHA across it, Hawaiian punch, pineapple pizza that a parent brought in, and the kids' favorite, I bought a CD with Luau music. I don't know how the class below me felt about it, but my kids loved it.

 

[kristilew]

The Kings brand Hawiian bread that is sold in the supermarket (with the fresh baked goods, not with the wonder bread) is sweet. If you cut it up into bite size pieces they should like that.

 

[cart-mom]

Our third grade classes do this as well and I have done two luau's with my kids and have two more to go. One great thing that is kind of cheap that the kids just went crazy for was Spam kabobs. Just spam, pineapple and cherries on short kabobs marinated in pineapple juice & teriyaki sauce. You can cook them & keep them warm in an electric skillet.

I know you are looking for savory snacks, but another hit is a hawaaian wedding cake. Yellow box cake with drained, crushed pineapple. Ice with white icing and sprinkle with shredded coconut. Even people that don't like coconut will love this cake.

Mahalo!

 

[RobinFabulous]

Ok Hannah ssays they are having "Fruit, cookie, cake and ice cream"

So she was no help. I'd do chex mix it's salty and most kids eat it

 

[pamluvsdisney]

Thank you all so much. Some good ideas here.

The teacher mentioned little smokies on toothpicks, in lieu of roast pork.

i may try the beachy cookies and limbo sticks (pretzels) too.

Thank you.
pam

 

[Terry36]

 

[mrsboz]

Not so much a food idea but, at the dollar store this past weekend they had a lot of luau stuff. They had plastic blow up limbo sticks, plates, cups, grass skirts, hats. A lot of cute stuff for only a dollar each. I like the idea of the swedish colored fish.