Looking for 100th day of school snacks with a little something extra? Think colorful counting mats, silly snack cups and treats shaped like 100. These pictures include food ideas plus a few snack-inspired crafts, so you can choose what works for your classroom.
You can keep things simple or go all out with a counting station. Check your school’s allergy rules first and choose age-appropriate foods.
For younger children, skip sharp skewers and cut round foods such as grapes and tomatoes lengthwise into quarters.
Snack ideas and counting activities to try
silly snack cups
How cute are these little faces? The black cups hold a colorful mix of square cereal, seeds, dried fruit and candy.
I especially love the eyes on the fronts.
For your own version, draw eyes on the cups instead of adding loose craft eyes or picks near the food.
colorful cereal necklace
If you are looking for a counting activity with lots of color, this one is for you. Groups of pink, yellow and green cereal rings run along a green cord.
Try counting ten groups of ten before threading them for a supervised craft. Keep cereal for eating separate from the necklace.
100 cupcakes display
This cupcake board is just too cute. The patterned liners, fluffy white tops and colorful candle shapes sit in rows beneath the words “100 Cupcakes.”
This is a craft display rather than a tray of edible cupcakes. Save it as decoration inspiration for your snack table, not as a serving idea.
popcorn and stars
I love the red-and-white striped carton with those big paper stars. The popcorn-covered display has a fun movie-snack look.
This appears to be a celebration project rather than a ready-to-eat serving. Borrow the striped carton idea for separate portions of popcorn if it’s suitable for your students’ ages.
rainbow fruit rows
The strawberry red, citrus orange and kiwi green look so pretty together. Each skewer repeats the same colorful fruit arrangement, with dark grapes along the bottom.
Want the same look without the pointed sticks? Arrange age-appropriately cut fruit in little rainbow rows on plates instead.
number-shaped treats
Don’t want to go overboard with decorations? No problem! These plain baked shapes form a 100, with one long piece beside two round rings.
You could borrow the number arrangement using a favorite cutout-cookie recipe. I’d leave some plain like these so the shapes are the main detail.
fish cracker bags
The little fishbowl label is adorable. Orange, red and green fish crackers fill the clear bag, so you still get plenty of color without extra decorations.
The pictured message is about being ready for first grade, not the 100th day. For this celebration, you could replace it with “O-fish-ally 100 days smarter!”
a colorful counting station
Now this is a fun way to bring counting into snack time. Bowls of cereal, crackers, pretzels and little sweets sit between mats covered in colored circles.
Try giving each circle its own snack type. Count ten pieces onto each of ten circles before combining the portions.
snacks on ten-frames
If you like seeing everything laid out, save this idea. Cereal rings, popcorn, crackers and pretzel sticks sit across a sheet of ten-frames.
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Some foods don’t match the printed labels here. For your own sheet, use blank frames or update the labels to match what you’re actually serving.
layered snack jar
I am obsessed with the layers in this jar. There are orange fish crackers at the bottom, cereal rings through the middle and popcorn piled on top, with colorful candy tucked between.
Use a clear container if you want to show off the same arrangement. Count the pieces separately first if you’re making a 100-piece display.
a number-shaped snack tray
There’s so much to choose from on this tray! Bread pieces form a large 5 among grapes, berries, cheese cubes, carrots, tomatoes and sausage pieces.
This is a birthday-style display, complete with a 5 topper. To adapt it for school, you could arrange bread pieces into 100 on a larger platter and leave the birthday decoration off.
fruit with funny faces
How adorable are those pink pig faces? The face-shaped toppers sit above rows of strawberries, with green grape skewers beside them.
For a younger class, I’d borrow the red-and-green pairing for fruit cups instead. Add animal pictures to the outsides of the cups rather than using long pointed skewers.
sprinkled little faces
These little frosted treats may just be my favorite faces here. I love the pink and white icing with pastel sprinkles and big round eyes.
If you want to try a similar decoration, use edible candy eyes and an age-appropriate edible nose. The slightly different expressions are such a cute detail.
pastel marshmallows and pretzels
Here’s another counting sheet with a slightly different mix. Twisted pretzels, raisins, colorful candy and pastel marshmallows fill the little grids.
I especially love the pink and yellow marshmallows along the bottom. Keep your own ingredient labels accurate, since several pictured foods sit under labels for something else.
rainbow fruit platter
Don’t want to thread fruit onto sticks? No problem there!
This platter groups strawberries, orange segments, pineapple, kiwi, blueberries and red grapes into colorful bands.
The overlapping kiwi slices are my favorite part. Keep the same color order when you arrange your own age-appropriately cut fruit.
counting mats and paper crowns
The big 100 crowns make this snack activity feel extra festive. Bright yellow mats hold separate piles of pretzels, cereal, crackers and sweets, with divided serving trays in the middle.
Try the crown-and-mat pairing if you want the counting activity to be part of the celebration. Leave each pile separate until the counting is finished.
little veggie cups
If you are looking for a savory option without crackers, this one is for you. Patterned cups hold broccoli, carrot pieces, pale green sticks and colorful pepper strips.
I love how the vegetables stand above the rims. For younger children, adapt the cuts and soften firm vegetables as needed rather than copying the whole tomatoes and large raw pieces.
pizza bagel rings
The pizza fans have an option too! These bagel halves have red sauce, melted cheese and small sausage rounds, with the center holes still showing.
For a 100-themed plate, you could place a breadstick beside two pizza bagel halves. That number arrangement would be an addition to the pictured idea.
ice cream cone cupcakes
How cute is this cupcake arrangement? Pink, white, brown and pale green frosting makes the rows look like stacked ice cream scoops.
The cone pieces at the bottom complete the look.
This isn’t arranged as 100, but you could borrow the frosting colors for a celebration cupcake tray. I especially love the sprinkles on the top cupcakes.
wafers and cereal counting sheet
Last but definitely not least, we have this counting sheet with colorful cereal rings, popcorn and little wafer squares. I love the pink, cream and brown wafers together.
The lower frames are still empty here. You could fill each remaining frame with ten school-approved snack pieces to complete your own counting activity.
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