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Sesame Street Inspired Snacks For Kids

This is part of a sponsored collaboration with HBO and DiMe Media. However, all opinions expressed are my own.

Valentine’s Day is our reminder to spend time with those we love and tell them what they mean to us. We celebrate those we love, but sometimes we need a little help expressing ourselves. Rosita from Sesame Street is coming come to the rescue, in a special episode about showing love to family and friends in honor of Valentine’s Day!

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On Saturday, February 13, we will be tuning in to watch the HBO Sesame Street Valentine’s Day Season Premiere on HBO at 9am ET/8am CT, and a preview with a Behind-the-Scenes clip of Sesame Street character Rosita teaching Abby Cadabby words of affection in Spanish is below, helping us get ready for Valentine’s Day. We should all be teaching our children words of love and friendship!

I have three Valentines, and I show them I love them with good food, and lots of hugs and kisses. They give me lots of snuggly kisses back, and we often tell each other “I love you”. For Valentine’s Day, we spend the day together cooking and watching movies, and if we go out to dinner, we all go together. And of course, we make it all fun… no drudgery allowed today!

My sons and I created some fun treats that were very Sesame Street-inspired to watch the special Valentine’s Day episode with- bagels and fruit designed to look like our favorite characters! We created a bagel Big Bird, Elmo, and something that looked like a cross between Cookie Monster (what we were going for) and Grover (what we decided he looks more like), and of course, we made sure it was healthy.

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Sesame Street Bagel Snacks

Ingredients

Whipped Cream Cheese
Bagels
Strawberries
Blueberries
Pineapple spears
Raisins
Large Apple
Mini round cookie cutter
Whole carrots (no baby carrots)

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Directions

1. Finely dice strawberries and pineapple into small squares. (See tip.)
2. Wash and peel carrots.
3. Cut each apple into 1/4 inch rounds. Use the cookie cutter to cut round pieces of apple out for the eyes.
3. Cut each bagel in half and spread with cream cheese.
4. Add raisins to make the shape of a mouth.
5. Cut off the large end of the carrot (about 1 inch piece) and stick above mouth to make the nose.
6. Cover with fruit pieces.
7. Stick in apple rounds for eyes and use cream cheese to stick raisins onto the middle of the apple.
8. Repeat for each character. Enjoy!

Tip: To easily dice strawberries, leave the strawberry intact and cut the berry like you would an onion. Then cut the top of the strawberry off and you’ll have a perfectly diced strawberry.

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My sons love Sesame Street (especially Elmo- what is it about Elmo??) and they wore their favorite characters while we cooked as well as keeping them close by for company.

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Watch the Sesame Street Valentine’s Day Special

On Saturday, February 13th at 9am ET you can watch the Sesame Street Valentine’s Day Special on HBO. Feel free to re-create our Sesame Street mini bagels to enjoy while you watch!

The HBO Sesame Street Valentine’s Day Special is the season premiere, and will be followed by new episodes every Saturday morning at 9am ET, as well as classic episodes from the last five years from our favorite Emmy Award-winning show on HBO and HBO Latino (will air simultaneously in Spanish).

Sesame Street Prize Pack Giveaway

Whether your kids are already fans of Sesame Street, or you plan to start watching today this season, I’m betting they will love to have you win a Sesame Street prize pack that includes a tote bag, a child’s Elmo apron, a Sesame Street cookbook, and cooking utensils. This sounds like the start of a new family tradition: Saturday mornings spent making a healthy breakfast together with your preschoolers in the kitchen and then heading over to watch Sesame Street on HBO!

To enter to win, tweet about this giveaway using the #SesameStreetonHBO and #HBOLatino hashtags (so we can track your entries). Promotion giveaway ends on February 19th, 2016. Giveaway winner will be randomly chosen from eligible tweets (prize can take up to six weeks to arrive).

How do you plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your children this year?

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Connect with HBO and HBO Latino on Facebook and visit the HBO Kids Website to learn more.

Current and past episodes will also are on HBO Family at 8am ET and the last five sesasons can be streamed on HBO Now, HBO Go, and HBO on Demand. The newest season will include some amazing celebrities such as Gwen Stefani, Ne-Yo, Pharrell Williams, Gina Rodriguez, and Lupita Nyong’o!