Birthday treats at school

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Do you send treats for school bdays? DD is in grade 2. I was going to send cookies on Monday for her 7th bday but her teacher suggested fruit instead due to allergies. Unfortunately my DD doesn't eat any fruit

Dd says that so far this year, one parent sent cookies and one sent fruit.

[rootbeerfloat]

I'm taking treats tomorrow! DS's bday is the 27th, but tomorrow is the last day before break. The teacher doesn't have any rules, but cupcakes seem to be popular. DS wants ice cream cups, so that's what he's getting.

In preschool, they were more concerned about allergies, so I sent pudding. Does your DD like jello?

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Dec 13, 2012 18:47:51 GMT -5 rootbeerfloat said:

I'm taking treats tomorrow! DS's bday is the 27th, but tomorrow is the last day before break. The teacher doesn't have any rules, but cupcakes seem to be popular. DS wants ice cream cups, so that's what he's getting.

In preschool, they were more concerned about allergies, so I sent pudding. Does your DD like jello?

Yes but web have 2 kids allergic to food dye!

[cjeanette]

I would make something you know your daughter likes that the others kids are not allergic to.

[cjeanette]

I would make something you know your daughter likes that the others kids are not allergic to.

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Dec 13, 2012 18:56:37 GMT -5 cjeanette said:

I would make something you know your daughter likes that the others kids are not allergic to.

There are nut, gluten and food dye allergies according to my daughter. I was going to make cookies and just tell the mom of the gluten I'd so she can send a treat. However, kids with nut allergies can't eat homemade items.

I think I am going to do both fruit and cookies.

[SusanBAnthony]

We were asked to just bring a bag of store bought cookies. The full size cupcakes are too much junk, and they want something with label info for food allergy kids.

Will she eat applesauce or something like that? Or really no fruit not all? I did fruit leather for Ds's birthday one year. But your plan to just bring both sounds fine.

[cjeanette]

Dec 13, 2012 18:58:25 GMT -5 @gingersb said:

Dec 13, 2012 18:56:37 GMT -5 cjeanette said:

I would make something you know your daughter likes that the others kids are not allergic to.

There are nut, gluten and food dye allergies according to my daughter. I was going to make cookies and just tell the mom of the gluten I'd so she can send a treat. However, kids with nut allergies can't eat homemade items.

I think I am going to do both fruit and cookies.

Geez. That class is a hot mess. lol.

[bronxgirl]

Tomorrow we are going in to DD's classroom for her school party. We gave the teacher a cake mix and they baked the cake in her class. We could also bring in fruit, but we didn't. If the class didn;t have tome to bake the cake then we could bring in mini-cupcakes. At her school we can't bring in anything homemade b/c the whole school is kosher so it either has to be baked onsite, or something packaged.

[livinitup]

Dec 13, 2012 18:58:25 GMT -5 @gingersb said:

Dec 13, 2012 18:56:37 GMT -5 cjeanette said:

I would make something you know your daughter likes that the others kids are not allergic to.

There are nut, gluten and food dye allergies according to my daughter. I was going to make cookies and just tell the mom of the gluten I'd so she can send a treat. However, kids with nut allergies can't eat homemade items.

I think I am going to do both fruit and cookies.

If the cookies exclude the kids with food die allergies and wheat issues, it defeats the purpose of a a group celebration and places a huge burden on the teachers to manage it in the classroom. And it seems kind of mean (even if unintended) . If your child doesn't like any form of fruit, maybe it's okay to celebrate without food this year.

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Dec 13, 2012 22:10:18 GMT -5 livinitup said:

Dec 13, 2012 18:58:25 GMT -5 @gingersb said:

There are nut, gluten and food dye allergies according to my daughter. I was going to make cookies and just tell the mom of the gluten I'd so she can send a treat. However, kids with nut allergies can't eat homemade items.

I think I am going to do both fruit and cookies.

If the cookies exclude the kids with food die allergies and wheat issues, it defeats the purpose of a a group celebration and places a huge burden on the teachers to manage it in the classroom. And it seems kind of mean (even if unintended) . If your child doesn't like any form of fruit, maybe it's okay to celebrate without food this year.

I thought I would be including them by ensuring there's something they can eat. I know in prior years, the nut allergy kids just didn't get the treat at all, unless it was labeled nut free.
I am wracking my brain for a good alternative.

FWIW, the only policy her school has is no peanut products.

[SusanBAnthony]

Usually gluten free parents have a stock of individually frozen cookies or cupcakes in the schools freezer for these things, in my experience. But I wouldn't assume that, I would check first.

What about cheese sticks? Does anyone have a dairy allergy?

[SusanBAnthony]

Or the squeeze applesauce pouches, or the squeeze yogurt tubes if you can find any without dye? What about fruit snacks from the organic/natural section? Or lollipops (yummy earth ones are gluten and dye free I think). Quite a bit of natural candy is actually gluten and dye free, if I remember correctly.

[drloretta]

DD's preschool has rules. We can bring in either a store-bought cake, or cake mix and the cook will bake it for them over their naptime. They're trying to avoid nut allergies in particular

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Dec 13, 2012 22:38:21 GMT -5 SusanBAnthony said:

Or the squeeze applesauce pouches, or the squeeze yogurt tubes if you can find any without dye? What about fruit snacks from the organic/natural section? Or lollipops (yummy earth ones are gluten and dye free I think). Quite a bit of natural candy is actually gluten and dye free, if I remember correctly.

I don't know why I never thought about candy from the Natural food store. Thanks!

Dd doesn't like applesauce even. Seriously bizarre child. I normally don't limit food to what she likes but its her birthday.

[mollybrown]

I sent cupcakes for DS' birthday. There was a kid with allergies, and the teachers provided her with a jello cup. There wasn't anything she was allergic to in the cupcakes, but the teacher just wanted to be cautious. No issues at all with her having a different treat, except several other kids wanted a jello cup when they saw her with one. DS' school only has a no nut rule.

[h]

I think nut, dye, gluten-free natural candy is your best best. Still special enough for a b-day treat.

I would think maybe some sort of sorbet or all-natural frozen fruit Popsicles would work as well. Or fruit leather/ fruit snacks if your DD will eat those.

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our school has a no food rule. Most kids give pencils/erasers and other little things instead of cupcakes/cookies, etc

[dragonfly08]

Dec 13, 2012 22:36:01 GMT -5 SusanBAnthony said:

Usually gluten free parents have a stock of individually frozen cookies or cupcakes in the schools freezer for these things, in my experience. But I wouldn't assume that, I would check first.

Along these lines, DD #2s K teacher keeps Oreos in a cabinet at school, because all of the kids in the class with allergies can eat them (they're safe for nut, egg and dairy allergies...don't know about gluten. Many parents of kids with allergies have also suggested rice krispie treats as an alternative that works).

Parents can send in what they want as long as it's nut free, but if there are worries about cross-contamination or other allergies, the teacher can pull out the Oreos for those kids. And all of them are very used to having an alternative snack at school and home parties. Most of the kids with allergies I know, even at 9 and 10 in 4th grade (which is where my older DD is) bring their own safe treat to parties.

Another option is a goody bag. DD #1 opted for that last year. We made up cute baggies with stuff from the $1 area at Target - pencils, erasers, etc. The kids loved them.

[pacificrules]

Maybe popcorn? Or ice cream?

[elocrates]

We used to send applesauce and LIFE cereal (DS's favorite). His school now has a "no food treats" rule. The kids totally love it. Kids have brought: kazoos, stickers, tiny action figures or cars, small notebooks and crayons, silly putty, etc. And the kids seem to go crazy for temporary tattoos.

Sounds like this may be an easier option since there are so many restrictions in your DD's classroom.