Every night after the kids go to bed my husband and I restore order in our house and clean up all the little messes. Toy messes are one thing. I can handle plastic stuff being scattered all over my house. What I CAN’T handle is when food is scattered all over my house. I’ve found banana peels under beds, Cheerios in the doll house, and apple cores between the couch cushions. It’s during those moments when I feel completely overwhelmed and feel like things aren’t simply messy, but they’re DIRTY. There IS a difference. A few years back, I was at my friend’s house, and after nap time each day her kids knew it was snack time and would promptly get their snack and go sit on the “snack rug.” Food didn’t leave the kitchen. Genius. We now have our own snack rug, and it really is quite amazing. I don’t mind shaking out the rug after they’re done. It’s nothing compared to the deep cleaning I have to do otherwise. 
Plus, I just love snack time with my kids. I love how they all sit down together. I love watching their little faces smile up at me. I love to sit and enjoy time with them without the stress of feeling like the house is being trashed one crumb at a time. We have a lot of snacks around here, but a family favorite continues to be Pepperidge Farm® Goldfish® crackers. Our favorites are the baby fish and the pretzel fish. I like them because we can do all kinds of fun things with them. They’re great for counting, forming a line, and learning how to share. There really are so many fun activities to do with them. I took a look at GoldfishSmiles.com and found so many adorable ideas to do with the kids. For all you creatives out there, be sure to hop over there and share the stories you come up with during snack time.
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I would love to hear what snack time looks like at your house. Do you have a special place your kids go to? Leave a comment to let me know and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a $100 Visa Gift Card! XOXO, Amber
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We love Gerber puffs for our 11month old twins. Our toddler loves goldfish, granola bars and trail mixes. They all love sharing blueberries, grapes and graham crackers!
Oh gosh…we have no structure around snack time in our house. I find things all over the place! But I absolutely love the idea of a snack rug and definitely need to start implementing it ASAP! We’re going to be moving soon, and I’d really like to keep the new house clean…at least as clean as it can be with a toddler running around 😉
Totally know where you’re coming from! Crumbs are not allowed! haha x
My daughter has a little Step2 table she sits at for snacktime.
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Outside on the back porch!! =)
We are really bad about snacking on the sofa!
My kids love to snack in the living room on their favorite chair. They also love to snack in the backyard.
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My niece loves to sit right in front of the couch and eat her snacks
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Our open living space makes it easy for my kids to always eat at the kitchen table – so then they can sit at the table and watch a cartoon while they have their snack. I’m one of those moms who don’t allow food outside of the kitchen!
My son likes to have a snack on a porch
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Our only snack outside the kitchen is before bed. Our 2 year old loves graham crackers or pretzels & raisins and we sit on the floor in front of the TV and watch a princess movie.
My kids usually sit at the kitchen table when they enjoy a snack.
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What a great idea! My son is only allowed to eat at the kitchen counter or in the kitchen. With that said, I only have one kiddo and I can only imagine how the food would spread with more than one!
Love this – we have a snack rug too! Although for us, it just happened naturally that they sit there to and wait for their snack. I agree, I love seeing them next to each other, looking up at me as they wait! 🙂
Snacktime extends to pretty much everywhere around here, but a majority of the stray crumbs are picked up by our dog. Seriously, I don’t know how people have young children and no dog!
I let the boys eat on the couch, which means we get plenty of crumbs on there and on the floor. There’s nothing worse than Cheerios all over the floor.
Well I think we are kind of messy. When it is nice outside, we have snack time out on the patio, so the mess can be cleaned up easily, but in the Winter we are a mess by eating our snacks on the couch while watching movies!
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The best is to load them into the stroller for snack time. I get to be active and the mess is outside!
My kids like to go to the zoo and places like that and stuff fruit roll ups in their pockets!
I love this idea! Snack time is pretty crazy at my house. I may have to invest in a snack rug!
A snack rug is a great idea. My grandson pretty much has snack anywhere.
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My kids snack either in the kitchen or on the patio.
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my son sits outside on the kid-size picnic table for a snack if it is nice outside.
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Outside if possible!
My kids LOVE to snack! We usually try to sit by our picnic table in our breakfast nook or take our snacks outside 🙂
Snack time is always outside-weather permitting! They love to snack while they play. When weather doesn’t allow, we use the fun snack catchers by the table in side.
We either have snack time at their little table or outside. I hate did in the living room also because I always end up scrubbing the couch or carpet if we do! This way, I enjoy snack time and seeing then share and laugh. It seems so stress free compared to meals and it’s our time to just enjoy each other and talk when everyone is calm and happy!
We snack on the couch or at the kitchen table, but only things that can be cleaned up with a quick vacuum!
Either the kitchen table or in a blanket in the living room!
My daughter loves to play outside in the sandbox! She could play there for hours.
Depends on what snack my little is eating. If it is goldfish, cheerios or something small like that she gets it in a snack cup and can eat it wherever (that may change when we add more kids to the family). If it is bigger – graham crackers, a cookie, etc. we put her in her high chair to contain the mess. We have a dog, so any crumbs my daughter drops, the dog pounces on.
Snack time at my house is usually on the living room sofa
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My son likes to have a snack on the sofa
My daughter loves to have her snacks in the living room. She has a little tray we use so she doesn’t make a mess on the couch or floor!
Snack time is usually at our kitchen table or if it’s nice, at the table on our patio. Thanks so much.
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Thanks so much.
The crumbs trailing around the house tell the whole story! I was never good at enforcing snacking rules.
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We snack on popcorn and pretzels during Sunday night game time.
Snacktime is usually at the kitchen table-we love popcorn and fruit, and Goldfish crackers!
My kids like eating in their room although I hate the mess they leave.
We snack on the breakfast nook
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We eat goldfish on a road trip whenever we saw an out of state license plate! We are in the car a lot so snack in the car a lot! At home, hummus and cashews are faves too!
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When it is nice we go outside to eat, otherwise it’s wherever.
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We usually have an afternoon snack outside on the porch
We snack on the couch.
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In our home snack time is in the kitchen.
thank you
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Snack time usually coincides with homework time. So everyone is working and mom dishes up some snacks at the table to keep everyone going 🙂
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my kids usually watch tv while they have their snack
I try very hard to keep snack times in the kitchen but it doesn’t seem to happen that way. Food always ends up in random places like you described in your blog post… A snack rug sounds like an awesome idea!!
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Our snack time is like much of the rest of our lives…..total chaos.
My kids always have their snack at the dining room table.
I tweeted
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My kids are getting a little older so snack time isn’t as messy as it used to be, heck we had to have the vacuum cleaner on standby most of the time. When the youngest eats peanuts in the shell at the table he still makes a mess!
I posted a tweet: https://twitter.com/FireRunner2379/status/602623762228453377.
My kids always have snacks at our kitchen island. It’s convenient and easy to clean up. The dinner table is reserved for family dinners!
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My kids can’t sit still to save their lives so they have mastered the art of eating on the go!
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We Eat our snacks at the table but for those with a few littles the rug is such a great idea! Just vacuum it up when you’re done!
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we snack at the park
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My son enjoys playing with his food so he either eats in the kitchen or snacks at the coffee table in the living room(which has a rug underneath it that I can shake out when it’s dirty)
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DEF THE KITCHEN… RULES, UGH 😉
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My daughter sits on the couch for her snack time.
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my niece & nephew enjoy their snacks on the couch in front of the tv
i posted a tweet here:
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We eat snacks in our den
Snack time mostly takes the form of grazing! We keep around fruit, peanut butter, cheese & crackers…and of course goldfish!
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They sit @ the kitchen island-graham crackers and milk are one of the snacks
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My daughter curls up in her favorite spot on the couch with her snack.
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Our house is sorely lacking in pantry space, so all of the snacks are just laying on one end of the kitchen table where we can just grab a snack and go whatever/whenever we want. 😀
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/606090755296346113
My daughter is one, so I haven’t mastered the art of getting her to sit for snacks!
My kids love to snack in the living room on the couch or on their bean bag.
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Since it’s sunny again, we like to snack outside as much as possible,
The kitchen table or couch.
Usually at the kitchen table.
We love snacking with Gold Fish on the go, like at the parks, lakes, and when out on the patio.
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They just like to cuddle up with their snacks.
Our child likes to snack in the living room while we watch TV. That sounds worse than it is. We don’t watch a lot of TV!
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Snack are usually eaten at the kitchen table.
My granddaughter is allowed to snack in front of the tv, our livingroom has tile flooring so clean up is quick and easy.
Snacktime usually revolves around the lounge and a cup of tea
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usually in front of the tv
My oldest daughter eats on the couch while watching tv for snack time. My youngest is 9 months so she goes into the highchair.
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snack time at our house is on the floor in front of a favorite tv show
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We usually have snacks in the family room
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Snack time at our house is typically chips and salsa in the living room. We all share.
Snack time is walnuts out of a Lalique Bowl!
We like to have our snacks in the living room.
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My kids are older – so they snack pretty much everywhere all the time!
We snack just about anywhere, sometimes at the kitchen table, sometimes on the couch while watching tv.
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we have no structure for snack time sometimes we eat in the kitchen other times in the living room.
No kids. I snack on popcorn, cheese and veggies.
Thanks for the contest.
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We love snacking on the picnic table that daddy built out in the back yard
they enjoy snacks at the kitchen table or on the patio at the table
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Snack time is definitely held in the kitchen!
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My boys have a little table they like to sit at when they have their snacks.
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My boys usually eat their snacks at the dining room table while they are doing there homework!
My children are all adults now but when they were young their favorite gathering place was the kitchen table. They would snack and share their day, do homework or play games.
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When they get their little goldfish, they love eating them while watching cartoons
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The kids eat snacks in their treehouse
Nowadays the kids are usually eating their snacks as they run around the neighborhood playing with the other kids 🙂
My son loves to snuggle on the couch with a book while he eats a snack
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during the warm weather, our special place for hanging out and snacking is our deck / picnic table- otherwise its the rec room sofa
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They normally snack at their little table, but also occasionally on the couch.
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I never thought of a snack rug! This is an awesome idea. My son is only 6 months so he just started eating solids (aka gumming).
I like to take my nephew to the forest preserves when he is over.
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we eat all our snacks at the kitchen table
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Snack time at my house is when ever the grandkids get hungry. We like having popcorn with Goldfish Crackers, M&M’s and peanuts.
Sadly no special place. In fact, we’re usually snacking on the run!
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Love this idea! With three boys 5 & under snacks at our house are a mess! I see a snack rug in our near future!!
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