🧺 Happy National Picnic Day from One Potato!
Three easy, colorful recipes your kids can help prep—perfect for backyard picnics, park lunches, or indoor blanket forts!
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🧺 National Picnic Day: Pack, Play, and Picnic with Your Little Chefs!
April 23rd is National Picnic Day, and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with delicious, colorful, packable recipes that are just as fun to make as they are to eat. Whether you're spreading a blanket at the park, having a backyard lunch break, or even laying out a living room picnic indoors, this Bonus Recipe is your guide to making it extra special—with the whole family involved.
We’re serving up three make-ahead, kid-approved favorites:
🌈 Rainbow Veggie Wraps for a bright, crunchy main
🫙 Mini Mason Jar Parfaits for a fun, customizable treat
🍱 And the ultimate DIY Snackle Box—a charcuterie-style treasure trove of kid-friendly bites!
Best of all, these recipes double as kitchen lessons and creative activities. With help from our friends at Kids Cook Real Food, you can build real kitchen confidence by letting your kids slice, spread, count, layer, and explore flavors—skills they’ll carry with them far beyond Picnic Day.
Whether you prep the night before or assemble your picnic feast together in the morning, this is the kind of celebration that turns everyday ingredients into a memory-making experience. So grab your baskets, your snackle boxes, and your smallest sous chefs—it’s time to pack up a little joy and take your lunch outside. 🌞🥪🍓
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We love this large family-sized picnic basket and this Snackle Box!
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