Happy Monday!
Today is Memorial Day. Lots of us will be celebrating with parades and other community festivities. In fact, my family attends our annual community Memorial Day parade every year. It’s great fun and our kids love it. The goal of all these festivities is remembrance and honor for those who have died while serving our country.
Memorial Day also signals the beginning of summer for many families across the states. Picnics, parades, swimming — all wonderful activities that traditionally begin on Memorial Day weekend. As such, my kids and I thought it would be really fun to share one of our favorite family traditions — fruit kabobs! Fruit kabobs are super easy to make, really fun to do with kids (or heck, even other grownups), and they’re great for picnics and barbecues.
Hope you enjoy this super simple, really cute and festive “recipe!”
Festive and Fun Fruit Kabobs
Ingredients
- 20-30 strawberries, sliced medium thick
- 30-40 blueberries
- 4 bananas, sliced medium thick
- 24 grapes
- 12 wooden skewers
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice (optional)
Directions
Rinse skewers and remove any excess wood. Start each kabob with one grape to use as an anchor. Skewer each slice of fruit in order: strawberries, banana, blueberry. Repeat until the skewer is filled up. End the kabob with another grape.
If you’re not serving right away, store flat on a plate covered with plastic wrap. Don’t store too long as the bananas will begin to turn brown. Helpful hint: you can sprinkle the fruit with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to help from turning too soon.
These are great for all the ‘Merican holidays but also awesome for birthday parties, playdates, or as a treat for your coworkers at the office! Plus if it’s not Memorial Day, 4th of July, or Labor Day, you can change up the fruits to whatever’s in season or suits your taste.
xo
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26 Comments
such a cute idea! love it!
Thanks! 🙂
Love these! So simple, easy and festive!
And so easy for kids to help make them if you're looking for a kid-friendly activity!
any food on a stick is always a win with kids, when its fruit — it’s a win with me too!
Absolutely! ?
The fruit is so good right now these are perfect for summer! Yum
I know! We’ve been getting the BEST organic strawberries lately. Mmmm.
My grandkids love making their own fruit kabobs!
My kids love it, too! It’s so fun for them and then when they sneak a taste, you know they’re getting something healthy. 🙂
Such a fun, easy and cute idea. I love that these can be assembled in like 5 minutes, lol
Simplicity at its finest. ?
Those are super cute! I was at a BBQ last year and someone did fruit kabobs in a flag theme. That’s just way more effort than I can offer!
I think I saw that on Pinterest. That’s way too much effort for me, too. I can barely put on a matching outfit these days. ?
These look perfect for Memorial Day or July 4th!!
Yes exactly! And so much fun to make!
Such a fun idea – and perfect for so many summer holidays!
I made a version over the winter holidays for my son to take to school. They’re a winner among kids and adults!
What a festive little treat. Perfect for any patriotic holiday or activity.
And healthy and easy!
Our town doesn’t have a parade, but there is a graveside service every year. This morning, I met the hubby and some runners at the lake (alongside our cemetery) and ran around the lake and through the hills of the cemetery. It was a tough run, physically (super hilly) and emotionally (American flags up along the path. These kabobs look yummy (well, except for the bananas LOL), and super easy! I’d probably substitute kiwi fruit on some of them 😉
I can imagine how somber that run must have been. There was a service after our local parade and it was a nice, albeit sad, reminder of why we have Memorial Day in the first place.
Super cute–so fun and festive! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Fruit kabobs are the bomb! Love how easy and festive these are!
They sure are — and so much fun to eat!