Another quick and cheap snack food is Duros.  They are easy to make and you can flavor them many different ways.  Here is an article about them.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1005998/duros_a_crunchy_mexican_snack_that.html?cat=22

I find your advice about making up your own packs of snacks very good and we do the same thing.  I was a little alarned to see things like cookies, lollies and chips listed as snacks though.

 Some great healthy tips given here for snacks for our children and a great way for parents to save money.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers Janice

Has anyone tried using cereal as snacks? We've been using Fruity Bites (Uncle Toby's I think), and I put about 30g in a snap lock bag and send it to school. Not much different to sending biscuits, only perhaps a little healthier, and a change from other things he gets bored with.

I think this is good advice.  Snack foods are so expensive and nutritionally not that good.  There are options out there that are better for you and the pocket.  Sometimes i think it is the packaging the kids like too, rather than the food inside it!

great tips here, we also buy banana chips in bulk and apricot logs from the health shop and portion it into snap lock backs from snacks at school

xoxo

I've done this myself to give more choices for the lunchbox. There are so few good choices that are already prepackaged.

So true. Not planning ahead can cost you Huge amounts just for a day trip. I also take water bottles. Eating treats all day can leave you feeling pretty sick with soft drink on top of it all.