Caterpillars, Butterflies and Snails
Ingredients
- 1 apple
- 1 orange
- 2-3 strawberries
- 1/2 pint blueberries
- 1 bag pretzels
- 1 head of celery or a package of precut celery sticks
- 1 pkg candy eyes or raisins (for eyes)
- 8 oz cream cheese spread or peanut butter
Instructions
- Wash hands with soap and water.
- Gently rub apple, orange, celery, strawberries, grapes and blueberries under cold running water.
- Cut celery into sticks of varying sizes between 2 and 4 inches.
- Spread cream cheese spread or peanut butter inside each celery stick.
- Slices strawberries, oranges, and apples into thin slices (about 1/8 in thick).
- Assemble your creatures!
Caterpillars:
- Attach two candy eyes or raisins to a grape using cream cheese or peanut butter as glue.
- Gently press grape into the filled celery stick to make a head.
- Gently press 3-5 blueberries in behind the grape to make a body.
Snails:
- Press two candy eyes or raisins onto the end of a filled celery stick.
- Press an apple, strawberry or orange slice onto the stick behind the eyes to make the snails shell (use strawberries for smaller sticks and apples or oranges for larger sticks).
Butterflies:
- Press two candy eyes or raisins on the end of a filled celery stick
- Press two pretzels onto the celery stick behind the eyes to make the butterfly wings.
Notes
This recipe was developed using the Safe Recipe Style Guide at SafeRecipeGuide.org.