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Sail Away! Fruit Boat
Ingredients: Cantaloupe, Banana, Watermelon, Blueberries, Cherry tomatoes, Kabob Sticks, Sweet Red Pepper
Preparation
- Boat: Cut cantaloupe into slices.
- The Sail: Cut watermelon into small slices or chunks. Put 1 slice (or 2-3 chunks) onto the stick. Then stick it into the cantaloupe.
- Water: Use blueberries
- Sailor: Slice banana into circle pieces for the head, cut pieces to make a body and arms. To make the sailor – put a round piece of banana on stick for the head and follow it with the body. Pierce another stick across the banana body for arms.
- Crab: use a cherry tomato for body, pieces of red pepper slices for legs and banana circles or raisins for eyes.
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Fun at the Beach
Ingredients: Kiwi, Banana, Orange (sections), Blueberries, Lemon
Preparation
- Slice a banana for the trunk of the tree.
- Slice Kiwi fruit into thin slices and then cut slices in half for the palm leaves.
- Use a slice of lemon for the sun and orange sections for the sand!
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Strawberry Banana Cars!
Ingredients: Bananas, Strawberries, Kabob Stick, 3 Toothpicks
Preparation
- Wheels: Slice one or two strawberries (depending on size) the long way so you have 4 round slices.
- Slice a banana so you have 4 round pieces.
- Body of the Car: Peel a separate banana and cut off ends. Break the kabob stick in half and stick them horizontally across the banana, 1 toward the front end of the banana and 1 toward the back.
- Assemble the wheels on the car: Place the round strawberry slices on all four sticks that are coming out the sides of the banana. Then add the round banana slices.
- Add the passengers: Using 3 whole strawberries stick each of them on a toothpick and then line them up in a row on the top of the banana.
Stop Light Snack
Ingredients: Celery, Hummus (or cream cheese) Red, Yellow & Green Bell Peppers, Toothpicks
Preparation
Cut celery into 3-inch stalks and cut small circles out of the colored peppers. Spread hummus (or cream cheese) onto the celery and add your circles – Red – Yellow – Green… Go!
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Edible Landscapes
Ingredients
Fresh Green Beans (or celery), Baby Carrots, Grapes (red or green) Banana, Carrot Sticks, Broccoli, Cucumber, Cherry Tomatoes
Preparation
- Cut celery and carrots into sticks.
- Slice banana and cucumber.
- Then grab the rest of your fruits and veggies and start building your own fun and unique outside scene!
Veggie Fruit Tree: Use carrot sticks to make the tree trunk. Use broccoli for the leaves, and cherry tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries or red grapes for the fruit on the tree. Plant cucumbers at the bottom to make grass! Use a lemon slice for the bright sun!
Flowers: Use celery sticks or green beans for the stems. You can use grapes, strawberries or raspberries for the center of the flowers. Baby carrots, cucumbers and bananas all make yummy flower petals. |
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A Sweet Tweet
Ingredients
Straight Pretzels, Carrots, Plum or Red Apple (whole or sliced in half), Cream Cheese, Raisins
Preparation
- Fill a small bowl with pretzels, and place your red apple or plum on top.
- Slice cucumbers or carrots into two small circles for the feet, and cut a carrot triangle for the nose and place appropriately on your apple/plum.
- Then add two small dollops of cream cheese to make two eyes and place a raisin on top of each dollop for the pupils. Your bird in the nest is ready to enjoy!
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Veggie-bot
Have fun using your imagination to design your own fruit and veggie robot.
Ingredients
Red Grapes (or Olives), Cucumbers, Celery Sticks, Baby Carrots, Stawberries, Apples, Raspberries/Cherry tomatoes
Preparation
Here’s just an example:
Start by cutting up celery sticks, apple slices and cucumber rounds. Cut the 2 biggest strawberries in half.
Head: Start by making a square with grapes or olives (5 grapes by 5 grapes) and then fill in the square.
Get the 2 halves of one of the large strawberries and place it on the each side of the head. Now take two cucumber slices for the eyes and a celery stick for the mouth. If you want, take two small tips of a carrot and place them in the center of the cucumber eyes!
Body: Now make a rectangle (6 grapes across by 11 grapes down). Take the cucumbers, strawberries, celery and cherry tomatoes or raspberries and form them into 4 squares within the body (see picture). Take the other two halves of the last big strawberry and place them at the top of the rectangle (for the shoulders). Then place a celery stick on each tip of the strawberries for the arms.
Legs: Now take the carrots and place them horizontally next to each other, to and make the legs. Take the apple slices and make the feet of your new yummy robot!
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Very Hungry Caterpillar
Ingredients
Kiwis, Blueberries, Watermelon, Grapes, Apple, Cantaloupe, Pretzel sticks (or almonds), Raisins
Preparation
Head: Slice the apple in half. Take the apple and place it at the far right of the platter for the head. Use raisins to make eyes (cream cheese to glue the eyes on), an orange section to make a smiley face and pretzels for antennas.
Body: Make the body using thick columns of your favorite fruit. Use a fruit baller to make fun balls of cantaloupe and watermelon. If you do not have a fruit baller, cutting them into chunks works fine, too! Cut the kiwi into thin slices.
Feet: Add the almonds (or broken pretzels) on the bottom for the feet.
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