You know your kids are going to have way too much candy on Halloween, so here's a healthy snack idea for a change. Added bonus: Because kids like the idea of eating this helpless guy's "bones" (ewww!?), they just may eat more veggies than usual. A healthy snack with entertainment value. A keeper! Head--lettuce leaves, sliced olives, veggie dip in a small bowl
Body--celery, baby carrots, bell pepper, mushrooms, cherry or grape tomatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, cucumbers
Arrange the veggies on a platter in the shape of a skeleton, top with an appropriate sized bowl of veggie dip for the head. (I'm sure your presentation will look better than mine. Note to self: skip the waxed paper next time. I'm not really sure WHY I used it in the first place.)
Take a picture of your final Veggie Man, print it up, then let your kids recreate him with the left-over veggies the next day.
I found this vegetable skeleton idea on the internet last year, but I'll be darned if I can find it now to give appropriate credit.
20 comments:
How adorable...I think I'll have a patella, a humerus, and a few ribs, please!
Laura - may I use the photo in a downloadable booklet I'm putting together on green halloween, please? I'm not selling the book - it's a freebie, and of course I'd credit you and include a live link to your blog.
What a nice blog, let me say that you have what some people call: ''writer's wood'', no really,
this could be the best thing i've ever read since that last post of ''Tabasco's Grill'' by Henry Townsend, i can't wait
for another masterpiece of yours!!!! =)
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Whoa! That looks amazing! I'm gonna tell my wife about this veggie skeleton thing, so that our kids will gonna like eating vegetables now. My wife and I have been struggling and finding ways to make our kids eat healthier food every day. It's kinda hard, but with the help of our doctors and dentists here in Greenville, SC, eventually veggies will gonna be our kids' ultimate favorite.
Such a clever, wonderfully creative idea! I had lots of fun with my son's identifying the different veg in your picture :)
Georgia
Love it! I was looking for Halloween dish ideas but I generally find sweets. Adorable healthy option!! :)
LOVE it!
That is absolutely brilliant!
Oh what a nice idea! Love it love it :))
I came across this on Pinterest and am planning on doing this for my 3 year old's preschool Halloween party! I hope it looks just as cute. Thanks for the idea!
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I'm making this tomorrow! So cute!
Hi! I can't find an email to contact you and was hoping i could include this on a round-up for Babble later this week.
This is adorable! Would love to have this featured in our October Blog Hop for a chance to win a cookbook. http://is.gd/59HVTM
I would love for you to add this amazing idea to my Halloween Traditions link up!
Found your veggie skeleton through Pinterest several weeks ago, and the girls made one today for our science class!
This is SO cute! I think I'm going to plan a whole homeschool lesson around this when school starts again. Thanks for the idea! =)
Megan
Love this idea for a tie in with the human body! TY!
This is such a wonderful idea. Thank you so much for sharing. I hope you don't mind I pinned it! http://pinterest.com/pin/239887117622925814/
This is super cute! Thanks for sharing. I love seeing fun and creative ways to serve things. While trying to find a link to your picture (it's all over Pinterest, but not always linking back to you) I found one on the Kraft website. Maybe that's where you first saw it. One way or the other though... it's SUPER cute! Thanks for sharing!
http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/skeleton-brain-dip-65180.aspx
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