Butterfly Week Food Adventures

1.) Vegi Caterpillars: Spread cottage or cream cheese on a stick of celery.

Add raisins for eyes.

2.) Fuzzy Caterpillar: Soften 8 oz. of cream cheese and 12 oz. of shredded American

cheese. Mix together. Let each child make five small round balls and roll balls

in parsley flakes. Arrange on a lettuce leaf. Add pimento pieces for eyes and

nose.

Use pretzel stick for antennas. Use pretzel stick for antennas.

3.) Butterfly Salad: Place crushed pineapple in the center of a lettuce leaf. Add

cherries for decoration to create a butterfly salad.

4.) Cocoon Snacks: Use refrigerated biscuit dough and put a chunk of cheese into

each one before baking. As children bite into them, explain what it might

be like to be in a cocoon.

5.) Buttery Food: Give children the experience of trying foods with the word butter

in them. Some foods to include are peanut butter, aple butter, buttermilk,

butter flavored crackers.