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.
