Frog's Blog
LisaBrewer Author~Illustrator

Celery Critter Snacks
Here is what you need:
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Celery Sticks, washed and cut into 3 inch pieces
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Peanut Butter Or Cream Cheese
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Small Red Grapes
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Small Cherry Tomatoes, various colors
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Apples
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Blue Berries
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Kiwi
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Candy Eyes or Mini-Chocolate Chips For Eyes
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Child Safe Knife
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Child Safe Vegetable Peeler
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Tooth Pick
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-Wash vegetables and fruit.
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-Remove strings from celery with the vegetable peeler. (Save strings for antennae!)
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-Peel Kiwi and slice into rounds.
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-Slice apple into rounds, then cut in half.
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​-Spread peanut butter or cream cheese into the celery sticks.
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Build your insect: Make the heads of the insects first.
-Poke two holes in the tops of the grape or tomato and insert a celery string into each hole for the antennae.
-Use peanut butter or cream cheese as the glue to stick your candy eyes on. (Or, you can make eyes by poking 2 holes for eyes and putting a small bit of cream cheese over the hole, then pushing the pointed end of a mini-chocolate chip into the hole.)
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-Place the finished head into the spread at one end of the celery.
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-Use the fruits and vegetables to finish building your insects.
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Now eat your delicious insects! Mmmm!