Food Art: Bumblebee Spring Snack

The first day of spring is upon us and with that comes beautiful flowers, fresh air and new life.  It also means bugs.  Kids seem to love crawling critters and I’m pretty sure they’re going to love this fruity snack made with their favorite cereals.

What You’ll Need

Ingredients:

1 yellow plum

A handful of black grapes

2 apple slices

1 baby carrot

2 black currants

2 Honey-Nut Cheerios

A handful of Honey Kix Cereal

Tools:

A kitchen knife (please supervise children if allowing them to slice)

How To Make It

1. Slice the yellow plum in half and place half the plum on a plate for the bee’s head.  Place 2 black currants on the yellow plum for eyes.  Slice 2 thin slices off the baby carrot and place these thin slices above the yellow plum for antennae.  Place 2 Honey-Nut Cheerios above the antennae.

2. Slice a handful of black grapes in half.  Grab some Honey Kix cereal and make alternating stripes of Honey Kix Cereal and sliced black grapes to make the bee’s body.  Add a tiny slice of black grape at the bottom for the bee’s stinger.

3. Slice your 2 apple slices into moon shapes and place 1 slice on each side of the bee’s body for wings.

Jill Dubien is a working mom who loves to craft and cook with her kiddos in her spare time.  Before she had kids, Jill couldn’t cook much of anything except toast and cereal, and really despised being in the kitchen. People who know her personally find it extremely humorous that she is now the self-proclaimed “Queen of fun food.” Jill blogs at Meet the Dubiens, where she shares lots of fun foods and crafts for kids.