Food Art: A Pirate Ship Lunch

Arrr Matey. Friday, September 19th is national “Talk Like A Pirate Day.” It’s a day when kids and adults alike can kick back and have a little piratey fun with their conversations.  This pirate ship lunch will be sure to please your junior sea rovers and I bet they gobble it up faster than you can say “Aye!”

What You’ll Need

Ingredients:

1 sandwich on whole-wheat bread with filling of your choice

3 small pretzel sticks

1 slice of cheddar cheese

1 slice of mozzarella cheese

A handful of Kix cereal

Tools:

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

How To Make It

1. Grab your sandwich, and using your knife, slice it into a pirate ship shape.  Cut 2 port holes out of the top piece of bread.  Place your pirate ship sandwich on a plate.

2. Take your pretzel sticks and place them in a cross, coming from the boat.  Slice your piece of mozzarella cheese into a rectangle and place it over the pretzel sticks for a flag.  Cut a very small rectangle out of your remaining mozzarella cheese and place it on the top pretzel piece.

3. Grab your slice of cheddar cheese and cut 2 sword shapes from it.  Cross these 2 swords on top of the largest mozzarella cheese flag.

4. Use some Kix cereal at the bottom of the plate for the sea.

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.