1.
Assemble all ingredients in bowls on a table or
counter workspace.
2.
Use a paper plate or paper towel for your work area.
3.
Tear up the lettuce and sprinkle on the plate (this
will be the "bed" for your treats!).
4.
Put your creativity hat on!
5.
Caterpillar Treats:
-Spread
cream cheese on each of 5 snack crackers.
-Lay 4 crackers cream side up together so they
overlap and form a caterpillar shape.
-Place 5th cracker cream side down on end (this
will be the caterpillar "head").
-Use raisins to make a face and noodles to create
legs and antennae (use extra cream cheese as glue).
6.
Butterfly Treats:
-Spread
cream cheese on a celery stick to serve as the
butterfly's body.
-Adhere one knot pretzel to each side of the celery
for wings.
-Use raisins for eyes and noodles for antennae.
Cooking
to Learn Tip: Provide an example and multiple
ideas for this recipe but let your child be creative
and come up with his/her own insect species.
