Materials
One package of cream cheese at room temperature, or peanut butter
Paper saucers
Plastic knives, forks and spoons
Assortment of washed fresh vegetables that are colorful and interesting, for example, radishes, celery and carrot sticks, parsley, green beans, eggplant slices, sliced turnip, broccoli, spinach, cauliflower
Instructions
1. Ask the children to spread the cream cheese or peanut butter generously over the saucer.
2. Arrange vegetables in interesting designs on the saucers.
3. Encourage the children to describe their designs with the class, naming vegetable colors, shapes, etc.
4. Eat the design for snack!Variation: Use fresh fruit rather than veggies, for example, cherries, grapes, pear halves, peach halves, orange rind rings, orange wedges, kiwi, etc.More to doMore science: Use the veggie designs to begin a discussion on plants, or on our sense of taste, or on nutrition.
