Meldreth Matters, July 2020

Children’s Activity Page: Fun Things to do with Fruit, Vegetables and Eggs Ladybirds Take a few washed strawberries, remove the leaves and cut them in half. Place the cut side down on a board or plate. Put a blueberry at the leaf end. Use a little melted chocolate to ‘glue’ the berries together then dip a cocktail stick in chocolate to draw the spots, antennae and wing division.

Turtles Peel a kiwi and wash a few green grapes. Carefully cut the kiwi into thick slices. Place them on a plate. Use a grape for the head and half grapes for the 4 legs. Make 2 small holes for eyes in the head and put a kiwi seed in each.

White mice Hard boil an egg. Cut it in half and make a slit near the end for the ears. Cut a small radish into thin slices and press 2 of them gently into the slit. Use a cocktail stick to make 2 holes for the eyes then use the same stick to push 2 small pieces of raisin into the holes.

Insects Use your imagination - tomatoes, grapes, blueberries, peas make good bodies and thinly sliced cucumber makes excellent wings. Stick everything together with a little cream cheese filling the groove in a length of celery.

Hilary Crawforth Editor’s Note: please send photographs of your creations to meldrethmatters@hotmail.com and we will feature some of them in a future issue.

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