food ideas with bugs in mind

[murphy61]

hi all

i am doing a sponsor day at half term for meningitis research. the theme is bugs. I have a few activities as i am just going to do a big fun day with lots of crafts and baking. i have invited another childminder to join us as i only have 3 mindees aswel as my dd so i want to the numbers up.

I'm after some recipe ideas for lunchtime (sandwiches, nibbles,etc.)

thanks in advance

Jo

[tinkerbelle]

you could do a jelly with the sweetie womrs spiders in it the harribo kind
i did this last year and made buns with spiders on top made with liqurice laces went down a storm they also send you a cover letter showing how it links to eyfs :clapping:

[SimplyLucy]

Look in the recipe section at the top, there is a good ants on a log idea there.

I've done a similar idea with celery, cottage cheese and raisins when we did a theme on 5 little speckled frogs!

You could make bread rolls (use a pack mix :blush: ) and kneed raisins into them to look like squashed flys! :laughing:

[katickles]

You could get the children to help make biscuits & sell them at the fun day! Decorate them with icing with spiders webs etc??

http://newtickers.bump-and-beyond.com/26/2694/269483.png (http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/)

[madasahatter]

anything with currants/sultanas in for squashed flies (good in a salad).
slightly flattened meatballs can be spiders or beetles.
those savoury pastry sticks are good as worms or centipedes (you could paint little legs on them with marmite)

[PixiePetal]

Pinwheel sandwiches could be snails.

Cut off crusts, flatten a bit to help rolling. filling - cheese spread/marmite roll up and cut into rounds like a swiss roll ?