Pluto's Veggie Skateboards

Try this nutritious veggie side dish with your Road Rally Family Night meal!

You'll Need

• 1 extra large carrot, peeled
• 2 small zucchini
• 3 slices mozzarella or Swiss cheese

Instructions

1. Cut carrot in half. To make the board part of the skateboard, slice carrot lengthwise into four 4-inch-long slices.
2. Trim the top and bottom ends from the zucchini. To make the skateboard wheels, cut zucchini into eight 2-inch-thick slices.
3. Cut cheese slices into strips, circles, stars, or any other shaped desired. For fancy shapes, use small fondant cutters.
4. To assemble skateboards, place a carrot strip on top of two zucchini wheels. Decorate carrot with cheese.

Bambi's Butterfly Bobby Pins

When a butterfly landed on little Bambi's nose, he learned to speak its name. Made of soft felt and bobby pins, this sweet tribute to the film makes the perfect preschool project.

You'll Need

• One 9- by 12-inch piece of felt
• One 9- by 12-inch piece of fabric
• One 9- by 12-inch sheet of double stick fusible web
• Scissors (Cutting intended for grown-ups only)
• Sequins
• 6 bobby pins
• Ribbon

Instructions

1. Print template and cut out butterfly shape.
2. Peel backing from one side of the fusible web. The web will be tacky. Stick the tacky side onto the felt. Peel the backing from the other side of fusible web. Press the fabric onto the exposed webbing. Set iron to low and iron both sides, fusing the fabric to the felt. Note: This is a parent's job.

   
3. Trace the butterfly template onto the fused felt and fabric. You should be able to fit six butterflies. Cut out butterflies.

   
4. Preschoolers can decorate their butterflies by gluing scraps of felt and sequins to their wings.

   
5. Once it's decorated, slide a bobby pin over the center of the butterfly. Cut a piece of ribbon or a scrap of felt and glue it to the bobby pin to create a butterfly body.

   
6. Once the butterflies are dry, let kids slip them into their hair or onto the collars of their shirts. 

Bouquet of Veggie Flowers [Kids Food]

Colorful, cheery, happy-go-lucky, plucky. Minnie and Daisy? Well, yes... but our zippy, zesty veggie flowers are just as light-hearted and fun as our two favorite gal pals. Make individual bouquets to place in small vases or in tea cups.

You'll Need

• 12 asparagus
• 12 green beans
• 12 snow peas
• 1 bunch radishes, cut into 1/8-inch thick slices
• 1 large carrot, peeled
• 1 hothouse cucumber, cut into 1/8-inch thick slices
• 1 red bell pepper, seeds and membrane removed
• 1 yellow bell pepper, seeds and membrane removed
• 1 head curly leaf lettuce or kale

Instructions

1. Place a medium saucepan of water over high heat and bring to a boil. Add asparagus and green beans and cook for 30 seconds. Drain under cold running water and set aside.
2. Cut cucumber into flower shapes with flower cutters.
3. Cut radishes into flower shapes with flower cutters.
4. Using a small knife or a channel knife, cut channels into the length of the carrot then slice thinly into individual flowers. Alternatively, you can slice carrots into 1/8-inch slices then cut into flower shapes with flower cutters.
5. Using a variety of flower-shaped cutters, cut peppers into flowers.
6. Place lettuce or kale inside small, clean vases or tea cups so that curly ends come up to the top of the vase. Arrange vegetable flowers so that they stand upright. Place asparagus, green beans and snow peas to look like an arrangement of flowers.
   
   Makes 6 servings.