After-School Snacks - Pineaposaurus

The name alone will draw your children to these healthy fruit!

Ingredients:

1 ripe pineapple
1 orange
2 cranberries
2 strawberries
2 grapes

1 package wooden skewers

Instructions:

Cut a thin slice off both sides of the orange to create a flat surface

Cut two triangles out of each slice to make a paw shape, and place all three pices on a tray

Cut the top off the pinapple and put in on top of the orange

Cut the bottom off the pineapple to create a flat surface, discard

Begin slicing off the think rind from ONE side of the pinapple

Once one side is clean cut a thick lengthwise slice to create another flat surface

Run your knife along the rind keeping the rest of the rind in one large piece

Remove the rest of the fruit from the stem in long strips

Put the stem on the tray and cover with the semi-circle rind

Insert skewers in the strips of pineapple and stick into the rind in a straight line down the center

Eyes - Cranberries

Tail - Skewered stawberries and pinapple

Arms - Orange slices

Ears - Grapes

Mouth - Strip of pineapple leaf

Pictured Below