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We have featured many simple veggie art projects for kids over the years here at Veggie Buds Club! Food art is a great way to get children interested in trying veggies. We "eat with our eyes", right?! So making food look pretty is a great strategy to get kids excited about eating it. Click on the links below to learn how to make each veggie art project or click here to see ALL of the veggie art projects that we have featured on our blog! Celery Bugs: Let your kids make their bugs and you might just be surprised by their creativity! From snakes to snails, ladybugs to butterflies, the possibilities are endless.
Carrot Bouquet: If your kiddos are still learning to like carrots, try making them into a fun flower shape! Radish Planet: Turning a radish into something that’s out of the world is super simple with just three tasty ingredients! Broccoli Tree: Broccoli florets look like little trees just as they are... so let's take it up a notch and make a whole scene for your forest! Cucumber Butterflies: These cucumber butterflies are so easy to make and so adorable! Onion Flower: Simply slicing and baking turns this veggie into a beautiful bloom!
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Broccoli florets look like little trees just as they are... so let's take it up a notch and make a whole scene for your forest! This super simple food art created by Eat Pretty Darling is a great way to make broccoli fun for kids.
"Learn to Love Veggies" Tip
Have your child rip the broccoli florets off and lick their fingers, this allows them to try the broccoli flavor just a teeny tiny bit before putting a whole bite in their mouth.
 Broccoli Tree Food Art
Prep time: 3 MinCook time: 2 MinTotal time: 5 Min
Broccoli florets look like little trees just as they are... so let's take it up a notch and make a whole scene for your forest! This super simple food art is a great way to make broccoli fun for kids.
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Check out our shop for products that teach kids to learn to love veggies! This includes veggie activity boxes, kid-safe knives, interactive placemats, and more.
Turning a snack into something that’s out of the world is super simple with just three tasty ingredients! Eat Pretty Darling developed this adorable food art recipe for Veggie Buds Club.
"Learn to Love Veggies" Tip
Food art is a great way to get children interested in trying veggies. We "eat with our eyes", right?! So making food look pretty is a great strategy to get kids excited about eating it.
Encourage your children to snack on the individual ingredients while they construct these radish planets and have them cut the radishes in half (with adult assistance) using a kid-safe knife or butter knife. Cutting the radishes will get the radish "juices" on their hands, have them lick their fingers to try just a tiny taste before trying a whole radish bite.  Radish Planet Food Art
Prep time: 3 MinCook time: 2 MinTotal time: 5 Min
Turning a snack into something that’s out of the world is super simple with just three tasty ingredients! These Radish Planets are easy and adorable food art.
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Check out our shop for products that teach kids to learn to love veggies! This includes veggie activity boxes, kid-safe knives, interactive placemats, and more.
One of the best ways to make a picky eater more comfortable around a food is to have them play with it! There’s no pressure to eat it but it gets them to engage with the food in a new way and you never know, they might even try a bite. This "Pea Shapes" recipe created by Eat Pretty Darling is a super simple and engaging way for your children to play with peas!
"Learn to Love Veggies" Tip
Have your kids ever tried peas straight from the freezer? Many children prefer veggies this way! Frozen peas are easy for kids to pick up and the peas thaw pretty quickly, making them easy to eat.
Note, babies and toddlers can start eating frozen peas as soon as they start teething (bonus: they help with teething pains!).  Pea Shapes
One of the best ways to make a picky eater more comfortable around a food is to have them play with it! There’s no pressure to eat it but it gets them to engage with the food in a new way and you never know, they might even try a bite. Try this strategy with this "Pea Shapes" recipe and have fun!
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Check out our shop for products that teach kids to learn to love veggies! This includes veggie activity boxes, kid-safe knives, interactive placemats, and more.
These sweet potato stackers are just like fries but cut them into even logs and you’ve got a building just waiting to be created!
"Learn to Love Veggies" Tip
We are fans of "playing with your food" here at Veggie Buds Club because sometimes kids need to play with their food to make it a little less scary to try!
 Sweet Potato Stackers
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 25 MinTotal time: 30 Min
These sweet potato stackers are just like fries but cut them into even logs and you’ve got a building just waiting to be created. Sometimes kids need to play with their food to make it a little less scary to try!
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Check out our shop for products that teach kids to learn to love veggies! This includes veggie activity boxes, kid-safe knives, interactive placemats, and more.
Want your child to eat more veggies? Veggie Buds Club has a solution! Our "Veggie Play" interactive placemats encourage your child to "play with veggies" which, research shows, will make them more likely to try them!
These Pepper Pumpkins are a festive and simple jack-o-lantern inspired snack!
Eat Pretty Darling developed this adorable snack for Veggie Buds Club. "Learn to Love Veggies" Tip
Sometimes kids will surprise you and take a bite of a veggie that's not cut in a "normal" shape such as a bell pepper strip or carrot "coin". Don't be surprised if your kiddo decides to take a big bite out of the bell pepper jack-o-lantern like they'd take a bite of an apple!
 Bell Pepper Jack-o-Lanterns
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 2 MinTotal time: 7 Min
These Pepper Pumpkins are a festive and simple jack-o-lantern inspired snack!
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Check out our shop for products that teach kids to learn to love veggies! This includes veggie activity boxes, kid-safe knives, interactive placemats, and more.
These cucumber butterflies are so easy to make and so adorable! This is a healthy kid-friendly snack that your kids are sure to love.
This adorable food art was created by Eat Pretty Darling for Veggie Buds Club. "Learn to Love Veggies" Tip
What is food chaining? Food Chaining is a child-friendly treatment approach that helps introduce new foods while building on the child’s past successful eating experiences. In this process, the child is presented with new foods that may be similar in taste, temperature, or texture to foods the child already likes and accepts. If your child likes pretzels dipped in hummus, they may be open to trying cucumbers dipped in hummus!
 Cucumber Butterflies
Prep time: 3 MinCook time: 3 MinTotal time: 6 Min
These cucumber butterflies are so easy to make and so adorable! This is a healthy kid-friendly snack that your kids are sure to love.
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Check out our shop for products that teach kids to learn to love veggies! This includes veggie activity boxes, kid-safe knives, interactive placemats, and more.
Kids love sweet corn but sometimes a whole corn on the cob can be difficult to eat. Try slicing the cobs into smaller rounds and transforming them into sunflowers! The cobs are smaller so they're easier to eat and the sunflower "food art" becomes a special treat.
This recipe was developed by Eat Pretty Darling for Veggie Buds Club. "Learn to Love Veggies" Tip
Transforming veggies into food art is a very effective way to get children interested in trying them! These "Corn Sunflowers" are so simple to make that your children can make them with little assistance.
 Corn Sunflowers
Kids love sweet corn but sometimes a whole corn on the cob can be difficult to eat. Try slicing the cobs into smaller rounds and transforming them into sunflowers! The cobs are smaller so they're easier to eat and the sunflower "food art" becomes a special treat.
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Check out our shop for products that teach kids to learn to love veggies! This includes veggie activity boxes, kid-safe knives, interactive placemats, and more.
This adorable Carrot Bouquet food art project is sure to be a hit with your kiddos! It was developed by Eat Pretty Darling for Veggie Buds Club.
"Learn to Love Veggies" Tip
If your kiddos are still learning to like carrots, try making them into a fun flower shape! If you have a flower shaped mini cookie cutter, you could use that too. But all it takes is a few simple cuts and you will have a lovely bouquet.
 Carrot Bouquet
If your kiddos are still learning to like carrots, try making them into a fun flower shape! If you have a flower shaped mini cookie cutter, you could use that too. But all it takes is a few simple cuts and you will have a lovely bouquet.
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Check out our shop for products that teach kids to learn to love veggies! This includes veggie activity boxes, kid-safe knives, interactive placemats, and more.
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