Welcome to Muffin Tin Monday here at Fakin It! I hope everyone had a great weekend.
Just to let you know a little something more about myself, I love butterflies! I loved butterflies long before they became all trendy. On my grandparents farm growing up I would sit in a field of butterfly flowers and the butterflies would come and land right on me. It was really cool and left a lasting impression. It's still a bit early here for butterflies but I'm eagerly awaiting my first sighting.
Until then we'll just have to settle for butterflies for lunch. In the morning, I had the kids make their own chocolate covered butterflies with pink candy melts, two types of pretzels and sprinkles.
Here's what we have below:
1) caterpillar in the grass (carrot stick decorated with food safe markers on shredded lettuce)
2) Cheese butterfly shaped with cookie cutter 3) our chocolate covered butterflies
4) apple butterflies 5) sprinkled butterfly on yogurt 6) butterfly chicken nuggets
I used the same cookie cutter to make the last three designs.
The kids were pretty impressed with this lunch, but I have to stay it took me awhile to make. And rather than waste all the outsides of the cutouts, mommy got the scraps. Yum!
Enjoy your week!
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I love to eat the scraps too. Your collection of butterflies looks wonderful. I love the one with pretzels.
Posted by: JDaniel4's Mom | May 02, 2011 at 06:42 AM
The butterflies are so pretty. I love the flower muffin cups too! Nicely done!
Posted by: Eclectic Musings | May 02, 2011 at 10:50 AM
How cute is that carrot?!
Posted by: varunner7 | May 02, 2011 at 01:18 PM
I Love anything to do with Butterflies! Beautiful!
~Rockabye Butterfly~
http://rockabyebutterfly.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Rockabye Butterfly | May 02, 2011 at 02:22 PM
Love the cookie cutter idea. And the flowers paintings. Following you by a reader.
Posted by: patricia | May 03, 2011 at 04:40 PM