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Veggie Turkey Snack Platter
Here's one to try together!
Build a crunchy turkey with rainbow veggie feathers, then pluck and dip every last one!
Reviewed by our team.
Safety first
- A sharp knife: a grown-up cuts the vegetables
- Whole raisins and round slices are a choking size for under 3s: cut slices in half for the littlest guests
- Dips can contain milk or egg: check the label for allergies
What you need
- Carrots, 2
- Celery stalks, 2
- Soft veggies (peppers, cucumber), 1 cucumber
- Soft veggies (peppers, cucumber), 1 red and 1 yellow bell pepper
- Pear, 1 (optional)
- Raisins, 2
- Bowl of dip, 1
- Plate or tray, 1 large plate
- Small bowl, 1
How to do it
Grown-up prep: Wash the veggies, check the dip ingredients for allergies, and have a cutting board and sharp knife ready for the grown-up cutting step.
- A grown-up cuts the veggies into sticks and slices. A grown-up does this
- Sort all the veggie sticks into piles by color.
- Set the bowl of dip on one side of the plate.
- Fan your veggie feathers around the bowl, one color per row. Ask: What color pattern do you want your turkey's tail to have?
- Place a pear or cucumber slice in front for the head.
- Press on two raisin eyes and a red pepper wattle.
- Count every feather on your turkey's tail. Ask: Guess first: how many feathers do you think your turkey has?
- Invite everyone to pluck one feather, dip it and crunch!
- Now make a turkey for a friend! What veggie animal will you build next? Ask: Which color feather was the crunchiest, and what animal should we make next time?
Play it again
- Rainbow rule: every row must be a different color, and no two matching rows can touch.
- Pattern puzzle: one person starts a color pattern and the next person has to keep it going.
- Pluck and count: each guest says how many feathers are left after they pluck one.
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