With adult help, cut the pear in half. For the lobster's body, place 1 pear half on the salad plate.
With adult help, cut the peach into slices. For the lobster's tail, place 1 peach slice next to the small end of the pear half.
STEP 2
For the lobster's claws, place 2 more peach slices near the large end of the pear half.
For the lobster's eyes, add 2 raisins near the top of the large end of the pear half.
STEP 3
With adult help, cut the carrot into thin carrot sticks. Decorate the lobster with small pieces of carrot for the antennae, mouth, and shell.
SOME COOL IDEAS:
You can also make an octopus' body with a peach half or a fish's body with a pear half. Use raisins and carrots to decorate.
Try some of these other delicious salad ingredients:
Bananas, apples, oranges, pineapple slices, grapes, celery, cherry tomatoes, cucumber or zucchini slices, broccoli flowerets, and nuts, such as cashews, pecans, or peanuts.
HERE ARE SOME GREAT BOOKS ABOUT SEA CREATURES:
A First Look at Sharks
by Millicent Selsam; Walker & Company; 1979
How Do Octopi Eat Pizza Pie? (from the "I Love Math" series)