I saw butterfly snacks on Pinterest, and knew I had to make them for my daughter’s Daisy Troop! How cute are these?!
To make them, use sandwich size baggies – fill it with about 1/4 grapes, making sure to keep them on one side of the bag. Fill the other half with crackers (goldfish, Ritz, Cheez-Its, etc). Use a decorated clothes pin to cinch the bag up the middle, folding back the closure.
To decorate the clothes pins, you need the following:
- regular sized clothes pins
- Color Box ink pad in Twilight
- Silver chenille pipe cleaner, cut into 4″ pieces
- Tacky glue, pen or marker
All I did was firmly swipe the clothes pin across the multi-colored ink pad. Pinch the pipe cleaner to form a V shape. Using the thin point of a pencil, wrap the edges of the pipe cleaner to form curls in the antennas. Use the tacky glue to adhere the antennas to the clothes pin. Let it dry for a few hours (or overnight if you can). Draw a smiley face, or better yet, if you have small googly eyes, glue those on : )
That’s it! Your little ones will love these and it’s totally worth the minimal effort!
As always, thanks for stopping by. Have a joyful, creative, blessing filled day!
Live creatively!
xoxo,
/c
PS. I’m linking up at The NY Melrose Family’s Whimsy Wednesday. Amazing DIY, repipes, crafts and more! If you like adding to your Pinterest boards, be sure to check it out!
Connie Hanks Photography 
18 responses to “Butterfly Snacks? Oh, Yeah!”
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[…] and have their whole futures ahead of them. Lucky girls! They were also the happy recipients of my butterfly snacks a few weeks back : […]
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So cool that you actually made them… I pin and pin for the future because I have yet to make something… I need more time…
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Thanks! Yes, I pin lots too! This one was a quick one that I found and made – pinned it at just the right time!
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These are so cool! Shame my son (at 16) is too old for one of these in his lunch 🙂
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Those really ARE cute!
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Great idea!
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Love these! They would be cute to make for anyone 🙂
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Thanks and I totally agree : )
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This snack idea is so darn cute!! My only concern would be that the grapes are not cut up and could be a choking hazard. Better safe than sorry!
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For little ones, that would definitely be a concern! I remember even peeling grapes for my babies : ) Seven year olds are definitely old enough – even my 4 year old is fine with these. I can definitely see your concern for toddlers! Thanks for stopping by, Lori!
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I LOVE these!! So stinkin’ adorable and creative! Even though my kids are a little older now, they’d still love this!! Sharing on FB today and pinned 🙂
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That’s awesome! I agree – any age would love finding an adorable snack like this : ) Thanks so much for sharing and pinning!
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Very cute idea.
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Thanks!
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Ahh! So cute! What a great idea. Initially I thought you painted each pin with watercolor; using an ink pad is way faster! So creative, will share this with my church since we always have youth events. Thanks!
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Super cute!
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Very cool!!! What a great idea 🙂
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