• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Platein28
  • About
  • Recipes
  • Crafts
  • Screen Time
  • Blog
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
menu icon
go to homepage
subscribe
search icon
Homepage link
  • About
  • Recipes
  • Crafts
  • Screen Time
  • Blog
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
  • Ă—

    Home » Kids Crafts

    Asparagus People

    Published: May 30, 2019 · Modified: Jan 19, 2022 by Marcie Groller · This post may contain affiliate links

    Pin
    Share
    Tweet

    Recently, I've noticed my daughter talking to her food. She makes her tomatoes talk to her noodles and makes her bread talk to her chicken. She develops characters and detailed storylines with her meal and is completely content doing so, to my amazement. So tonight, I decided to nurture her imagination and literally tell her and her brother to "play" with their food.

    Asparagus People Vegetable Craft

    This vegetable craft uses many of the ingredients (and some scraps) from the Summer Asparagus Pasta. Just remember to put those items aside while cooking. And the best part about this vegetable craft is that it can be eaten as a side dish (minus the lemon skin of course).

    This craft also provides a great opportunity to share some fun facts about this meal's featured ingredient:

    🥣Asparagus🥣 

    Read more...
      • Asparagus is rich in vitamins, like folate, which helps keep our blood healthy.
      • Asparagus is usually greenish-purplish but can also be white. 
      • It takes asparagus three years to grow until it's ready to be harvested.
      • China and Peru are some of the top asparagus-producing countries in the world. 

      You can also easily substitute many of the ingredients for other similar veggies or fruits  (e.g., green beans for asparagus, grapes for tomatoes), so keep this craft in mind whenever you want to add some imaginative play to mealtime.

      đź’ˇOverviewđź’ˇ

      Featured Ingredient: Asparagus

      Corresponding Recipe: Summer Asparagus Pasta

      Skills supported: Fine motor (coloring, cutting), following instructions

      ✂Supplies✂

      • Plate (paper if kids want to draw on it)
      • 1-2 stalks of steamed asparagus
      • Scissors (kid-friendly scissors or kitchen shears)
      • 1 lemon skin
      • 1 grape/cherry tomato
      • Small handful of arugula
      • Crayons or markers (optional)

       

      📝Instructions📝

      Consider setting up the craft before you start cooking so that your kids can get to work right away.

      1. If using a paper plate, color a background as desired (e.g., garden scene, house, playground, etc).

      2. Place half of a juiced lemon peel in the middle of the plate with the skin side facing up. This will be the person's body.

      3. Cut 2 pieces of asparagus in half.*

      4. Place the end halves of asparagus under the lemon peel, as legs. Next, place the top halves of the asparagus on the sides of the lemon peel, as arms. Then, place a tomato above the lemon peel, as the head.

      5. Add arugula to the top of the tomato to create hair. Arugula may also be used to create clothes or accessories for the person.

      6. Eat your person as a vegetable side dish with your meal (but don't eat the lemon peel!)

       

      Making Asparagus People Vegetable Craft
      Asparagus People Vegetable Craft

      Note: *For toddlers especially, these tasks may require adult supervision and/or assistance.

      Back to Summer Asparagus Pasta

       

    You May Also Like

    • Fun with Melting Crayons on Pumpkins
    • Fun with Melting Crayons in the Oven
    • How to Dye Pasta for Crafts
    • Adorable DIY Fish Puppet

    Reader Interactions

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Primary Sidebar

    Welcome!

    Julie & Marcie in kitchen

    We are two sisters with young kids who want to help simplify mealtime for busy families! Platein28 is our family’s unofficial guide to wading through mealtime chaos. Here you will find quality recipes that take 28 minutes or less, with activities to occupy your kids so you can actually cook.

    More about us →

    Winter Recipes

    • 35 Easy Italian Sausage Recipes for Dinner
    • Reasons Why Your Steak Is Coming Out Tough and Chewy
    • Coconut Curry Recipe for Kids
    • 10 Easy Ground Turkey Soups (30 minutes!)
    • Creamy Vegetable Pasta
    • Old Fashioned Sloppy Joes Recipe

    Popular Recipes

    • Old Fashioned Sloppy Joes Recipe
    • Easy Cinnamon Pancakes with Vanilla
    • Creamy Chicken Pea Skillet with Rice (One Pan!)
    • How to Cut Carrot Sticks
    • The Easiest Turkey Burger Sliders
    • Best Philly Cheesesteak Recipe

    Kids Crafts & Activities

    • Cow-Themed Tissue Paper Vase
    • Adorable Mushroom Craft for Kids
    • Paper Plate Sunflower Craft with Pasta
    • Rainbow Spaghetti Art with Words
    • Make DIY Play Food Pasta: Mac & Cheese
    • Fun Play Dough Activity: DIY Burgers and Fries

    Footer

    ^ back to top

    About

    • About Platein28
    • Privacy Policy
    • Accessibility Policy
    • Graphics courtesy of Fred Chao

    Newsletter

    • Sign Up! for emails and updates

    Contact

    Have comments or questions?

    Send us an email!


    We earn a commission through purchases made through partner and affiliate sites.

    Copyright © 2020-2022 Platein28 on the Foodie Pro Theme

    We use cookies to improve your experience. By continuing to use this site, you consent tocookiesbeing used. Visit our Privacy Policy for more information.
    ACCEPT
    Privacy & Cookies Policy

    Privacy Overview

    This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
    Necessary
    Always Enabled
    Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
    Non-necessary
    Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
    SAVE & ACCEPT