Ants on a Log AND Apple Smiles - Letter "A"

Olivia, my almost three-year-old daughter, and I are having a blast studying her ABC"D"s (as she calls it)! We made two simple no bake recipes for Letter "A": Ants on a Log and Apple Smiles.

Letter "A" Recipe #1:

Ants on a Log

Ingredients:
Celery stalks
Peanut Butter
Raisins

Directions:
Cut stalks into pieces about 2 inches long. Spread peanut butter across the pieces and then add raisins.

putting her Ants on a Log

Letter "A" Recipe #2:

Apple Smiles

Ingredients:

2 large apples

1/2 c. smooth peanut butter

mini-marshmallows

Directions:

1. Cut two apples into eight slices each.

2. Remove the apple cores.

3. Spread peanut butter on one side of each slide.

4. Place marshmallows between two apple slices.

5. Grin back at your Apple Smile:)

I found this idea from Creative Teaching Press: Book Cooks pg. 55