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Making Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees


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December 18, 2019

Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees - three edible treesThese tiny little Christmas trees make for cute little edible crafts. You can get creative with the types of veggies you use to make these, you don't have to stick with cucumbers and carrots. The little star topper is made from string cheese. Using slices of round cheese sticks helps to make equal sized stars!

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Total Time: 20 minutes

Supplies:

  • carrot
  • cucumber
  • string cheese
  • sharp knife
  • veggie peeler
  • toothpicks
Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees - supplies
 

Steps:

  1. To make the tree stumps, chop the carrot into equal sized pieces.
  2. Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees - chop carrot
     
  3. To make the stumps the same size, trim around the larger pieces by using the smallest one as a guide.
  4. Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees - trim to make equal sized stumps
     
  5. Repeat and set aside.
  6. Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees - trimmed carrot slices
     
  7. To make the tree's greenery, make long thin strips of cucumber using your veggie peeler.
  8. Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees - thin strips of a cucumber made with veggie peeler
     
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  9. Poke the base of a toothpick into the center of the carrot and press down. Place the end of a cucumber strip onto the toothpick. This is the first layer of tree greenery.
  10. Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees - place toothpick in carrot and push on one end of the cucumber
     
  11. Keep making folds with the cucumber strip. The widest should be at the base, getting more narrow at the top of the tree. Repeat with the others and set aside.
  12. Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees - cucumber tree made
     
  13. To make the star toppers, chop equal sized pieces from the cheese stick.
  14. Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees - cut up cheese stick
     
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  15. Cut little triangles from the perimeter of the cheese pieces until you have a star.
  16. Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees - cutting stars from the cheese
     
  17. Repeat with the rest of the cheese.
  18. Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees - stars
     
  19. Place a star on top of the tree. Make sure the toothpick does not go all the way through the star.
  20. Veggie and Cheese Christmas Trees - star stuck on the top of the tree
     
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