How to Make a Harold Helicopter Sandwich!

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Harold, he’s my number one!

Yep, that would be Harold the helicopter from Thomas and Friends. I fancied doing something fun for b today as he hasn’t been well. High temp, off his food, full of snot. So here we are, our very own Harold.

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Want to make your own Harold? Here’s what we did:

I studied a few images of Harold online and sketched out a few ideas for how I could make him and out of what. In the end we went with bread, cucumber, blueberries and a red food icing pen. Other ideas I had were carrot sticks, breadsticks and those red string fruity things.

I made a regular sandwich and cut it into two pieces. The main helicopter part was shaped with an OVAL cookie cutter. I use thing bits of crust to add detail to the helicopter  -legs, tail, rotor blades.

Blueberries made perfect windows and the door. If you slice then super thin, you can make a “smile” too.

For the eyes, I rolled a little bit of bread between my fingers so it became squidy. I then added the eyes using an edible food pen.

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Little B’s face lit up when I presented him with this. Have you made anything a bit random for your kids?! Here are some photos of him enjoying Harold:
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For more fun food ideas, check out how to brighten up a lunchbox or check out my five quick lunch ideas here for inspiration 🙂 Happy cooking, happy eating!

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54 Comments

  1. That looks awesome!! Love the helicopter design. Must get my mummy to make this for me! #KCACOLS

  2. aw cute! Why is it that children more happily eat things that look like something they know?! I bet he felt much better after this 🙂 #bigpinklink

  3. This is so cute! I\’m glad it cheered him up – it\’s horrible when they\’re ill. Get well soon, little bloke.
    x Alice
    #bigpinklink

  4. I am going to make this today for my boy\’s lunch..thank you for the idea! I hope your little man is feeling better soon xx #bigpinklink

  5. serenityyou

    What a great way to get the kids to eat more healthy #KCACOLS

  6. Wow!! That\’s fabulous!! I\’ve just shown my children, and they were massively impressed! I need to up my food game! I will definitely give this a go, my 2 are Thomas mad, and I might be able to hide some normally banned (by them!) items of food in it! They might not notice through the excitement!

    • ah so pleased they like it! you could literally use loads of different veggies or fruits for the rotor blades and windows 🙂 I used a coloured food pen for the red line and the H. Didn\’t have the confidence for the whole name haha!

  7. Wow!! That\’s fabulous!! I\’ve just shown my children, and they were massively impressed! I need to up my food game! I will definitely give this a go, my 2 are Thomas mad, and I might be able to hide some normally banned (by them!) items of food in it! They might not notice through the excitement!

  8. Wow!! That\’s fabulous!! I\’ve just shown my children, and they were massively impressed! I need to up my food game! I will definitely give this a go, my 2 are Thomas mad, and I might be able to hide some normally banned (by them!) items of food in it! They might not notice through the excitement!

  9. Wow!! That\’s fabulous!! I\’ve just shown my children, and they were massively impressed! I need to up my food game! I will definitely give this a go, my 2 are Thomas mad, and I might be able to hide some normally banned (by them!) items of food in it! They might not notice through the excitement!

  10. I love these posts! Its ace to see what you\’re going to do next. I admire your creativity and effort! #KCACOLS

  11. Wow that\’s a brilliant idea, so creative and I bet he little one loved it! What a great way to make meal times fun xx #KCACOLS

  12. Haha brilliant! I love making fun stuff for he little one 🙂

  13. Fab idea! My son would’ve loved this when he was younger! Thanks for sharing with #globalblogging

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