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.
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.
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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How cute! My boy is currently sick 🙁 But he\’s 12, so I don\’t think this would cheer him up quite the same.
Just A to Z hopping…good to meet you!
~Katie
TheCyborgMom
thanks for taking a look! sorry to hear your boy is sick too 🙁 x
That is so cute!! #kcacols
thank you for looking x
Oh my gosh, this is so cute!!
Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next Sunday x
thanks for looking 🙂 x
This snack came out really great. Love the helicopter and your theme.
thank you for taking a look!
Very cute and creative!
thank you!
That looks awesome!! Love the helicopter design. Must get my mummy to make this for me! #KCACOLS
aw thank you. you should 😉
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
thank you for taking a look! x
how tasty looking 🙂 #bigpinklink
thank you for taking a look! x
I love this! My daughter is currently obsessed with helicopters so this is a good idea for her packed lunch #bigpinklink
thank you for taking a look! You should try it – not too difficult 🙂 x
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
thank you for taking a look! I think it was teeth :/
Oh poor little fella!
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
I want to see pics! Please share if you make it 🙂 I think my boy was suffering with his teeth :/
That looks amazing!!! I am going to have to do this for youngest. She would love it! 🙂 #KCACOLS
thank you for taking a look! Def share pics if you get a chance to make it! x
What a lovely creative way to encourage healthy eating. love it!!!
thank you for taking a look! x
What a great way to get the kids to eat more healthy #KCACOLS
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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!
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!
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!
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!
I love these posts! Its ace to see what you\’re going to do next. I admire your creativity and effort! #KCACOLS
thank you! 🙂 Lots of fun things to come 🙂
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
thanks for taking a look!
This is so brilliant! Glad he liked it! Perhaps I should be trying this sort of thing with my youngest, who is often off her food!
Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next Sunday.
thanks for looking! hope to be there sunday! x
You are so creative! This is absolutely adorable and a great way to get kiddos to eat healthy. #KCACOLS
thank you for taking a look! x
Ooh what a fun way to play with food and learn at the same time!!!
thank you! my boy loved it !
Such a fun and creative way to get children interested jn food. Thanks for sharing X #kcacols
thanks for taking a look 🙂
You\’re so creative! We tend to just plonk the food on the plate and sometimes our little girl turns it into a face or an alien or something 🙂 #kcacols
haha thanks! he doesn\’t get it like this every day !
Harold Helicopter would definitely convince me as a child to try new food! It is such a great idea to make eating fun instead of a boring chore! Find and connect with me, if we are not friends already:
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thank you for taking a look!
What a cute idea!
Thank you!
I don\’t even have kids (I\’m a just an auntie!) but I have to make this! #WeekendBlogShare
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Haha brilliant! I love making fun stuff for he little one 🙂
This is brilliant – what a great way of making food more fun! 🙂 #triballove
thank you for reading 🙂
Aw Harold! Thomas the Tank Engine is great and hope my daughter will enjoy it as much as I did as a child. I love how you\’re making food more fun and edible for your child. #TribalLove
thank you 🙂 xx
That sandwich is SO CUTE! (www.amodernmother.com)
thank you 🙂
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