The Very Hungry Caterpillar Sandwiches

These cute little sandwiches are lined up to look just like The Very Hungry Caterpillar from Eric Carle's much-loved children's book. Pop them onto your party table and your mini guests will snap them up!

Ingredients

  • 2 loaves white bread

    sliced vertically

  • butter

  • 3 slices ham

  • 3 slices chicken

  • 4 slices cheese

  • 1 small tomato

  • 1 stalk green onion

Equipment

  • 1 toothpicks
  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 mini cookie cutter
  • 1 platter

Instructions

  1. Gather all ingredients.
  2. Lay 2 slices of bread out on a cutting board. Butter both pieces. Place ham on one slice, then cover with the other buttered slice. Repeat to make a chicken sandwich and then a cheese one.
  3. Cut out circles from each sandwich using a mini cookie cutter.
  4. Place on a platter in a wiggly shape to form the caterpillar’s body – you can alternate each sandwich flavour if you like. Position tomato at the start of the body to become the caterpillar’s head. Next, cut out two very small ovals of cheese for the eyes. Dab with butter to act as a ‘glue’, then stick onto the tomato to start forming the caterpillar’s face. Slice small pieces of green onion for the pupils (again, using butter to ‘glue’ them to the eyes). Cut two long strands from the onion stalk to act as the caterpillar’s feelers, and fix onto the tomato using toothpicks. When finished, cover your sandwich caterpillar with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Notes

Tip
You can make the caterpillar as long as you like for an even more impressive showpiece!
Variation
Chicken breast supreme or chicken loaf can be exchanged for turkey breast.
Storage
Cover your sandwich caterpillar with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.

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