Thomas & Friends Party Trays

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I love making theme fruit & veggie trays for parties! Maybe you had an Elmo themed birthday party like I did for my son & made the Sesame Street Trays. Or maybe your little princess needed a Rainbow tray for a My Little Pony or Care Bear party. And lets not forget the Spidey tray for all those little webslingers in your life (I live with 2 webslingers!).

Well, it’s my pleasure to add another group of children’s favorites to the party tray lineup… for all the little engineers & train lovers, check out the Thomas & Percy trays! I had so much fun making these.

First, get organized with your fruit – it makes it so much easier to create your masterpiece!

Wash fruit & pat dry before arranging it on your themed tray
Wash fruit & pat dry before arranging it on your themed tray

This took me about 15 minutes to assemble:

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Ingredient List: Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Blueberries, Jicama, Mango, Bananas

Step 1: arrange strawberries & raspberries to cover bottom 1/3 of rectangular tray.

Step 2: place jicama sticks (bananas or apples would also work) above red berries

Step 3: fill a bowl with fruit dip & center above jicama sticks

Step 4: create smoke stack with blackberries

Step 5: fill in top half of tray with blueberries

Step 6: accessorize: blackberry wheels in front, mango chunk headlights with blackberry center, mango slice smile, banana nose, banana eyes with a blackberry pupil, blueberry eyebrows

 

And what’s a fruit tray without a veggie tray:

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Ingredient List: Red Bell Peppers, Grape Tomatoes, Broccoli, Green Bell Peppers, Cucumbers, Black Olives, Yellow Bell Pepper, Jicama

 

Step 1: arrange red bell peppers & grape tomatoes to cover bottom 1/4 of rectangular tray.

Step 2: fill a bowl with dill dip & place 2 inches above lower layer of red veggies

Step 3: arrange broccoli around dip bowl

Step 4: create smoke stack & lower collar with black olives

Step 5: fill in remaining upper portion of tray with green bell peppers & cucumbers

Step 6: accessorize: olive wheels in front, yellow pepper headlights with black olive center, yellow pepper smile, jicama nose, black olive eyes

 

Consider serving fresh produce at the next birthday party you host!  Kids get excited about themes; a themed fruit & veggie tray is a great way to spark a child’s interest in healthy eating 🙂

Enjoy!
xoxo Produce Mom

About Lori

Lori Taylor is the Founder & CEO of The Produce Moms. For ten years she sold fresh produce to over 300 grocery stores throughout the United States, and today she is fully focused on working with the produce supply chain, media, and government to increase fresh produce access & consumption in the US and around the globe. Connect with Lori on LinkedIn.

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