There are only a few hours left to say goodbye to this year and welcome in the new year, eating the traditional lucky grapes, while the twelve chimes are ringing.
If you are going to celebrate New Year's Eve at home, you probably have dinner already organized. But, Have you thought about how you are going to present the grapes?. Maybe this year you want to serve them differently. For this reason, we propose some original and simple ideas that your children can help you and feel that they collaborate in a task as important as the preparation of the lucky grapes.
Tray with recycled caps
Source: www.facilisimo.com
Makings:
- 12 bottle caps per person
- Gold, silver or green metallic paint spray
- Glue gun
- black and green eva rubber
Glue the plugs with the silicone giving them a cluster shape. Once joined, put them on the black foam rubber, draw their outline and cut out. On the green eva rubber, draw a kind of tail and join it to the black one.
Paint the caps with the metallic paint spray and, once dry, attach them to the eva rubber base.
You already have list an original recycled tray. You just need to put the grapes on New Year's Eve.
Worm in apple skewer
Source: Mayte's Delights
You need:
- 12 grapes and an apple per person
- Skewer sticks
- Toothpicks
- Chocolate chips
- Honey
Pierce the apples with the skewer sticks and insert the grapes at both ends. On the side you choose for the tail, put a toothpick with a grape facing down. For the end chosen for the head, use a toothpick and put two grapes facing up. In the last grape paste, with the honey, a couple of chocolate chips to serve as eyes.
Bouquets of grapes
Look how beautiful this presentation is and how simple it is. All you need is brightly colored pipe cleaners, 12 grapes per bouquet, and colored ribbons.
Puncture the 12 grapes on the pipe cleaners and tie them together with the ribbon forming a bouquet.
Grape hedgehog
Source: www.exploranatura.com
Surely This friendly hedgehog will love your children. To do it you need:
- Pears
- Toothpicks
- black olives
- Cloves
Remove the stem from the pear and peel it starting at the narrowest part and about halfway through. This area will be the face of the hedgehog.
Place each grape on a toothpick and stick them in the pear in rows and as evenly as possible.
Cut a piece of the black olive and stick it in the tip of the pear to make the nose. To finish, put the cloves on the hedgehog face to make his eyes and clever! Now we just have to enjoy it.