- April 16, 2024
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One team made a butterfly from a strawberry and apple slices.
Hailee Bouchard sets down the cucumber "trunk" of a tree.
Grapes, raisins and blueberries create a ladybug on top of a broccoli tree in one group's scene, "A Bug's Life."
Chia Dobbelaire spreads some beans to make a rocky area in the winning design, "Deep in the Woods."
Red bell pepper slices and beans make up a campfire in "Deep in the Woods."
Mark Parsons works on the ants for his team's scene, Insect Army.
Maribel Arisa sets down purple cabbage leaves as water in the scene.
Ryan Gustafson spreads some lettuce "grass."
Samantha Curry, Maribel Arisa, Hailee Bouchard and Erin Galvin create their scene, "A Bug's Life."
Tiarralynn Chin and Isabella Pasquale work on "Camping Gone Wild."
Googly-eyes and toothpicks transformed ordinary slices of strawberry and apple into butterflies in the Freedom Elementary cafeteria this morning.
Fifth-grade students in the Technology Student Association blueprinted and built insect-themed scenes from fruits and vegetables as part of a Manatee County School District competition, Play with Your Fruits and Vegetable Day. Thirteen elementary schools throughout the district competed in the 6th annual competition. The winning design at each school goes on to be judged among the rest of the winners from other schools.
"Vegetables are a pressure — 'you have to eat your fruits and veggies,'" said Skye Grundy, the district nutrition specialist. "This lets kids touch and feel, and not be forced to try them."
