🐜 Ants on a Log

Ants on a Log for kids: the whole recipe

Let's make logs with little ants marching on top! This easy no-cook recipe is for ages 5 to 9 (grades K–3rd), takes about 10 minutes and serves 2. Crumb, our tiny chef, reads every step aloud with a picture, so a child can follow along.

Ingredients

• 4 sticks of celery
• 4 tablespoons peanut butter (or sunflower seed butter)
• ¼ cup raisins

Tools

A cutting board, A butter knife, Measuring spoons, A plate, A sharp knife (grown-up).

Steps

1. Wash your hands with soap for twenty seconds.
2. Rinse 4 sticks of celery under cold water and pat them dry.
3. Grown-up step: A grown-up cuts each stick into short logs.
4. Spread 4 tablespoons of peanut butter along the logs with a butter knife.
5. March the raisin ants along the top: count them as you go!
6. Put your logs on a plate. Crunch time!

Safety notes

• Sharp! A grown-up does this part.
• Contains peanuts. Tap "Allergies?" on the Kitchen's front page and the swaps fill themselves in where there is one.
• Raw celery is hard to chew for little ones under 4: cut it thin.
• Spread peanut butter thin for little ones: a big lump can choke.

Kitchen science

Celery is mostly water, which is why it crunches and snaps.

Make it your own

• Try dried cranberries for red ladybugs instead of ants.
• Use cream cheese and blueberries: ants on a snowy log!
• Swap the celery for apple slices.

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