Carrot Flower

Here is another flower, this time made out of carrots. My kids had loads of fun eating these carrot strips off of the flowers competing with each other!

I thought it was yet another great idea to make them gobble up carrots. What say?

I felt it was very easy to make and so my basic cutting and peeling skills were more than enough to get the desired result!!

So a carrot flower it is for Day 5 Week 4 of BM #27.

Ingredients - 

Carrots, as many as needed (1 carrot makes 1 flower)
Toothpick one for each flower

Method Of Preparation -

Choose a fresh, healthy and plump carrot. Wash the carrot and chop off both the ends. 

Peel the carrot length wise. We would need about 8-9 strips for 1 flower.


Carrot Flower process

Insert a small carrot chunk into a toothpick. This would be the anchor for the flower. 

Select 4 long carrot strips and 4 shorter ones.

Make a bow with the longer strip and pin it to the toothpick as shown in the picture. Pin 3 more long ones so that each of them is at right angles to the next one. 

Make a bow with the shorter strip and pin it to the toothpick so that it lies between 2 longer bows. Continue for the remaining 3 short strips.

Now it becomes an 8 petal flower. To close the open end of the toothpick at the top, fold a small carrot strip and pin it.

Place the flower on a bigger chunk of carrot or any other sturdy base and it would definitely make a center piece on a buffet table.

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#27.

Preparation Time  5-7 min
Makes 1 flower
Posted by Harini R on Sunday, April 28, 2013

14 comments

  1. looks beautiful..and a great way to make the kids eat...I am loving these crafts!

     
  2. Very pretty flower!

     
  3. Priya Suresh Says:
  4. Omg, cute and very pretty carrot flowers, thanks for sharing, now i know how to make flowers with carrot.

     
  5. Srivalli Says:
  6. Looks awesome Harini..guess it's a trick to grate a thin slice right..

     
  7. Laxmipriya Says:
  8. they look lovely.. :)

     
  9. divya Says:
  10. wow..looks fabulous....thanks for sharing..

     
  11. what a wonderful way to make them eat carrots. and one that looks so pretty too

     
  12. Pavani Says:
  13. Beautifully made carrot flower. Good one.

     
  14. Suma Gandlur Says:
  15. I guess I too have grating skills and can try this. I am off to kitchen now. :)
    Really looks lovely, though it sounds cliched.

     
  16. preeti garg Says:
  17. Look beautiful.. you can present this with salad or in between dinning table

     
  18. sujitha Says:
  19. Preety flower..

     
  20. Rajani S Says:
  21. I love vegetable carving and love seeing so many new ideas...the flower looks very pretty!

     
  22. veena Says:
  23. Beautiful!!!!Have learnt a new craft today!!

     
  24. Archana Says:
  25. Beautiful flower. It will make a lovely centre for our tables. Thanks for the step by step pics.

     
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