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Description

Use all your senses to explore some new fruits as you make your own tasty treat.

Resources

Wooden skewers
Plates
Different types of fruit
Food storage containers

Instructions

Before you begin
Check whether anyone has any allergies or dietary requirements and choose fruits that everyone will be able to enjoy.
Choose a range of different fruits, including some that people might not have tried before. You might want to avoid bananas, apples and pears, as these turn brown quickly – they won’t look very tasty by the time people have made their kebab. You might decide to explore local, seasonal fruits that will be planet friendly as well as delicious, or you might decide to give everyone’s taste buds a tropical treat with fruits like kiwi, mango, or dragon fruit.
Cut up the fruit into bite-size chunks that could fit on a kebab skewer. You could put the same selection of fruit on different plates so people can split into small groups and share a plate.
If you can, keep one of each fruit whole so you can show everyone what the fruit looks like. If you haven’t got fruit to spare, you could show everyone some pictures instead.

Story time

Everyone should sit in a circle.
Someone should read Ffion's Favourite Fruit by Annabel Rose. This story is about helping each other and making some snacks to eat.
After reading the story, everyone should take some time to reflect on it as a group. We’ve included some questions to help you reflect in the pink box below.

Get to know your fruit
The person leading the activity should show everyone the whole fruits. Everyone should talk about what the different fruits are. Has anyone tried any of them before?
Everyone should carefully pass around the different whole fruits and think about which ones they’d like to try.
Everyone can enjoy exploring and talking about the different fruits. What do they look like? What do they feel like? Do they have any smell?
The person leading the activity should show everyone the chunks of fruit. Everyone should try to match up the whole fruits with the pieces. Can they tell which ones are which?
Make your fruit kebabs
Everyone should wash their hands.
The person running the activity should make sure that everyone has a clean plate or surface to use.
The person running the activity should explain that the skewers are sharp. They should show everyone how to safely put fruit on the skewer.
Show everyone how to hold the fruit on either side with their fingers and thumb and pull it gently onto the skewer. Warn people not to press down from the top in case they injure their hands.
Everyone should decide which fruits they’d like to put on their skewer. They should take one of two pieces of each fruit they’d like to use and put it on their plate, making sure there’s enough fruit for everyone to try everything.
Encourage people to try something new and use their senses to explore any unfamiliar fruits. People could take one piece of each unfamiliar fruit to see what it feels and smells like – if they decide not to use it, they should leave it on their plate. No one else should use a piece of fruit once someone else has touched it.
Everyone should put their fruit onto their skewer, one piece at a time.
Everyone should count many pieces or fruit (or how many types of fruit) they’ve got on their skewer.
Everyone should use any spare pieces of fruit to make fruit kebabs for their parents and carers, or anyone else they live with.
Enjoy your tasty treat
Once the kebabs are finished, everyone should sit down and enjoy their fruit kebabs together. It’s OK if some people would rather save them and take them home.
If anyone feels unsure about putting a new fruit in their mouths, they could lick it first. If they don’t like it, that’s OK – they should just leave it on their kebab stick or put it in the bin.
Everyone should talk about what the different fruits taste, smell, and feel like. What do they feel like in their mouth? Are they soft or crunchy? Are they smooth or rough? Are they sweet and juicy?
Everyone should wash their hands and help to tidy everything away.
If you can, put any fruit that can’t be eaten in a food waste bin or compost bin.
Reflection
This activity encouraged everyone to enjoy exploring food and to try something new.

Ffion's Favourite Fruit

How did everybody help Ffion? Why is it good to help other people?
Were there any snacks in the story you haven't tried before? Would you like to try any of them?
Make fruit kebabs

Did anyone find it tricky to put the fruits on the skewer?
Were some fruits more difficult than others?
Enjoy your tasty treat

What did people think about trying new foods? People could think about how they felt before and afterwards.
Why is it good to try new things? Why is it good to eat fruit?

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