Alligator Cheese and Veggie Platter
- By Joan
- February 21, 2018
- 5 Comments
Last weekend we hosted my son and daughter-in-law’s Mardi Gras themed baby shower. Tons of fun and I’m sharing one of my projects from the party today.
It’s a super easy, big impact veggie tray. I must say that the theme and all the planning was done by my other daughter in law, Steph. 
The original idea for an alligator veggie tray came from a Flickr photo posted on Pinterest. I did mine just a little differently but they are both basically the same.
Use 2 pineapples for the body. Cut one in half completely.
For the second pineapple, cut a wedge for the mouth but don’t slice all the way through. Use the wedge you cut from the mouth for the tail.
My inspiration gator used 2 kiwis cut in half to make little furry feet. Kiwis weren’t in season, or at least they weren’t available at the store I was shopping in, so I’m using one avocado cut into fourths.
The eyes are made from one marshmallow cut in half with 2 blueberry pupils and held on with toothpicks.
Cut slits in the mouth where you would like teeth and insert leaves cut from the pineapple.
The mouth is propped open with a piece of dowel.
Stock up with your choice of veggies, fruit, cheese or all three and serve with a dip.
I used a few more pineapple leaves popping up in the cheeses and cauliflower.
As for how this fits into Scavenger Chic…remember the abandoned restaurant that I had the chance to pick, the one with the dead rat? That’s where the tray came from.
Mr Alligator joins my last meat and cheese platter from Halloween. Both make a big impact with little effort. If you’re thinking about making either tray you might want to pin them now…by the time Halloween or Mardi Gras come around , you know you’ll never find them again.
I still have a few more projects and some fun decorating ideas from the Mardi Gras baby shower and hopefully I’ll get my pics together and share them with you next week.
Stay inspired.
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Oh my that is too cute! Love it!
Best thing I have seen all day. So great!
So fun! I am going to try this on our family Spring Break trip to Florida soon!
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