Easy Cheese Owls – Fun Food Tutorial

Today I have a super cute fun food tutorial for you – how to make easy cheese owls! 

These cute little cheese owls are super easy to make and would be perfect for kids party food – they’d suit so many different themes – an owl themed party, woodland themed party, Gruffalo themed party, Harry Potter party and Halloween too, when it comes around again.

Be sure to check out my recipe video so you can see just how easy these are to make!

It’s World Book Day tomorrow and I’m planning some special lunches to match my boys’ costumes (Harry Potter & The Gruffalo), and one of these little owls will be appearing in at least one of them!

They’re great for popping in a lunch box, or serving up for a fun little snack at any time of day.

Easy Cheese Owls

Ingredients (makes 6): 

• 6 pack mini Babybel cheese
• 12 edible candy eyeballs
• 1 tsp cream cheese, honey or peanut butter (optional)

Equipment:

• 2 sizes of round mini bento cutters

Method: 

Peel the outer wrapping from each cheese, leaving the wax intact.

With the larger of the round mini cutters, cut a semi-circle from the top of one of the cheeses.  Make sure that the strip for peeling the cheese is going horizontally across it, or the cutter won’t work. 

Peel the wax from the smaller piece of cheese, taking care to keep it one piece. With the same circle cutter, cut off two wing-shaped pieces of wax.

Use the smaller round mini cutter to cut a small circle from the wax to make the owls tummy. Remove, using the tip of the knife to help lift the wax away and keeping intact if possible.

Cut a triangle from this spare circle of wax for the beak. 

Assemble the owl by firmly pressing the wings and beak onto the Babybel – they should stick by themselves. 

Add a couple of edible eyes to finish your owl, sticking them in place with a little cream cheese, honey or peanut butter.

Repeat with the remaining cheeses until you have as many cheese owls as you need. 

Enjoy! 

For more fun food ideas and tutorials like this one, check out the Fun Food for Kids section here on the Eats Amazing blog or pop over and follow my Fun Food Ideas for Kids Pinterest boards for loads more ideas from all over the web.

Grace

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Easy Cheese Owls

How to make easy cheese owls - fun party food idea for kids that would be perfect for a Harry Potter, Gruffalo, Woodland or Halloween Party!

Prep Time5 mins

Total Time5 mins

Course: Appetizer, Party Food

Cuisine: Halloween, Vegetarian

Servings: 6 cheese owls

Author: Grace Hall

Ingredients

• 6 pack mini Babybel cheese
• 12  edible candy eyeballs
• 1 tsp cream cheese honey or peanut butter (optional)

Equipment:

• 2 sizes of round mini bento cutters

Instructions

• Peel the outer wrapping from each cheese, leaving the wax intact.
• With the larger of the round mini cutters, cut a semi-circle from the top of one of the cheeses.  Make sure that the strip for peeling the cheese is going horizontally across it, or the cutter won’t work.
• Peel the wax from the smaller piece of cheese, taking care to keep it one piece. With the same circle cutter, cut off two wing-shaped pieces of wax.
• Use the smaller round mini cutter to cut a small circle from the wax to make the owls tummy. Remove, using the tip of the knife to help lift the wax away and keeping intact if possible.
• Cut a triangle from this spare circle of wax for the beak.
• Assemble the owl by firmly pressing the wings and beak onto the Babybel – they should stick by themselves.
• Add a couple of edible eyes to finish your owl, sticking them in place with a little cream cheese, honey or peanut butter.
• Repeat with the remaining cheeses until you have as many cheese owls as you need.

Video

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