I made the penguins out of olives... 3 pix

16 years ago

OK, here's a platter o' penguins! I liked how they looked patriotic, they must live in an American zoo or something, instead of Antarctica. lol They were a huge hit at the ornament party, people were snapping photos and at the end of the party, people wanted to take one or 2 home, so I was snapping off little bits of ice floes for them to use to hold them upright, with their little toothpicks doing their job. I had a container of them in the fridge so I was able to replenish them as needed. I made about 45, took about 4 hours. Very labor intensive, filling them and then licking off the excess cheese on each olive was tedious. (I'm just KIDDING! I wiped them off. Sheesh.) lolol I made it harder by trying eyes (don't bother, not cute) and wings (too hard to do). Two peeps working together would have made it much faster. I gave half of them salami scarves, they looked nice being a bit different... the groupings were fun and cute, you could turn their heads so they looked like they were talking. And one was either swimming or dead, the hostess's kids couldn't decide. They popped in for a snack and left quickly, too many wimmens for them!

I got this idea from a recipe link that Lydia posted- if you ever make them, use colassal olives for the bodies and small for the heads, add Ranch dip mix to the cream cheese and get long fancy toothpicks. Also, be prepared for broken olives, buy an extra can or two. And make your platter the day before, by the time you're done making the pengies you're going to be a bit sick of them. :)

I'll post more about the ornament party later, OK?

Here is a link that might be useful: Penguin recipe

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stephmc72
16 years ago
Now that is THE CUTEST thing ever. I want to make them but I can't seem to pull an extra 4 hours out of my hat right now!
nodakgal
16 years ago
OH gosh Flamey!! I LOVE,love,love those lil penguins! Maybe the one that the kids thought was floating or dead is one that got hit in Sandy's Smack the Penguin game!!!!! LOL

Hon do ya think you could make it up here for Christmas Day and do me a platter of them!?

You are such a wonderwoman! The things you come up with and DO are the neatest things!
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I think I did about 40 of them. My mom helped me by cutting the carrots ahead of time (but we had to cut them again because they were too big). I'm not sure how long she spent but we spent probably 2 hours putting them together. foggy, what I did was squirt the cream cheese in the big olive and set it on the foot carrot. Then place the smaller olive (with the beak already in) on top of the big olive, then poked a toothpick through the whole thing down into the foot carrot. Then when I placed them on the styrafoam, I pushed the toothpick down a bit further to hold them up.
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angelaid
16 years ago
That's incredible. But I'd never have the patience.
I'll just steal your pictures and PRETEND I made them. 'K?
Cherryfizz
16 years ago
They are soooo cute! Flamey, you have no end to your creativity and patience. I have the patience but not the creativity. LOL

Anne
monica_pa Grieves
16 years ago
Flamey..they are FANTASTIC !

I'm going to try them for Christmas.
okwriter
16 years ago
I hate black olives but those are SOOOOOOOOOO cute! Even though I wouldn't eat them, I'd make them just for the "Ooh! Ahh!" factor! Flamey, you are too good, girl! BTW, is there some family connection between flamingos and penguins? Third cousins twice removed or somethin'? :-)
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
16 years ago
Absolutely Adorable...I can't wait to do them up.

Gayle
lydia1959
16 years ago
Those turned out great Flamingo!! Super cute, but they look a little too labor-intensive for me. lol

Lydia (who will never think of penguins the same way since watching "March of the Penguins")
Linda Wayman
16 years ago
Flamey, those are adorable.Thanks for posting the heads up about how long they take. Anna is supposed to start making some tonight for the get together tomorrow. Also thanks for the hint about using Ranch Dressing mixed with the cream cheese. I plan to stand ours on cheese and crackers.

Linda
tannatonk23_fl_z9a
16 years ago
Oohhhh those are da bomb!!! I have a small cocktail party to go to tomorrow and I'm supposed to be searching for an appetizer to bring! TAAA DAAA! Search over! Thank you so much for sharing!
~Betsy
jannie
16 years ago
That is so cute-and I do love the scarves! It must have been so much work-I love the kissing penguins the best. And I think the little guy is swimming,not dead!
donna_loomis
16 years ago
A-dor-a-ble!
ronm80
16 years ago
That is so cute! I love the little one swimming (not dead). Funny.
dances_in_garden
16 years ago
Those are the cutest penguins I have ever seen. Is it wrong I want to eat them? Tee hee!

I keep looking at that recipe on recipezaar (I have seen it elsewhere as well) but the kids in our family love black olives just plain and I thought it would be a lot of work for nothing. But seeing how cute and festive they are, I could see making them just for the pure decoration of them for a winter party.

Good worky, missy!

Dances - who, when asked how she makes perogies, says she licks them shut like envelopes ROFL!
kacram
16 years ago
Very cute! lol
you could put them in cottage cheese, too!
donna_oh
16 years ago
Hey Flamey, what are they sitting on? My Ds's SO & I made them in MI & some kept tumbling over! I'm taking them to a Xmas party & can't wait!! They're so darn cute!!

TIA, Donna (^_^)
FlamingO in AR
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks, everybody. Please don't give me too much credit, it's not like this was my original idea! It wasn't. But it does make an impression. lol

Linda- add the dry mix (as opposed to bottled) to the cream cheese or it may be too runny. I found it easier to pipe into the olives when it was cold cheese. Less messy, too.

I got that red tray at WalMart for about $4! The blue is fabric over cardboard, covered with plastic wrap. FWIW :) I think this should be a penguiny holiday season. Let's all make 'em! I think they'd be cute for New Year's Eve parties, too.

Dances- they still eat 'em, don't they? Drat!
ruthieg__tx
16 years ago
They are so cute.....I am sure a big hit...
FlamingO in AR
Original Author
16 years ago
Oh, Donna- they're on styrofoam that I washed off. Nobody died, so I guess it was OK. Only the carrot touched the foam.

I was sticking them into sandwiches, too. I don't know if cottage cheese would hold them up, Kat. Might not be firm enough. I layered the styrofoam so it was high up farther from the water's edge and went downhill. I tried to wrap the foam with plastic but it didn't work.
maryanntx
16 years ago
OMG! Those are too cute! If I had any more parties to go to I think I would find the extra 4 hours somewhere so I could make them too! And I LOVE black olives! I would probably eat one for every one I made.
mamatoad
16 years ago
That's the most creative use of olives that I have ever seen! They are so cute and well worth the effort of making them. Flamey, you did good! Thanks for sharing. Bettye
LorifromUtah
16 years ago
There is no way you smoothed the penquin stuffing so neatly with your fingers so don't try to tell us you didn't lick.

Those have to be the cutest horse's douvers I have ever seen.
And, to be honest, probably the most labor intensive horse's douvers too. How could you bear to eat them?

LOL

Lori
patti43
16 years ago
I envy your patience and talent. I'm one of those people with a crafty mind but no crafty brain or fingers. And no patience either. Thanks for sharing the pictures of all the fun stuff you make.
lindyluwho
16 years ago
Those are just too cute. You've got far more patience than I do.

Linda
kacram
16 years ago
cream cheese on crackers with tooth picks! lol
kathi_mdgd
16 years ago
Those are the cutest thing i've seen in a long time.I wouldn't have the patience to make them though.Good Job.
Kathi
marilyn_c
16 years ago
Amazing!!!
Toni S
16 years ago
Caa_ute Penguins Flamey! I bet it was yummy bitting off their cheesy little heads!lol
sable_ca
16 years ago
I am in awe. Speechless.

Here I thought I was so creative when putting a fresh sprig of rosemary on a deviled egg.
FlamingO in AR
Original Author
16 years ago
LOL Thanks, everyone. It was fun, in a sick sort of way, to eat them. And you eat them feet first, all of a sudden all you have left is a head! lol

I'm so glad you all liked them, that makes it even more fun.

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