How to make a cute ladybug from a tomato.

Step 1. Cut a slice from the side of the courgette/cucumber.

Step 2. Cut the slice into a leaf shape.

Step 3. Cut a very thin slice from the skin of the courgette/cucumber to mark out one side of the stem of the leaf.

Step 4. Cut out another thin slice to mark out the other side of the stem of the leaf.

Step 5. Starting at the wide end of the courgette cut out a triangle shape.

Step 6. Cut out more triangle shapes along the stem marked out earlier. The triangles should get smaller as you get nearer the thin end of the courgette.

Step 7. Around the outside of the courgette/cucumber cut out small triangle shapes.

Step 8. The finished leaf.

Photo and directions courtesy of http://www.thaicarving.co.uk