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{ Birthday
Place Cards }
{ Surprise
Cupcakes } Bake the cupcakes, but save the decorating for the kids at
the party.
{ 1001 Sugar
Cookies }
Cookie Dough Ice Cream with {
Homemade Chocolate Sauce }.
{ Magic Cake
} Make up several of these snack-sized cakes to give away as prizes for games.
Make cut-outs of giant gingerbread men from construction paper to decorate the
walls.
For a centerpiece, set out rolling pins, measuring cups filled with flour and
sugar, cookie cutters and wooden spoons. Place chef's hats around the table
that you can make ahead of time out of white paper and write each child's name
on it with a red marker. To make the Chef's Hat: Horizontally cut five strips
to about half the width of an 8 ½ x 11 white sheet of paper. Do not cut
all the way through the sheet. Roll over and tape down the tip of each strip so
that the tip is curved, not flat. Turn over so taped side is facing down. Write
the name centered on the uncut end of the paper. To form the hat, tape together
the two ends of the sheet so that the tips curve in towards the middle of the
hat. You can also do this with a larger sheet of paper to actually fit the
guests.
Turn plastic placemats into festive aprons by punching holes at the top and
sides to tie around neck and waist. Decorate with name tags and have the
children create their own designs with markers.
Prepare the 1001 Sugar Cookie dough before of the party. Then at the party,
roll it out and supply the kids with various cookie cutters and decorative
sprinkles to bake fresh at the party.
Help the kids follow the instructions for this baker's version of sand art.
They'll have fun measuring out the ingredients during the party. Don't forget
the recipe card! It then becomes a neat take-home treat for each child to bake
later on with mom. (For kids, we recommend using plastic jars rather than glass
for safety.)
Let the kids decorate white bakery boxes with stamps, stickers and markers.
When the cookies are done, they can fill up the boxes.
A few days before the party, have the birthday boy or girl count the chocolate
chips as they fill a jar. Then put together a kid's apron, chef's hat and
rolling pin for a prize.
Fill pie crusts with whipped cream a few minutes before this game and then top
with banana slivers or a cherry. Line pies and the kids up along a long table.
Then with their hands on their back blow the whistle! The first one to eat the
whole pie wins. Don't forget the napkins!
Split up guests into two teams. For each team supply them with a hard-boiled
egg, a wooden spoon, an apron, a chef's hat and oven mitts. Each team member
has to relay race against each other by putting on the baker's costume, then
balancing the egg on the spoon as they race across the yard and back to pass on
the costume and egg to the next player. You may want set up a cone or chair at
the far end for them to loop around. Just don't drop the egg!
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A cookie recipe attached to fun-shaped cookie cutters.
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After you've filled up the baker’s box with the cookies, tie it up with
red string and attach a tag that has the birthday boy's or girl's name on it,
i.e. Sally's Baking Birthday Bash.
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{ Cookie Mix in
a Jar } |
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