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Start with an inexpensive plain color
kids chef apron and using fabric paint
to write the name of each guest. You can
let the kids decorate their own aprons as
an party activity.
Cooking Party
All kids love cooking – from pretending to cook with their plastic food to helping out in the kitchen. If you have a budding chef, why not take that cue and turn it into a fun birthday party?
Cooking Party Invitations –
To let the guest know this is going to be a cooking party, you have a couple of cute options. A recipe card can be used with something like, Mackenzie’s turning 5 and having a cooking party! along the top of the card with the other information under it. You can take this further and make it into a recipe (Take 8 kids, add in some pizza and fun, mix for 2 hours etc) or just write the information out.
Other options are printing the information with a sharpie on a wooden mixing spoon or a small oven mitt.
Cooking Party Decorations –
Put up the normal balloons and streamers and cover your kitchen table (or card tables) with plastic tablecloths (for easy clean up) in the birthday child’s color choices. Take purchased (or handmade) aprons and/or chef hats and using colored fabric paint, print each child’s name on one. These can be set out in a pile that the kids can go through to find theirs or laid out on the table for them to easily grab. Make a large “menu” with the activities listed with the treat making being the dessert.
Cooking Party Activities –
At this party, part of the activities will involve preparing food but there will still be time to do other fun activities. Some food activities could be a marshmallow toss or you could do a relay race with the party goers carrying five (or ten) small marshmallows on a spatula. You could use some uncooked pasta to make jewelry or pictures. Or use licorice shoelaces and fruit loops for edible bracelets and/or necklaces. Piñata’s are always fun or a food twist on an old favorite like, pin the stem on the apple.
Cooking Party Food –
This is the fun part; it is a cooking party after all. Have the kids put on the aprons and/or hats you set out Here are my four top choices for food – you can do one or all, whatever you and the birthday child decide.
For pizza set out a personal pizza for each guest on paper plate. Have a container of sauce (stick to just one as kids seem to always pick tomato sauce when given a choice) and bowls of toppings such as pepperonis, mushrooms, pineapple, shredded cheese, olives and tomatoes. Move on to a activity while they cook and cool.
Ice cream sundaes will call for multiple ice cream flavors (have the adult dish that out) along with a large choice of sundae toppings: chocolate, caramel and strawberry sauces, chopped nuts, tiny m&m’s, sprinkles, etc.. Don’t forget the whip cream and cherries!
To do either cupcakes or large shaped sugar cookies, prebake them before the party. Put out frosting choices along with sprinkles and small candies. If you make the cookies in bear or people shapes, add candies that will work for features such as red hots for the mouth and small chocolate chips for eyes.
Cooking Party Favors –
Along with the apron and/or chefs hats (and activities they made) you may still wish to provide a small goodie bag. Some fun food themed additions could be suckers with (edible) bugs, gummy pizzas, large lollipops, chocolate Band-Aids and jelly beans.
Cooking Part Thank You Notes –
Take a photo of each child with their food creation as well as a few group photos. Use the best group photo on the front of your child’s thank you note (from your computer) and enclose an individual party photo of each child inside.
This is part of my new series Party Time! where I will cover dozens of different party themes with invitations, decorations, activities, food, favors and thank you notes for each one. I will also include other party ideas and tips in the category.
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