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You’re Invited...
To A Birthday Party
Children love parties, especially
birthday parties. And, the party
that will be remembered long after
the traditional cake and ice cream
is the party you’ve created with
love and imagination.
The very best parties have a
theme, and here’s where your child
will definitely have an opinion.
Will it be a safari? A circus? Dino
saurs? Or, the latest movie charac
ter? Put your imagination to work
as you plan the invitation, decora
tions, entertainment, even the
menu.
• Make the invitation unique.
If your theme is a “day at the zoo,”
use animal postcards you can buy
at the zoo gift shop. An invitation
that will be hand-delivered can
take the form of a large animal
shaped butter cookie. Use colored
decorator’s icing to write the date,
time, and place.
• Be sure the decorations car
ry out the theme. Borrow your
child’s stuffed animals and add
brightly colored balloons and
streamers. If you’re artistic, use
colored construction paper and felt
tip pens to make animal heads out
of balloons. They’ll make great
favors. A tape or record with ani
mal noises playing in the back
ground will add to the atmosphere.
• Start the party as soon as the
first guest arrives. It’s a good idea
to plan an opening activity because
not all of the children will arrive at
the same time. Arts and crafts
work well here. Then, when every
one is finished, you can begin the
games.
• Be creative with games.
Three and four-year-olds enjoy
simple games with a new twist
like a banana (instead of an egg)
toss or pin the trunk on the ele
phant. Five and six-year-olds are
ready for a safari treasure hunt.
Whatever the game, don’t forget
the prize for everyone!
• Make the food special. Child
ren delight in food that takes on
new forms.
Parrot Punch, created by*the
American Dairy Association, has a
bright green color. Lime sherbet,
milk, and frozen limeade concen
trate are blended until smooth,
then topped with lemon-lime soda
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Buna On nu Range
for a fizzy finish. Fruit perched on
the rim of the glass resembles the
parrot’s colorful feathers.
No kid will be able to resist the
“Beary” Chocolate Birthday
Cake. It’s simple to make because
it uses a chocolate cake mix.
Yogurt added to the mix keeps this
bear moist and tender even if you
bake it a day ahead. Frost with a
simple buttercream frosting and
decorate with candies.
To expand the menu, offer Gir
affe Grilled Cheese (use animal
shaped cookie cutters to cut the
whole wheat bread and American
cheese slices) and monkey nibbles
(assorted raw vegebles, apple
wedges and seedless grapes). The
sandwiches can be assembled
ahead and refrigerated to be
cooked at the last minute.
• Ending the party on a happy
note. When it’s time to say good
bye and thank you, let the birthday
child hand each guest a goody bag.
Colorful tote bags decorated with
animal stickers can hold a zoo-full
of loot animal erasers, stickers,
a decorated animal-shaped butter
cookie, a book, and a pair of funny
sun glasses.
EDIBLE SNOWMAN
Materials:
3 large marshmallows
6 small marshmallows
1 Hershey Kiss
8 chocolate chips
S toothpicks
Procedure:
For body:
Using two toothpicks, fasten
together the large marshmallows
for the body.
For hat:
Insert one end of a half tooth
pick into the Hershey Kiss and the
other end into the “head.”
For arms:
Insert toothpick with three small
marshmallows into the middle
large marshmallow.
Facial Features and Buttons:
use chocolate chips to form
facial features and buttons.
Denise Wenger
MilTlintown
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CLOWN CAKE
Vi gallon vanilla ice cream,
softened
l A gallon Neapolitan ice cream,
softened
Maraschino cherries
Gum drops
Sweetened whipped cream
Line a 9-inch round cake pan
and an 8-inch square cake pan with
aluminum foil, letting edges
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cream, cones, cookie, and
candy toppings. Photo by
American Oaky Aaaoclation.
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extend beyond edges of pans. Pack
vanilla ice cream in round pan.
Neapolitan in square pan. Freeze
several hours or overnight To
form clown, follow diagrams
below. Place on large tray or foil
covered board (clown is approxi
mately 9x16-inches). Decorate
face with gumdcops rolled out on
Featured Recipe
Kids cones are fun to make for a children’s party. With a supply of
vanilla ice cream, some flat-bottom cones and cookie and candy deco
rations. you can loose creativity. Here are some ideas from the Ameri
can Dairy Association to get you started.
First, place large scoops of vanilla ice cream on the number of cones
desired.
For soOdcr: Invert colored flat-bottom cone on ice cream for hat
Cut chocolate wafer cookie in half; use half for visor of hat Use blace
licorice shoestring candy for chin strap, red cinnamon candies for eyes
and nose and red shoestring candy for mouth. Use pieces of hard candy
for ears.
For butterfly: Cut a chocolate wafer cookie (or brown edge wafer,
striped shortbread, etc.) in half. Arrange as wings on ice cream by
pressing curved edge of each half into ice cream at 45 degree angle.
Use red cinnamon candies or other small candies for eyes and pieces of
candy shoestring for antennae. Cookie may be decorated with tube of
prepared frosting piped through tip with small hole.
For candy flowers, fruit: Roll out large gumdrops on sugared sur
face. Cut into petals for flower. Arrange on ice cream to form flower.
Use small piece of candy for center. Cut green gumdrops to form
leaves and item. Or cut into fruit shape, such as an apple. Use green for
stem and leaves.
Cheese will
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sugared surface and then cut to
form eyebrows and mouth. Use
half of a gumdrop for each eye.
Use cherries for nose and to deco
rate hat. Pipe whipped cream
through a pastry tube fitted with a
fluted tip to form bottom of hat and
knot on bow tie. Return to freezer
for several hours before serving.
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