Soft Knight hat in Silver and Gold is an Awsome accessory to any knight costume.One of my favourite ideas when throwing a successful kids party, particularly for the younger age groups is the food bag. In fact if you have read some of my other articles you would already be familiar with this concept. Basically it is the idea that all the party food for your kid's birthday celebrations can be prepared ahead of time and placed into some form of individual container for each child.
Of course the container doesn't have to be a bag, it can be a box or basket, small bucket or even a coconut shell, or whatever suits your budget or theme. But my personal favourite is the humble paper bag which is available in the brown variety from the local supermarket or in any variety of colours from your local craft store.
But once you have your chosen container, what to put in it is the next question. This of course depends on your orientation in the healthy versus junk debate. I myself tend to seek out fillings that are low in sugar and additives, if I can make it myself I usually do, but if time is of the essence as it usually is for us modern mums there is a plethora of packaged foods to suit. I recommend starting with 5 basic items:
Cake: A muffin or cup cake
Sandwich: Cut into interesting shapes with a cookie cutter
Nibbles: A packet of your favourite trail mix, popcorn or chips/crisps
Fruit: Either fresh or one of those little fruit cups in juice
Favour: An inexpensive toy, puzzle or even a balloon
These 5 items can be adapted to suit any age, but the real benefits of the food bag is mobility, put all the bags in a box and head off to your destination, the convenience of portion control, the reduced wastage and expense by not needing serving dishes, paper plates etc, the wonderful joy of not having to do all the washing up after, but perhaps most importantly the fact that individual food containers allow you to cater for any special dietary needs, and with the growing number of children with allergies these days this is a very important consideration.
Perhaps you are an aspiring Party Mum and need a little help with ideas and tips for kids party food. Why not visit Sarah at http://www.thepartymums.com and while there sign up for her newsletter and grab her FREE article, '10 of the PartyMums Top Tips to Perfect Parties'. It will help you throw the perfect party that will go down in the annuls of children's history as THE best ever.
Enjoy them while they're young!
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