Food Ideas

From the bhg.com Recipe Center, we've pulled together four kid-friendly menus that can be served at any birthday bash:

All-Munchies Menu

Classics with a Twist Menu

Hearty Bites Menu

Ultimate Favorites Menu

For delicious food that ties into the party theme, try these suggestions:

Ladybug cupcakes: Frost cupcakes with red icing, add black licorice string in center to indicate wings. Add chocolate chips or brown M&M's for spots.

Caterpillar cake: Place cupcakes in a wiggly line and ice them together. Use licorice strings for antennae, and candies for legs and eyes.

Painted butterfly cookies: Make a sugar cookie dough. Either cut the dough with a butterfly-shaped cookie cutter, or cut round cookies and place the circles on a baking sheet two by two, and push each pair gently together. Then you can paint the unbaked cookies with a wash of egg yolk and food coloring, and bake until done but not browned. Add licorice string antennae just before baking is complete. Or bake, frost, then decorate.

Sugar Cookie recipe

Egg Paint Recipe (for decorating cookies)