Monster Birthday Party Prep Part 2- The Food

Now everyone loves some food at a party and we are no different.  We came up with a few heavy appetizers and then came up with monster related names. Chicken Tenders were Monster Fingers, Pigs in a Blanket were Monster Toes, Meatballs were Monster Eye's, Veggie Tray was Monster Bones, and then we had Wally the Fruit Monster.  I saw several variations of him on a few different blogs.  My mom has a bit of experience with kitchen things and prep work, so this was her task. We decided to go with Green Monster Juice punch and water(with colorful lemons and limes).

Another cool idea I saw on a blog was chocolate covered marshmallows.  I saved Styrofoam from work and put it in a tray and we bought Easter grass when it was on sale after Easter.  After dipping the marshmallow we rolled it in sprinkles.  A few even got monster candy eyes that I found at the craft store. They looked and tasted great!  The only down side was they slid down the sticks as they cooled in the fridge.  I was told by my aunt a way to hopefully prevent that would be to dip the stick in chocolate and then put on the marshmallow.  The chocolate on the stick would help act as glue.  Last minute thought was to also do chocolate covered pretzels.  I also tried to make them look like monsters.

We set up a candy display for a little decor but also so all of our guests, including the "big kids", could take home a goodie bag.  Also included was colored Goldfish for our smaller guests.

Now the cake.  A very important factor in a birthday party.  We were lucky enough to be given a gift certificate to a local bakery, Julia's, and with that plus $20 we were able to get the cake we wanted.  They also include a smash cake.

For those of you who have not had a Phoebe Cookies(you can find her on facebook) you are missing out.  These cookies have been a staple at all of our birthdays and special events(my husband even had her cookies instead of a grooms cake at our wedding).  As always she did not disappoint.  Not only do they look wonderful, they taste even better!

Too bad this is not scratch and sniff