If you have a little girl, you are probably familiar with the Pinkalicious books. The basic premise is about a girl who eats too many pink cupcakes, turns pink, has to go to the doctor, is prescribed a diet of green foods, then viola, she is better. I started off by making pink cupcake invites - they were so cute, and were much easier than I thought! I drew a cupcake template (or of course you could trace a cookie cutter or something, but you need 2 parts - the outline of the cupcake, and the "frosting" on top). I found some great cardstock at Hobby Lobby (the base looked/felt like an actual cupcake wrapper!) and I embellished the cupcake with some ribbon and sequins to match the Pinkalicious cupcakes from the book. The invite opened up just like a card, and I had all of the party details printed inside. I made a backdrop for the food table with large pink flowers and butterflies (a scene in the book) and it came out beautifully (all you need is some printed paper and some scissors!). The food was fun - all pink foods on one side, and green foods on the other to cure your "pinkitis." Surely there aren't many pink foods, right? Wrong - you can make plenty of foods pink with a little creativity. Pasta salad is always a go-to for me (I used regular penne, but then dyed a bunch of bowtie noodles with red food coloring, which came out pink). Because the party was for little kids, we also had strawberry applesauce, pink pudding, yogurt parfaits, etc. The greens were mostly veggies, fruits, chicken club wraps in green tortillas, guacamole, etc. Then there were desserts - lots and lots of desserts. I made some cookies to look like the pink cupcakes and I also made bouquets of marshmallow pops - always a favorite with kids. I usually don't post pics of the cakes, because I DON'T make them, however I design them (translation - I draw what I want on a piece of paper and I hand it to the Target bakery lady). I am always impressed with their finished product, and they always come out exactly as I hoped. I love doing cupcake cakes (see pic, that cake is made entirely out of individual cupcakes!) which is nice for serving purposes. Check out the pics below, and if you want some further menu ideas for this type of party, just email me. A lot of my party recipes are made ahead of time and they are very low maintenance the day of the event - my favorite kind of party food. And I can make an entire "dessert bar" in under 20 minutes - let me know if you want in on my secrets. :)
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AuthorI love writing romance novels, editing other people's novels, planning parties (heavy on the theme food!) and watching movies. Cooking has also become a passion of mine (because you can't have a proper party without food!) and I love finding new hobbies when I can squeeze them in. Archives
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