Birthday Treats!!

Hi S.,

When my daughter turned 1 in March I wanted to replace the traditional birthday cake with something fun and original. We did the Flower Power cupcakes and they came out sooooo cute! Not only that but with your daughter being 6 I bet she'd love to decorate them with you. My Aunt and I decorated them and we had a blast. Here's the link to Kraft's website for the recipe. Enjoy and happy birthday to your big girl!

http://www.kraftfoods.com/recipes/EspeciallyforKids/Desse...

I have always gone onto www.familyfun.go.com to get different and neat ideas. I would also ask the teacher--I brought in a pinata for my son's birthday when he turned 6. The kids loved it.

We did ice cream cones filled with kid trail mix (cereal, pretzels, mini cookies, M&Ms, etc.) We wrapped each cone in a baggy and tied with a ribbon. Very easy and they were a big hit. Good luck.

If you have the time, and a small enough class/patient teacher, you could make ice cream in a bag. Involved, but inventive:

http://www.momready.com/articles/content.asp?ID=90

Or if no time for DIY, you could bring in a cooler full of assorted Good Humor ice cream bars.

You can also do creative things with the cupcakes, like put a (non-toxic) toy on each one. I did that with plastic cars one year.

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My daughter was "character of the week" in her class. What I did was treat bags. I filled some with leius(sp?) and candies, and the other half with bubbles and candies, and little toys for the kids. Kids love that stuff. Hope this helps!!!

My, you have your hands full. I once did popcorn balls with happy birthday written in gel icing for my son. For added fun, have your six year old help!

Check out familyfun.go.com

How about jello? At Easter time, I bought egg shaped cup cake cups (foil) and I got the idea from the package, I made jello in them and my 4 year old loved them. The are the pefect sized portion for small kids. We topped them with a little whipped cream and then a few sprinkles, but that is optional of course.