2 Easy Party Recipes

For the second year in a row, I was a little nuts. I hosted a birthday party for Maggie’s friends (18 toddlers) at 3pm & immediately following, hosted a party with our family (30 people) at 6pm. It was chaos, but a lot of fun. My feeling is I’d rather clean my house & prep for one day of partying & clean up one giant mess than doing it all twice. The tough part is preparing food for both parties that morning. This year I made 2 things that were a big hit: 1 for the kids party & one for the family. Both are super easy & can be made in 5 minutes. Enjoy!

Dirt Cups:

You’ll hear more about the party’s theme tomorrow, but Maggie called it her “Simba party”. When I asked what we should eat at the party, she said “Bugs. Simba only eats bugs”. My mom used to make dirt cake in a beach pail every summer & it was always a hit. I decided to make it in little cups & have the spoons in them for easy toddler serving. It worked out great this way & the kids loved them! You can view a healthier/ organic version of “dirt” here. 

Simba’s Dirt Cups with Yummy Bugs:

Ingredients:

Instant chocolate pudding mix

Milk

Oreos

Large zip lock

Gummy bugs

Plastic cups 

Plastic spoons

Directions:

Mix instant pudding according to package. Pour immediately into plastic cups. Put oreos in zip lock & smash them. Sprinkle over the pudding in each cup. Stick gummy worms in each cup. Add spoons to the cups. Keep chilled. 

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