Star War's Party ... The food continues

A few more easy food items to show you before we go onto the cupcakes!  My amazing friend April who always helps me with my crazy party planning ideas helped me made SIX yes that is right 6 character cupcakes.  We made Yoda, Princess Leia, Ewok's, Storm Troopers, R2D2 and Darth Vader.  I leave you with that teaser for today, that you will see all those works of art tomorrow.

Today we look at a few of the other food ideas that were easy to do and made the party!  For the awesome Star War's Food Labels a big Thanks goes to I'm Topsy Turvy if you go to her FB page and become a friend she has in her top bar a option that says Star War's Food Labels were you can download them for FREE (it even comes with a blank one so you can write one she may not have on there).   She also has Lego Star War's invites on there if you want!  YES she rock's like that!

Now onto my food journey!

We start with Light Saber - Chocolate covered Pretzel Rods.  This is a simple 3 item's to make.  I used the large pretzel rods for the table and Cole little helper used the little rods that we ended up using in the gift bags everyone took home!  For the table I used Red, gift bags we used blue and green.  Wilton (@ Walmart - can I say again how much I LOVE Walmart carries Wilton) had a special green that was flavored Key Lime.  I used that since the color was perfect!

Here's the mini one's Cole did for the gift bags:

What You Need:

Pretzel Rods (Found in Craft Stores or Dollar Tree)

Wilton Melts (I used Red, Blue & Green - Found at Craft Stores or Walmart)

Bags & Ties (if you want to give in gift bags)

Melt your Wilton Melts in the microwave, I found for that 1 1/2 minutes is all you need for a full bag but BECAREFUL as you saw in my post a few Christmas ago it IS possible to burn Chocolate!  When you pull out of microwave give the chocolate a stir to make it smooth.  I then dipped the pretzel rods into the chocolate and made sure all side's were coated.  I put on my Silpat sheet on a cookie sheet and put in the fridge to harden up.  If you're in a hurry you can always put in the freezer (I do that when I'm using the melts in molds and need a lot done).  If you want you can pick up some small clear bags with ties at the dollar tree (40 pk for $1) to add the small ones to a gift bag.

Next on the list was the Yoda Soda.  And like how I rolled with most of this party this is ONLY two items to make!  I found this all over Pinterest but no one listed what you needed. That was until I went to Make and Take's and found this simple recipe!

What You Need:

1 Container - Lime Sherbet 

1 2 litter -Sprite

Mix the two items together let melt a bit and it is yummy goodness!  I put mine in a container with spout thinking it would be easier to clean up then a punch bowl with a spoon.  As long as you make sure the spout is closed your good.  OH yes we had a mini clean up on isle 2 (just couldn't resist the pun).

I also had the Light Saber Fruit roll-ups, that you saw on my post here (click the link for directions on how to make).

Space Rocks or can be called Space Fish.  I used Space Rocks sine the label I had was already printed, this was just some colored Gold Fish ... EASY.

Edible Ewok's that is another simple one, just put some gummy bears in a bowl!  I know I rock, save the applause until the end please ... hehe.

Darth Vader Cookies or Wookie Cookie Crumbs.  AGAIN I used the name Darth Vader Cookies because that was a label I had already printed and I was just rolling with it.  This is just some Oreo cookies crumbled, not too crumbled either broke up into half or thirds.

Princess Leia Rolls - NOW my plan was to make homemade cinnamon rolls Saturday AM.  But when the AM came around I could barely keep my head above water so I used store bought one's which did make me a little crazy since I hate to use anything store bought if I could make it myself, but I had to go with what I had.  And good thing I ended up throwing away most of them, no one ate them :(.

Gift Bags - Most of you who know me know I hate doing gift bags especially full of candy or crap toys from the dollar store.  I did put this one together because it was simple and we had so many freaking cupcakes.  It was very simple and something nice for them to take home.

What You Need-

Gift Bags (Picked up Pk 10 for $1 at Dollar Tree)

Star War's Fruit Snacks (8 pack at Fred Meyer $1)

Light Saber Pretzel Rods (gave 2 each)

Cupcake (In a cup and in a bag - for easy transport)

Put all the items in the gift bag and you're done.  You can add a cute saying like let the Force be with You or you can print a Star War's Label and glue on each bag (I found a ton of free printables on Pinterest you could use).

Re-Cap of the Food:

Thanks for stopping by, if you're looking for more Star War's Themed items here is what I've done so far:

Light Saber Invites

Yoda RSVP's
Edible Ewok Gummies

Princess Leia Cookies - Cupcake Toppers
Chocolate Darth Vader - Cupcake Toppers
Light Saber Napkin Wraps
Light Saber Fruit Roll-Ups
Pool Noodle Light Saber Tuturial
Yodalicious Apple
Death Star Watermelon

Jabba Jiggler's
TIE Fighter's
Owi-Wan Kabob-ie Fruit Kabobs

May the 4th be with you :)

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Star War's Party ... Food - Jabba Jigglers, Obi-Wan Kabob-ie Kabobs & Tie Fighters

Well we talked about the craziness at the pool yesterday's post for the party so let's go on to the food made!  Here are a few really simple recipes to make that are right on point for the theme!

We start with TIE Fighter's, 3 ingredients and you have the coolest little finger food!  I found a picture on Clean and Scentsible for TIE Fighters.   She had a little blurb on how to do it, I'll break it down below to give you a better idea for those not visual like me.

Items Needed:

100 calorie Oreo wafer cookie packs

mini marshmallows

chocolate 

Alexis Note: I had black chocolate melted left over from Princess Leia Ears but you can use white or even any frosting.

Dip one end of a mini marshmallow into the chocolate press onto a wafer cookie.  I used a small spoon (actually a baby spoon) to add another drop onto chocolate on the end of the marshmallow the is facing up (see picture).  Press another wafer onto this side of the marshmallow.  You have a wafer on each side of a marshmallow (see picture).  Done, I told you it was easy!

Next was the Jabba Jigglers, make green jello and you are done.  I know it's freaking so easy! I found a picture on Bringing up Burn's Blog for Jabba Jigglers.  She had her jello cut up into small cups.  I found mini cups at the dollar store that came with lids.  I just poured the jello into these cups and bam ready to go and easy to transport!

What You Need:

Small Cups (Found at Dollar Tree - cups with lids 15 for $1)

Green Jello

Water (Hot & Cold according to the box)

Make the green (lime) jello according to the package.  I then poured it right into the small cups added the lids, put into the fridge to set up.  All done, I swear I found the coolest things that are the easiest to make!

And we end with Obi-Wan Kabob-ie Kabob's, 3 items and your darn!  See I told you all super simple!  Last on Sweet Craft Cakes (found on the Catch My Party) did a Star War's party for these Obi-Wan Kabob-ie Kabob's.  FOR the life of me I couldn't find the post that had the picture I found on pinterest and instructions.  All the ones on pinterest were just the picture no link (AND you know that is so my pet peeve ... lol).  So I took the picture and ran with it.

What You Need:

Grapes (you can use green & red)

Strawberries

Wood (bambo) kabob Skewers

Wash your grapes and strawberries.  Take a skewer and add grapes I think we added about 6 grapes we had some large grapes (Cole actually did all these for me, love that little guy).  I then cut off the stems and added to each end (you want the point of the fruit pointing outwards (see picture).  Cole was able to whip these all out in about 15 minutes.  I used only red grapes, you could alternate red and green if you would like.  I bought 1 big bag of grapes and 2 boxes of strawberries, and we made I think about 15.

And my friend Brenda at Chatting Over Chocolate reminded me that I had the party on May 4th which just happened to be .... MAY the 4th Be With You .... hehe oh yes I planned it like that. LOL yup I take all credit.

Recap of Today's Projects:

Thanks for stopping by, if you're looking for more Star War's Themed items here is what I've done so far:

Light Saber Invites

Yoda RSVP's
Edible Ewok Gummies

Princess Leia Cookies - Cupcake Toppers
Chocolate Darth Vader - Cupcake Toppers
Light Saber Napkin Wraps
Light Saber Fruit Roll-Ups
Pool Noodle Light Saber Tuturial
Yodalicious Apple
Death Star Watermelon

May the 4th be with you :)

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Star War's Party has been blasted off into space ...

We came, we saw, we concurred and took down Jabba!  The party was a hit, well at least I hope so!  I'm exhausted and need to go through all the pictures to show the last few items that were made for the party.  So I thought I'd give you a recap of our party!

For you who follow me on FB know that on Monday I found out through a friend (NOT the pool) that the pool was closed.  2 days of calling and finally got a human.  I was told the had a problem with the roof and it SHOULD be fixed on Thursday but no guarantee's.  MIND you I rented this room about a month and a half ago the pool I did during open swim and would just pay for each person!  So I called the pool on the other side of town (Both Part of Metro Parks).  They had availability and if I needed to switch I would have to pay the difference for the room there.  Thursday I call to see how the roof is doing to find out it was a PUMP. They installed it and the temp is not up but should be by Thursday.  Oh and by the way Saturday is our FREE swim day.  So I say well since I don't have to pay for the kids I'll just book the room another hour to give me set up time.

Saturday get the pool to find a LINE out the door ... oh yes everyone and their mother is there to swim for FREE.   CRAP (well worse words came to mind but you get the jest).  People where being turned away ... I think some of our guest may have been turned away. 

I get in the room don't even get a moment to say hi to people because I'm decorating (thankfully I was able to get in there a 1/2 hour early).  PLUS I still needed to tie bows on the cupcake (in a cup w/ the bag) and finish up a few other details.  THANK God for my Best Friend Amy and my mom busting this out for me!  20 minutes before the pool open swim is to end a manager comes in to greet me.  Odd never done this in the 4 years we've done this.  WELL she then tells me someone else rented the room!!  The lady is in the front screaming that I NEED to get out!!!

Come to find out they double booked the room BUT the lady just reserved it that Wednesday!  I repeated over and over that I had done this in advance and I WAS not leaving the room.  I had to give up some chairs and tables! I was so upset the manager made me come out there to confront this woman.  They should have saw who rented first and be done with it.  INSTEAD they put her in the hallway and when my guest had to walk by her guest (which they barely left a walk way) they made comments and nasty looks.  OH yes it was fun NOT.  I'm supposedly getting a refund, we'll see on that!

So our party was a little cramped, a ton of people didn't show up which was really a bummer but over all the food and cupcakes got high marks and everyone had smiles so it was worth it!

And some pictures!

Some shots of the food and the labels!

Kids and Food

Present time!!

And some special food made by my friend April

Yoda Apple

Yodalicious Apple...

1 Large Green Apple
1 Mini Marshmallow
Black Edible Pen
Peanut Butter
1 Tooth Pick

Take the apple and cut off the back bottom side to get it to tilt back just a bit.  Save these scraps to cut out the ears, eye lids, and mouth. Shape ears using a knife. Break a tooth pick in half and attached them in the apple with that.   Cut out the other face details with a knife or kitchen scissors and attach them on with peanut butter.  My friend used edible pen to make the black of eyes but you could use mini chocolate chips.

We found this idea for Yodalicious Apple on Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons.

A BIG thanks to my friend April for doing this!  Sorry no step by pictures I had to leave her house at 11pm after the cupcake decorating so I could get up at 5am the next morning (Saturday) for work and then get ready for the party. 

Death Star Watermelon

My Amazing friend April who did the Shark watermelon last year, did a Death Star Watermelon this year for Cole.  We couldn't find instructions so she just ran with the picture we found on Makezine's Website.  She used a sharp knife and a few tools for cake decorating to make the carvings and the opening.  I think it turned out GREAT.  it was a huge hit with the kids.

And the food Table!

So it was busy and a bit of craziness but Cole kept telling me thank you!

I promise food details to come tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by, if you're looking for more Star War's Themed items here is what I've done so far:

Light Saber Invites

Yoda RSVP's
Edible Ewok Gummies

Princess Leia Cookies - Cupcake Toppers
Chocolate Darth Vader - Cupcake Toppers
Light Saber Napkin Wraps
Light Saber Fruit Roll-Ups
Pool Noodle Light Saber Tuturial

May the 4th be with you :)

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Star War's Party ... R2D2 and C3PO Water Bottles

Rick came home today so I didn't have a lot of free time to do a long project so I thought I'd get the water bottles done.  This was a simple one since all I had to do was glue some paper onto the bottles.  I did two different water bottles.  The R2D2 FREE template was found on Pink Peppermint Blogger.  I then did the C3PO FREE template found on I'm Topsy Turvy (you have to like her FB page once accepted you will see FREE Star War's Food Templates this is on the back page.  I'll show the other's later).

I didn't want to waste our ink so I took the files over to my local print shop and had her print them for me, quick easy and cheap!

What you Need:

Water Bottles (You can find a 6 pk at Dollar Tree for $1)

Card Stock (to print the templates on)

Glue

I took the labels off the water bottles just made for a clean look.  I took my creative memories paper cutter and cut all the strips down.  Caden actually glued for me and it took a second just to hold it to make sure it is secure, then you're DONE!

I'm pooped plus I found out the pool we are having the party on Saturday is having a roof problem and may not be open.  YUP just a tiny freak out right now!  Did find another pool part of the same organization on the other side of the city that we can do.  LORD be with me if I need to call everyone with a new location!!

Thanks for stopping by, if you're looking for more Star War's Themed items here is what I've done so far:

Light Saber Invites

Yoda RSVP's & Ewok Gummies

Princess Leia Cookies & Chocolate Darth Vader - Cupcake Toppers
Light Saber Napkin Rings & Fruit Roll-Ups
Pool Noodle Light Saber Tuturial

May the force be with you :)

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Star War's Party .... Pool Noodle Light Saber Tutorial

We are onto the next step of our Star War's Themed party.  Since we will be having the party at the local pool what better then pool noodles and heck even better themed like Light Saber's!!  I saw several different pictures on Pinterest but not really a tutorial.  That was until I typed in Tutorial bam ... lol.  I found Fussy Monkey Business had a great tutorial and pictures to help me figure out what I needed to do.  I'm so a picture person if you haven't figured that out by now ... lol

What You Need:

Pool Noodle

Knife (I used scissors)

Tape Measure

SHARP Scissors

Silver Duct Tape (I wish I used the shiny silver it was more expensive)

Black Electrical Tape (this is a must don't try black duct tape like I did at first)

You will want to measure your pool noodles and cut them in half using your knife (I used my scissors and eyeballed it, something I just give up on being perfect). Then you can begin taping.  Add one piece on top of noodle (covering only half on the end - see picture), Snip to the edge and overlap, all the way around each side.  Smooth bottom of pool noodle, repeat to completely cover the end.   Turn noodle on it's side and begin taping around, making sure to keep it close to the bottom of the edge.  Make sure you keep the edges lined up when you go around.  Overlap just slightly for the next row of tape.  She used 3 rows of tape, I opted for 4 rows of tape. That seemed to be the right amount for the hilt.  Cut your black electrical tape.  I made two rows of black on the bottom and then cut strips to put on the hilt.  I eyeballed the measurements ... you can always measure them :).

I thought it would be easy to cut black duct tape into strips

OK stop laughing, it didn't work so well.

Thankfully I found electrical tape in the man cave.

This really is a pretty easy thing to do, the ONLY hard part is I bought like 11 noodles so I have 22 of these to make (you cut the noodle in half ... this is also the only site I saw that did that and I think that is pretty darn cool more bang for your buck!

Thanks for stopping by, if you're looking for more Star War's Themed items here is what I've done so far:

Light Saber Invites

Yoda RSVP's & Ewok Gummies

Princess Leia Cookies & Chocolate Darth Vader - Cupcake Toppers
Light Saber Napkin Rings & Fruit Roll-Ups

May the force be with you :)

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Star War's Party ... Light Saber Napkin Rings & Fruit Roll ups!

We are now in full on party planning mode!  I am trying to make all the small things now so I can be done before Friday and only have to worry about decorating cupcakes and the things that can't be made days ahead of time!  I found this awesome FREE printable for a Light Saber Napkin Wraps on Catch my party. Then when I was planning this party on Pinterest I came across Light Saber Fruit Roll-ups on A New Dawnn that she used the printable from Catch my party to make.  Score 2 for 1 is what I'm talking about!  I went to kinko's and printed the free printable (to save my ink at home).  And this was a pretty simple project.

Light Saber Napkin Wraps

Napkins - red, blue, lime green or purple (use all one color or a variety)
Cardstock - either a medium gray tone or white
Paper cutter or scissors
Tape - regular or double sided or Glue

Silverware - this is optional but does make it easier to keep the napkins in the shape of a lightsaber

Step 1 Print lightsaber handle image on cardstock and cut out with a paper cutter or scissors.  You can download the lightsaber file here (this a link to their website). There are 6 handle wraps per page.

Step 2 Place silverware in a stack about an inch from the edge of the napkin.  Silverware should hang down past the bottom of the napkin. Fold the napkin over the silverware and continue flipping the silverware until it is completely rolled up. Without silverware simply roll the napkin up.

Step 3 With the napkin edge facing up, place the printed lightsaber handle half way over the napkin and wrap it around the bottom of the napkin.  The bottom of the handle should cover the bottom of the silverware.

Next on my list to do was the fruit roll up which was was pretty darn easy!

Light Saber Fruit Roll-ups

Fruit Roll-ups (make sure the full length my first box was the mini's)

Red Crepe Paper

Tape or Glue

Cardstock - either a medium gray tone or white
Paper cutter or scissors

Step 1 Wrap each fruit roll-up in red crepe paper starting at the top all the way down to the bottom. 

Step 2 With a little trimming place the printed lightsaber handle at the bottom of roll-up and close with a little glue or tape.

I was hoping to get the Light Saber Pool Noodles done but ran out of steam, so those will have to go up on Tuesday's post.  

Recap of today's projects:

Links to what has been done so far:

Light Saber Invites

Yoda RSVP's & Ewok Gummies

Princess Leia Cookies & Chocolate Darth Vader - Cupcake Toppers

May the force be with you :)

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Star War's Party ... Princess Leia Cookies & Chocolate Darth Vader - Made into Cupcake Toppers

And we end this week of treats for Cole's class with the cupcakes made.  NOW don't worry we still have the actual party to come and that will be more post of we have Light Saber Napkins, Light Saber Fruit Roll ups, Light Saber Pool Noodles, Light Saber Pretzels, Wookie Cookies, Storm troop Cupcakes, Jabba Jigglers, Space Ship Watermelon and whatever else I can fit into these next two weeks. 

So now  on to the cupcakes made for the class. I thought it would be fun to do two different kinds one for Boys and one for Girls.  I bought a Darth Vader mold of amazon so I had that already to go for the boys cupcakes.  But for the girls I saw really cute Princess Leia Cookies on Favor's by Lauren's on her Etsy site.  Now her's totally rock and look professional, mine are cute for a class party ... lol.  Let's just say I have to master my skills on this one.  I do plan on making them again for the party in 2 weeks so we'll see how those turn out.

I made the homemade yellow cake mix recipe I'm not going to put it here again since I've already done 2x you probably are sick of seeing the recipe ... hehe.  I took half and dyed it black and left the other the white/yellow.  I wanted to do a black and white cupcake kind of like the good vs evil.  

What you Need:

homemade yellow cake mix recipe (or your favorite or boxed)

Black Gel Food Coloring (Wilton's)

Cupcake Liners

Fill cupcakes 1/3 with white/yellow and then top with a 1/3 black.  Mine came out a little funny looking but hey it's still fun!

Next on the list to make was the chocolate Darth Vader's.  This one of the most simplest things I did for these cupcakes.  I swear by Wilton's Candy Melts, you can find them at Walmart, Target or Michael's for around $2 to $2.50.  They melt the best and easy to work with.

What you Need:

Darth Vader Silicone Mold

Candy Melts (black)

I put the melts in the microwave for about 1 1/2 minutes, don't let them burn!  Stir them around and then put a glob in your greased mold (I use cooking spray). You can put in the fridge for 1/2 to 1 hour or if a hurry like I usually am put in freezer for 10 minutes.  Be careful when taking out of the mold, they can break!

I used the Darth Vader's on top of the cupcakes I frosted with the white so they would pop.

Next on the list was my most challenging one yet!  These Princess Leia cookies look so easy.  WELL that could be the case if you found white chocolate dipped oreo's which I DID NOT.  Then the darn hair was a pain in the butt!  I think the more I practice the better mine will look.  But for a first attempt I say not bad!

I also made a version where I just drew the hair on

SOOO much easier and I think she is cute :)

What you Need:

Oreo's - White chocolate dipped if you can find them

White Candy Melts / Almond Bark - if you can't find the chocolate dipped oreo's

Mini Oreo's

Black Candy Melts

Wilton's Black Licorice Strings

Wilton's Edible Pens (MUST be the Candy Melt Version)

1. Dipped Oreo's in melted almond bark or White Candy Melts (IF you can't find white chocolate coated Oreo's).  Put on a silicone mat in fridge to firm up.  
2. Dip a mini Oreo in melted black candy melts.  Put on a silicone mat in fridge to firm up.  
3. When White Chocolate is firm, Add the licorice strings for the hair. I added a dab of chocolate to hold them down and just made it look like hair.
4. When the licorice is set, put in fridge if you need to help firm up.
5. Add a dab of frosting to the chocolate covered mini Oreo.  Add one to each side of the face (to resemble buns).
6. When everything has set up, take a edible Pen, use black to make eyes and red to make the mouth (you can make a heart and it's a cute mouth).

Here is step by step.  LOT's of steps!

Click on picture to enlarge and help :)

ALEXIS Notes: NEXT I will use white melts instead of almond bark, melts nice and looks cleaner. Also NEXT time I will use some gel food coloring to make little swirls on the black mini Oreo's to resemble the buns in her hair.

There you go it was a lot of work but the kids really did enjoy them and it helped me do a practice run for the actual party.  I did the cupcake in the clear cup (dollar tree 10 for $1) idea again and put it in the clear bags I found at the dollar tree (25 pk for $1).  I have come to the thinking that this is the best way to serve cupcakes for parties!

Here's a recap of what I did :).

Again click the picture if you need it will help to see details.

For the invites and RSVP's I made click HERE

Have a GREAT day!

May the Force be with You!!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.