In our home, "birthdays" mean a Friend Party, a Family Party, a Special Dinner and a Cake on Your Actual Birthday, and Treats for Classmates at School. My three kids and my husband all have birthdays within one month of each other. So, we eat a lot of cake between the middle of May and the middle of June!
This year my daughter asked me to make these adorable little sushi cupcakes to bring to school and share with the kids in her class (she had seen the idea in the Family Fun Crafts for Kids magazine).
These little cupcakes are so easy to make and the kids loved them! You use a cylinder cookie cutter to make the 'sushi' shaped cakes out of pound cake.
Wrap a piece of fruit roll-up around the middle. The fruit roll-up sticks to itself- the same way it does to the grooves in your kids' molars!
Frost with white icing and top with coconut, which looks like white rice.
I diced red jujubes, Swedish fish, gumdrops, and red licorice sliced on the diagonal to resemble real sushi toppings.
A whole class set of sweet sushi cakes fits nicely into a 9x13 pan. Apparently I have requests to make these again!
That took care of the Treats for Classmates at School portion of the birthday, next came the Friend Party.
This year, my daughter wanted to take five friends out for dinner at her favorite Chinese restaurant, and then enjoy a brownie bar and movie back at our house. The restaurant she chose is right out of the movie, A Christmas Story (Ralphie... you'll shoot your eye out)!
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| The Chinese restaurant from the movie A Christmas Story. |
The girls had a wonderful time! They had their own table for six, and my husband and I sat close by at our own table. Their conversations were hysterical!
I made loot bags out of Chinese food takeout cartons which I filled with all kinds of goodies for my daughter's friends.
I stuck hair accessories shaped like chopsticks through the top...
... and then printed takeout menus and taped them to the top of the cartons with a "thanks for coming to my party" message.
Everyone had a fantastic time!
That's the brief version of my nine year old's birthday!
My oldest daughter turns fifteen next week and she's planning a sleepover party with her girlfriends. I'm not sure who's coming, how long they're staying, or how this will impact our neighborhood garage sale in the morning, but I'm sure I'll find out soon.... I hope!
I'm joining Debbie's Newbie Party this week!
