Looking for some food ideas for a first birthday party...?

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Ginna

I'm doing a garden theme at a community center. I wanted to do something for the kids attending with their meal in a mini picnic basket. So I'm thinking PB&J cut into flowers and butterflies wrapped in wax paper.

For the adults I thought chicken and egg salad finger sandwiches, or maybe turkey club, and a soup.

I have a delicious chicken wing soup to make but I'm boy sure its good for everyone's palette.

Any other ideas?
I do know of nut allergies and will have sunbutter also as I know that is what those children substitute.

There's also ciliacs disease. So gluten free suggestions are appreciated too.

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I'm planning a first birthday party too! Since our baby is only 1, the party is really for the guests, some of whom will be adults and some with be smaller children. I was thinking of doing a cupcake theme and having the kids make, bake, and then decorate their own cupcakes. I was thinking that it would be neat to take all the cupcakes that the kids made and place them together to form a number 1 - this will serve as the birthday cake for the baby. Then the kids can eat the cupcake that they just made. Add in some cookies, chips, fruits, and punch, and food for the kids is pretty much taken care of. I'm going to carry the cupcake theme to the invites and mail out one of these cupcake invitations: http://www.babycachet.com/Birthday_Invitations_with_Cupcakes_s/306.htm

For the adults, I was thinking of some thing unusual for food - maybe a platter of sushi - and some safer options like small sandwiches or pizza.

Do you HAVE to give out birthday party favor gift bags?

k9copsgrl

I'm doing a butterfly theme for my twins 4th, and it is expensive already! (However, I did get the butterfly invitations and decorations from a dollar store, and am embellishing the invitations with my own crafting as well) but we are getting a huge piñata which will have to be stuffed, and in the giant piñata not only will there be candy but balloons, some of the balloons will have "winner" paper inside them so there will be a small prize, (not to mention the cute bags that will have to be handed out for the kids to put their piñata candy in, "pin the dot decoration on the butterfly" game, I am doing these things for "thank you for coming" as people are leaving (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjDavsxpo4pzQzhRXC9PfsMbjgfiWwpVpIBh5KaUhsLaMvXvTIrd_LX7-DhvTpAViovjNhv9XtjqIYGGCshRxK4qNCwvg-IoaR3QcpboEhb89oLV4FwUh1AiuWG_PE5UBw-8WvHfAXhfr/s1600/DSC_0143.JPG) there will be a bouncy house rented too, not to mention 2 cakes (twins are 2 seperate kids after all!) and food. This is my first party to put together and yikes! would this one thing I ask be awful? I swear there were no such things as gift bags when I was a kid! :|
CRAP, wrong catagory! Well I'm gonna ask this in the other catagory I *thought* I clicked on LOL

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No, you don't. You are doing quite enough - they are only 4, don't get carried away, that's more than enough already.

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