Mary Alice's Cooking Birthday Party

What do you get when you combine seven little girls, chef costumes, and a big mess? Great fun! It was finally time for Mary Alice's long awaited friend birthday party. (Sometimes we celebrate things a little late around here.) We had a wonderful time at her party, a "cooking party". So much fun!

She invited six little girls over for the occasion. We converted our living room into a cooking room by using a long church table covered with a red and white checked tablecloth. The girls got there one at a time, put on their cooking gear (paper chef hats and aprons) and washed their hands. I poured flour along the length of the table and gave each girl biscuit dough and a rolling pin. I showed them how to roll out their dough and how to keep it from being sticky by adding flour. This was a huge icebreaker. Any initial hesitancy of the kids was replaced by laughing kids who were LOVING this mess making adventure.!


After they made pizzas, we went outside and had an egg cracking relay race. I explained to each girl how to crack an egg . I was surprised at how many of them had never cracked an egg before! They were too cute, running back and forth and cracking eggs into bowls. Major even cracked an egg, and then proceeded to cry about the yucky yellow stuff that was all over his hands. It was great! Messy and fun!

After the egg cracking relay race, we came inside and the girls decorated their own cakes. Each cake was definitely an expression of each little girl's unique personality. They LOVED doing this! Once they finished icing their cakes, I pulled out the "decorations" (sprinkles, marshmallows, various candy) and writing gels and canned icing to make flowers. Major even joined in on the fun, but mostly just poked his finger into his cake and ate it a little at a time.

After the cake decorating, the kids at their pizzas and cooked up a special drink. We gave each little girl a cup of ginger ale and a bag of Pop Rocks to mix with it. This was much the same effect of Diet Coke and Mentos, but with more sound effects. The girls thouroughly enjoyed their special drinks.

We finished celebrating by singing Happy Birthday and eating Mary Alice's stove cake. This birthday party was a great success! I highly recommend a cooking party to anyone wanting to have a fun filled party for their kiddoes. It was messy, which is the best kind of fun! Today Major asked me when we are going to have Mary Alice's Birthday party again. That is exactly how I feel. Throwing parties is so much fun, much more fun than Blogger, who will only let me post a few pictures.