Do you need to make festive Thanksgiving treats for your child’s Thanksgiving feast? Or do you just enjoy creating in the kitchen with your kids? I like to call it “Crafting in the Kitchen”. The bonus: you get to eat your creations. I am a sucker for an adorable themed holiday treat so I have decided to put together a list of our favorite cute treats.
1. Popcorn Ball Turkey is one of my very favorite Thanksgiving day edible creations. You need a wooden spoon, an oval or round wicker basket and your favorite popcorn ball recipe. First you will make the popcorn balls and wrap them individually in saran-wrap (we shape ours like corn cobs to make it even more festive). Next fill the basket with the balls. Then you will make a turkey face on the wooden spoon and insert it in the front of the basket. Add feathers to the back (we use lollipops in place of feathers for another edible pop of color and fun) and, ta-da, a turkey!
2. Pilgrim Hat Cookies. For this you need Keebler fudge striped cookies, large marshmallows, chocolate chips, a double broiler and yellow frosting (preferably in tube). Melt the chocolate. Cover a cookie sheet with tin foil and turn the cookies upside down. Dip the marshmallow in the chocolate and place it on the upside down cookie. Then put a small buckle on the front. All finished! Adorable pilgrim hats just in time for your party.
3. Ice Cream Cone Tee-pees are another fun treat to make for Thanksgiving. If you are feeling really ambitious you can even make your own cones. For these you can get really creative. Provide a variety of edible materials and let them go crazy! Show your little ones a few photos of tee-pees and maybe even include a story, such as The Very First Americans by Cara Ashrose.
4. This year I found this recipe for Pumpkin Pie Bites. Not only is it adorable, it sounds delicious. I can’t wait to add this to our list of yummy treats to make. I have added a link so that you can make them too.
5. Brownie Bite Boats. These could be turned into tiny Mayflowers. This can be done with brownie bites or you can cut brownies into the shape you want with a cookie cutter. We used a pretzel for the mast and a very large marshmallow cut in a triangle shape for the sail. A tiny piece of fruit roll-up is used as the flag at the top. They turned out so cute! The best part is they are completely edible.
These are adorable! My three-year-old’s become quite interested in cooking lately, so I have feeling this may be a go-to blog post for some Thanksgiving fun next week 🙂
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