Monday, April 16

Little Man Mustache Bash Food and Menu

Well, this party was a lot of fun to cook for!  I tried to keep the foods "little" and "manly" to go with our theme.


(Love the backdrop? Tutorial HERE.)

The main food was "little man burgers." Unfortunately they didn't get photographed (although we did something similar at Finley's first birthday party) but they were little sliders on Hawaiian rolls.  We had Buffalo (chicken, buffalo sauce and blue cheese), Hawaiian (BBQ sauce and pineapple on chicken), Cheeseburgers and Burgers with lettuce and tomato.  Totally cute.  We also had cute little pigs in a blanket which I did remember to photograph.  These went quick--I should have made more!


I kept seeing this idea float around Pinterest--little crudites in individual cups!  They were bright, easy to eat and little.  And the little bow tie on the cup made me smile. Sol sweetly cut up red pepper, carrots, celery, zucchini and added a snap pea.  I saw lots of recipes for fancy dips--but I used a fun Parmesan Ranch Peppercorn from Wegman's.


This was one of the times I thought I was real clever--pretzel walking sticks! Let me tell you--they were a HUGE hit with the under three crowd. Finley and his pal Margaret kept begging us for more.



I used my Silhouette to cut out the mustaches for these cups as well as the bow ties above.  And the cute stripey straws are from DKDelektables--if you are looking for party stuff, they were SO great to work with!



This cake was loads of fun to make and even more fun to eat.  I used this mustache cake mold from Amazon--good news, you can also make Jello in it!  Sol would not let me make Jello.



The cake and cupcakes are my FAVORITE cake recipe from Smitten Kitchen.  It's a lot of work to make, but so so good.



Victoria sweetly made and shipped us these sugar cookies.  Aside from being the cutest things in the ENTIRE world, they made me take back every mean thing I've ever said about sugar cookies.  Even without chocolate, I loved them.  Thanks Vic!


And the favors were these silly lollipops.



Such a fun party!  That officially concludes the posts about mustaches.  And just in time--Finley's third birthday party is Saturday!  Get ready for some sailboat pictures.



In case you missed it... here are the Mustache Bash Decorations and a party overview. All decorations can be bought on Etsy.

12 comments:

  1. um, are you serious? adorable and also, hilarious chocolate molds.

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  2. YUM.

    I feel like I need to verify that the cake recipe should be a favorite. Could you just package a couple of those cupcakes up and ship them my way? Great, thanks.

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  3. Way fun! Did Braden eat his cake?

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  4. Really cute...love the backdrop, and the cute names for everything. Also love how you have him holding a "B" so you can see the size difference. I know a lot of people that take pics every month, but with the "B" you can really see the growth.

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  5. Doing a similar party this weekend...LOVE IT. How did you make the walking sticks? :)

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    1. Pretzels dipped in chocolate then covered with sprinkles! Very easy. :)

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  6. Love the cups you put the veggies in! How did you apply the bow tie to the clear cups?

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    1. They are little stickers--check Etsy and you may find someone selling some!

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  7. Hi I was just wondering what do you call that paper backdrop?? I would love to buy something like that! Did you DIY?

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    1. Tutorial here: http://www.solandrachel.com/2012/09/papergarland.html

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  8. what did you use to stick the lollipops in the hold them up?

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