Tween Birthday Party Ideas: Cooking Party

What's the recipe for the perfect tween birthday party?

1 cup independence
1 cup hands-on, messy fun
6 cups deliciousness

Tweens will love this cooking themed birthday party where they will be able to really dig their hands in, create, compete and above all enjoy food and crafts of their own creation. From recipe-card invitations, cooking games, and fun favors this guide will give you all you need for a truly delicious tween birthday party!

Tween Birthday: Party Invitations
Recipe-card inspired invitations are sure to excite. Purchase pre-made recipe cards at paper store with matching envelopes or make your own with these easy to follow instructions.

Makes 18 Invitations:

Supplies:
18 Large Blank Index Cards
18 Matching Envelopes (available at paper or office supply stores)
Colored Pens
Puffy Paint

Instructions:
1. At the top of the horizontal card write: Mattie's Favorite Recipe: A Super-Tasty 11th Birthday Party!! (insert your own birthday boy or girl's name of course!)
2. Using the ruler create lines on the rest of the card.
3. On the top half list the ingredients such as: 1 Birthday Girl, 12 Best Friends, and a Ton of Chocolate!!
4. On the bottom half list the instructions such as: 1. On Saturday July 17th at 1pm 2. Come to Mattie's House 3. RSVP 4. Get ready for a cooking and eating extravaganza!
5. Using the puffy paint create "spills" to make the invite look like real recipe-card. Draw small arrows and label what kind of spill they are such as brown fudge stains, or red strawberry sauce.
Tween Birthday: At the Party
At the party you will want to divide your guests into three to four groups. A fun way to decide this would be to draw silverware the spoons are one team, forks another, and knives another (just make sure you use dull butter knives!)