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Scooby Doo
Scooby's Personal Pizza
Where ever Scooby and Shaggy are there is sure to be pizza somewhere nearby.
1 cup pizza sauce
8 bagels, split, or 8 English muffin halves, toasted
2 cups shredded mozzarella or Cheddar cheese (8 ounces)
Assorted Toppings
Heat oven to 425 degrees.
Spread 1 tablespoon pizza sauce over each bagel half. Sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon of the cheese.
Arrange toppings on sandwiches. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 5 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Makes 8 servings
Shaggy's Monster Cookie
Topping a giant cookie with whipped cream, walnuts, coconut and candy makes a fun dessert pizza!
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 package (12-ounce size) miniature semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
1 cup sweetened whipped cream
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup flaked or shredded coconut, toasted
1/2 cup candy-coated chocolate candies.
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in flour and baking soda (dough will be stiff).
Stir in chocolate chips.
Spread or pat dough in ungreased 12-inch pizza pan or on cookie sheet. Bake about 15 minutes or until golden brown; cool in pan.
Just before serving, spread cookie with whipped cream. Top with walnuts, coconut and candies. Cut into wedges. Immediately refrigerate any remaining cookie after serving.
Makes 16 servings.
Chicken Fingers
Every kids favorite!
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut crosswise into 1 1/2-inch strips
Heat oven to 425ºF. Melt butter in rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches, in oven.
Mix flour, paprika, salt and pepper. Coat chicken with flour mixture. Toss with melted butter in pan.
Bake uncovered 15 minutes. Turn chicken strips; bake 10 to 15 minutes longer or until no longer pink in center.
Makes 6 servings.
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Have child stand over a jar with a somewhat small opening (depending on child's age). Let them have 10 clothespins or better yet dog biscuits shaped like bones, and see how many they can put in the jar by dropping them as they stand straight up. |
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Balloon Ghosts
- 11" black latex balloons
- White plastic tablecovers (1 rectangular tablecover will make 4 ghosts)
- White Curling Ribbon
Inflate a balloon. Cut the tablecover into 4 equal pieces. Drape the tablecover over the balloon, leaving the tied end of the balloon on top. Cut a small slit in the top of tablecover and push the tied end through. Mark and carefully cut out eye holes. Attach to the ceiling with curling ribbon. Your ghosts will come to life as the wind moves them as people walk by.
Blue's Clues
Throwing a great party is no mystery
when you've got the clues!
Food and Drink
Serve anything blue- blue fruit roll ups, blue jello jigglers, blue Kool aid, cookies shaped like a clue with blue frosting.
Puppy Chow
9 cups Chex Cereal
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 Cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1Ê 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Place cereal in a large bowl.
Place chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter in medium microwave safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH 1-1/2 minutes or until smooth when stirred. Stir in vanilla. Pour chocolate mixture over cereal, stirring until all pieces are evenly coated.
Pour mixture into large plastic bag with powdered sugar, shake until pieces are coated. Spread on waxed paper to cool.
Store in airtight container in refrigerator.
Makes about 9 cups.
Paw Print Cake
Make a round cake for the main portion and cupcakes
for the paw pads. Frost with blue frosting.
Fun and Games
Pin the Flag on the Mailbox
Cut out a mailbox from construction paper. Cut out enough flags for each child.
Blindfold each child and see who can come the closest to putting the flag on the mailbox.
The children will be amazed as they watch the mixture turn from dry to wet and slowly turn blue
Mystery Balloons
Supplies- plenty of blue balloons, cut out paw prints from Blue construction paper, assorted party favors
Hide an assortment of party favors within a designated area.
Write clues on printed paw about where a
certain party favor is located. Depending on the age group, you could either write words or draw simple pictures.
Roll the paw prints up and gently slip them inside an unflated balloon.
Blow the balloons up with air and hang them on the walls for a decoration.
When you are about to start the game, have a child choose a balloon off the wall and pop it by sitting or stomping on it. (some children my need help)
Tell the children to use the clue on the paw print to find the missing party favor.
More Blues Clues Games
Blue's Bubble Pictures
Supplies- tablet of drawing paper, blue food coloring, bubbles
This activity needs to be done out doors.
Add the blue food coloring to the bubble mixture.
Have a sheet of white drawing paper for each child. Have one or more adults blow bubbles and instruct each child to try to catch them on their sheet of paper. As the bubbles pop they make a design on the paper. See who can come close to making a paw print or how many paw prints they can make.
Hint: You can make your own bubble liquid by mixing 1/2 Cup Dawn dishwashing liquid, 5 cups of water and 2 tablespoons of glycerin (available at drug stores). Stir (donÕt shake) the ingredients until thoroughly mixed
Blue Magic
This is an activity that everyone will enjoy. Let each child make their own "magic". This activity would be best outside or in the kitchen.
Supplies- Blue food coloring, cornstarch, sealable sandwich bags
Directions:
Pour 1 cup cornstarch into the sandwich bag.
Add blue food coloring to 1/4 cup of water.
Slowly add 1/4 cup of water mixed to the cornstarch.
Carefully press the excess air out of the sandwich bag and seal it shut.
Instruct each child to gently knead the sandwich bag until the mixture is well blended and smooth, but not to puncture the bag.
NEMO
Celebrate your birthday Under the Sea with Finding Nemo! |
Decorating Ideas
Drape some fish netting in corners of the room or across table tops for that nautical look. Add shells, cut out fish,old shoes, anything you would find underwater
Use balloons such as the Sparkle Fish Balloon above to mark the party spot; hang them on the mailbox, near the front door, or tie them to the birthday child's chair to mark the seat of honor. Place balloons anywhere that strikes your fancy. The more the better! Use push pins to hang blue crepe paper along the ceiling, making it look like you are "underwater. Use real goldfish in bowls as table decorations FOOD AND DRINK
Seashells and Cheese Octopus-dogs - Cut hotdog in half so you have two equal lengths. Slice halfway up four times so you have 8 dangling sections. Place in boiling water and watch them curl up like arms! Serve with ketchup Use sea creature shaped cookie cutters to shape cheese and PB&J sandwiches Serve Pepperidge Farm Gold fish
Gummy worms
Cookies in the shape of fish or starfish
Jell-O mold in the shape of a jellyfish (jellofish!) Sea Water Drinks-Use blue food coloring to turn apple juice a blue-green color Hawaiian punch Fish-shaped ice cubes
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Crab races- Kids race on all fours like a crab |
Blow bubbles
Pin the Fin on the Shark
Bingo=Ocean Bingo
Duck, Duck, Goose=Fish, Fish, Shark
Hot Potato=Pinching Crab
Go Fishing in a small kiddie pool filled with prizes
Do a Pool Side Ring Toss by placing items in a kiddie pool
Dig for Prizes in the sandbox
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The incredible Hulk
Celebrate your birthday with the most powerful man-like creature to walk the Earth!
Decorating Ideas
Spread your Incredible Hulk tablecover on your party table. If your child has any theme-related toys, you can add them to the table for a more festive display.
Cut several one-to-two-foot-long pieces of curling ribbon. Curl the ribbon by pulling it between your thumb and the blade of your scissors. Lay the resulting curls on your table for added color. Hang balloons in bunches for the best effect. If you choose to fill balloons with helium, wait until the party day to ensure they float well!
Use balloons to mark the party spot; hang them on the mailbox, near the front door, or tie them to the birthday child's chair to mark the seat of honor.
Place balloons anywhere that strikes your fancy. The more the better!
Gather six or eight purple, yellow and emerald green streamers and attach them to the ceiling in the center of the party room (or over the table). Use a light fixture over the table, if you have one, as the center point for the streamers.
To create colorful two-tone streamers, put two differently colored streamers back-to-back, twist as you walk them to the wall, and attach at shoulder height.
FOOD AND DRINK
Incredible Green Cupcakes
A delicious treat awaits each guest with these fun cupcakes. Make your favorite vanilla cupcake recipe or purchase boxed vanilla cake mix. Before baking, add green food coloring to the batter. Place cupcake liners in a muffin tin and scoop in the green batter. Bake according to instructions and cool completely.
Make or purchase white icing and tint it green with food coloring; frost the top of each cupcake. Decorate with theme-related toppers, green candles, or your child’s favorite green candies. Let the birthday child decorate them before the party if you wish.
Note: Do not remove the cupcake liners from the cupcakes before serving. Your guests will enjoy unwrapping their cupcakes to discover they are green!
Pesto Pasta
For this naturally green dish, you’ll need a package of spaghetti noodles or angel hair pasta, grated parmesan cheese and prepared pesto sauce. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and toss with pesto sauce in a large bowl. Serve a portion to each child and top with parmesan cheese!
Monster Brain Vegetable Dip
Cut the top from a small pumpkin or gourd and remove the insides. Make your favorite vegetable dip, tint it green with food color, and fill the empty gourd.
Draw or paint a scary monster face on your gourd, or create facial features using fruits and vegetables: string beans (hair), raisins (nostrils), peas (pupils), round carrot slices (eyes), dried apple (ears), etc. attaching them with tooth picks or glue.
Serve on a large tray with carrot sticks, pieces of celery, crackers and other snack food your child enjoys. Your guests will love dipping their food in the monster's brain!
Green Guzzler
Create a delicious drink that's as green as The Hulk! Add a few drops of green food coloring to your favorite light-colored beverage: lemonade, lemon-lime soda and apple juice all work well. For fun, make green ice cubes to add to your green beverage!
Green Garlic Bread
A perfect complement to your pesto pasta! Purchase ready-to-bake garlic bread or make your own at home. Chop 1/4 cup parsley or cilantro and sprinkle it over the garlic butter before warming the garlic bread in the oven. Your guests will be delighted with this green cuisine!
Smashed Potatoes
Treat your guests to a party dish smashed by The Hulk himself! The birthday child will enjoy helping prepare it before the party, and you’ll love how easy it is to make! To begin, scrub, peel and cut up several large potatoes into 2-inch chunks. Place them in a large saucepan with enough water to cover them. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until the potatoes are tender when poked with a fork; drain.
Return the potatoes to the pot and smash them with a potato masher. Add butter and milk; mix well. Season with salt and pepper. Don’t forget the green food color!
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Let the birthday child start out as The Incredible Hulk. For fun, dress him or her in a green shirt, monster wig or other Hulk-related accessory!
To begin the game all players stand around The Incredible Hulk with their arms outstretched, touching some part of him with their hands. They all chant, “His skin is green and man, he’s mean!” Then, at an unpredictable speed—the point is to trick the players—The Hulk chants back, “I’m big and bad, and now...I’m mad!”
At the sound of the word “mad” (but not before) all the players run away while The Hulk begins chasing them. If The Hulk tags a player, that player becomes frozen. The only way a frozen player can be freed is for an untagged player to crawl under the frozen player’s legs. Note: Players are safe when crawling under someone else. The game continues until everyone is frozen. Play again with a different child as The Incredible Hulk! |
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Monster Muscles |
Your guests will grow muscles instantly, just like The Incredible Hulk! To prepare for this game, inflate 50 to 100 small green balloons before the party. When it’s time to play, divide your guests into two teams. Select one child on each team to be Bruce Banner, the scientist who transforms into a green-skinned monster when he’s angry or under extreme stress.
Gather teams on opposite sides of the room and divide the balloons equally between them. Dress each team’s Bruce in a union suit (one-piece long underwear) over their clothes. When you say "GO," both teams must turn their Bruce into The Incredible Hulk by stuffing as many balloons as possible into the union suits. Give the teams one minute to do this. When time is up, let everyone admire each team’s quickly transformed Hulk! Then remove and count the balloons. The team that uses the most balloons, wins!
Feed The Hulk
Using The Hulk picture from Hulk for a day as a target, have a bean bag tossing contest! Place the target about 10 feet away, and give each child a chance to toss some bean bags through the hole.
Make a Face!
Although The Incredible Hulk is known for his mean expressions and angry, intimidating looks, it will be hard for your guests to play this game without laughing! Seat your guests in a circle, facing outward, and let the birthday child go first. To begin, he or she turns to the child on the left and makes an intimidating face. The second child turns to the next person and tries to make the same face, and so on around the circle. The game continues until the last person has seen the expression. Then, the last person and first person stand and make the face together. Chances are they will be different, but everyone will get a good laugh!
Hulk for a Day
Draw a large picture of The Hulk on a big piece of cardboard, and cut out a hole for the face. Let each child hold the poster up to his or her face and make their best Hulk expression while you take a picture. For fun, paint the children’s faces green with face paint. Mail the developed or digital photos to guests later, or take instant snapshots for memorable party favors!
The incredable HULK Party Ware
Dora the Explorer
Come On, Vamonos over for a Great Adventure!
Explore the FUN with Dora, Boots, Isa, Tico, Fiesta Trio, Benny, Senor Tucan and, of course, Map. But keep an eye open during your party for Swiper the Fox so he doesn't steal all of your goodies. If you see him say " Swiper no Swiping, Swiper no Swiping, Swiper no Swiping!" Don't be surprised if you here him yell back "OH MAN!"
Dora, Boots, Swiper
A variation on the classic game Duck, Duck, Goose. One child is "it," and walks around the circle of kids, tagging each lightly and alternating the names "Dora, Boots, Dora, Boots" until deciding to tag one child as Swiper. "Swiper" then chases "it" around the circle, trying to catch "it" before he or she sits down. Then it's Swiper's turn to go around the circle until a new Swiper is tagged.
Dora Dice
Dice" (pronounced dee-say) is the word for "says" in Spanish. As in the classic game of Simon Says, the children take turns being "Dora" and direct the other guests to pretend to do Dora-like activities, such as climbing a rope, swimming across the lake, hopping like a frog, and jumping over crocodiles.
Adventure Obstacle Course
Help Dora and Boots get through the forest! Use objects from around your house-chairs for the slippery rock, cardboard boxes with sandpaper for icky-sticky sand—to create an obstacle course. Hang green crepe paper streamers from the ceiling for vines. When the kids complete the obstacle course, compliment them with Dora's line, "We did it!" Make Binoculars Let kids make their own binoculars to check out their world, just like Dora does. When everyone is finished, play a game of I Spy! Help the children tape rolls together side by side. Cover the ends with colored plastic wrap secured by rubber bands. Let kids decorate the tubes with nature stickers, paint, and glitter glue. Use yarn or ribbon to make a hanging Two toilet paper tubes, or paper towel rolls cut in half, for each child
 Masking tape
Colored plastic wrap
Rubber bands
Stickers and markers for decorating
Yarn or ribbon
Sing Happy Birthday in Spanish
Here are the words; the tune is the same!
Feliz cumpleaños a ti, Feliz cumpleaños a ti,
Feliz cumpleaños a ti, Feliz cumpleaños a ti.
FOOD AND DRINK
Empanadas
A Latin version of meat pot pie, empanadas make great all-in-one finger sandwiches.
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup shortening
1/3 cup cold water
2 ½ cups cooked chicken, finely chopped
2 tablespoons blanched slivered almonds
¼ cup raisins
1 teaspoon chili powder
2 tablespoons mild salsa
1 egg
Start Cooking!
1. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Using either a pastry cutter or your fingers, work the shortening
into the flour mixture. Add the water and toss the mixture together until it forms dough.
2. Divide the dough into 12 small balls. One at a time, roll each ball on a lightly floured surface into a 3-inch circle.
3. Make the filling: Combine the chicken, almonds, raisins, chili powder, salsa, and egg in a medium-mixing bowl.
4. Put 2 tablespoons of filling mixture onto half of each circle. Fold the halves over and press the edges together to seal the empanadas.
5. After all the empanadas are made, you can either fry them in hot oil for 3 minutes on each side or bake them in a preheated 400 degree oven for 15 minutes.
Makes 12 empanadas
Chicken Quesadillas:
Slap these special sandwiches together for a fast and easy lunch that rivals PB&J! These simple quesadillas can be filled with nearly any cooked meats or vegetables. Using leftovers, you can make an easy meal in minutes!
Ingredients
½ cup cooked chicken, diced small ½ cup mild salsa
¼ cup corn kernels, either fresh or frozen
½ teaspoon ground cumin
4 6-inch flour tortillas
½ cup grated cheese (such as mozzarella, Monterey jack, Mexican white cheese or mild cheddar
Start Cooking!
1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
2. In a small mixing bowl, combine the chicken, salsa, corn, and cumin.
3. Put on 2 tortillas on an ungreased baking sheet. Spread the chicken mixture evenly over each tortilla. Sprinkle the cheese over the chicken mixture. Top with a second tortilla and press down slightly.
4. Brush the top tortillas with olive oil and sprinkle with a pinch of chili powder.
5. Once the quesadillas have cooled slightly, cut into wedges and serve while hot.!
Makes 2-4 servings
TACO BAR
Have a taco bar and let the kids choose their fixings. Be sure to have
chicken
beef
lettuce
tomatoes
grated cheese
sour cream
taco sauce
Arroz con Leche (Rice Pudding)
Finish off your fiesta with this sweet and sticky dessert. Dora's sweet rice pudding gets its extra zest from spicy nutmeg and cinnamon. And since it is made on top of the stove instead of baked in the oven, it can be whipped up pretty quickly!
Ingredients:
8 cups whole milk
1 ½ cups sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup converted rice
1 large egg
2 large egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup raisins
1. Bring the milk to a boil over medium high heat. Stir in the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Reduce the heat to medium and continue stirring the mixture until the sugar dissolves. Add the rice, cover the pot, and let the rice cook for 45 minutes, or until soft and creamy.
2. In a mixing bowl, whisk the egg with the egg yolks and vanilla. Remove the rice from the heat. Begin adding the egg mixture to the hot rice, by quickly whisking it in one tablespoon at a time. Once all the egg mixture has been added, return the saucepan to the heat and continue cooking and stirring it for another 3 minutes.
3. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract and raisins. Let the mixture cool to room temperature, then
refrigerate it. Serve warm or chilled. Makes 8 servings
Postre de Mango
Fruit fans will dig Dora's cool custard, featuring tangy mangoes!
1 14-ounce can condensed milk
1 30-ounce ounce can mangos, drained, or use 2 pounds fresh, ripe
mangos (peeled, cores removed, sliced)
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 cup chilled heavy cream
1. Place the condensed milk, mangos, and lime juice in a blender. Blend until the mixture is a smooth puree.
2. Whip the cream until it is almost stiff and fold it into the mango puree with a spatula.
3. Pour into individual dessert dishes or one large container. Chill for at least an hour before serving
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