Sesame Street birthday lunch

@spiderdust I prefer this one with the carrões, but all look fantastic. Good imagination

Thank you! I think Big Bird turned out more like an Angry Bird, but he still wasn't too bad. I also gave Oscar some "grouchy" eyebrows with two carrot sticks sometime after I took the picture. I'm not sure which one was better.

@spiderdust Thank you! That definitely helps, I wouldn't have known where to start but that's enough instruction for me to do it I reckon

I got a lot of ideas off of Pinterest. She started using a #20 star tip on Cookie Monster, but it was almost too small and was hard to get the frosting through for covering so many cupcakes. She then used a Wilton #199 star tip on Elmo, which was a little easier. I think a #32 tip would have been perfect for both, but we didn't have one. If you wanted to do a Muppet face on a larger cake, a #6B tip might work well for mimicking the fur. I'm not sure if you use the same sizing system in the UK, but I hope I also had the Wilton candy eyes on hand (leftover from a different birthday party), which she used on the cupcakes. They do make larger candy eyes (and even some with eyelashes!), which would also work on a cake, although if I were doing a whole cake as a Muppet, I might make fondant eyes (if I had time) or even a pair of big plastic googly eyes. I also intended to put a mini chocolate chip cookie in the "mouth" of each Cookie Monster cupcake, but I forgot to buy them. I hope this helps you!

Thank you! His birthday was actually last week, but we had his party today when his siblings could be with him.

@spiderdust Yes celebrating with the siblings makes it a happier occasion.

They were a lot of fun to make (and really easy too)!

That might explain why he had such a hard time going down for a nap.

I try to make healthier food look more exciting for holidays and birthdays when I can. I make a "fruit turkey" every year for Thanksgiving too. It turns out a little different each year.

@spiderdust Love it!

I did get some of the ideas from Pinterest.

@spiderdust they look as tasty as they are cute.

They gobbled them right up!

I made Cookie Moster plates too! I took blue paper plates and glued googly eyes on them. I think you can see them in one of the pictures in the comments thread.

@spiderdust thats a great idea too!

It was! Last year he had a Very Hungry Caterpillar party for his birthday. This may have been even easier.

I do try.

It was easy cleanup too, since everything was eaten!

I've seen some cute Spongebob fruit plates using a whole pineapple (for his house).

He definitely enjoyed his party!