Plan Ahead
Up to 1 Month Before
- Bake Turkey Cookies (make several batches); store unfrosted cookies tightly covered in freezer.
Up to 2 Weeks Before
- Make Sweet ‘n Nutty Cereal Munch, replacing nuts with candy corn or holiday candies; store tightly covered.
- Make a special candy-shopping trip with the birthday child to select candies for decorating the cookies.
The Day Before
- Make Oven-Baked Chicken; store covered in the refrigerator. Cater to kids by using drumsticks rather than assorted pieces from a cut-up chicken (just keep the same amount of chicken).
- Prepare the Kid Salad recipe--except arrange the fruit and veggies to look like turkeys. For each salad, place a peach half (for the turkey body), cut side down, on a lettuce leaf (for the turkey feathers). Add celery sticks for the legs, a marshmallow for the head, raisins for eyes, maraschino cherry for the wattle and shredded cheese for straw. Cover and store salads in the refrigerator. Or at mealtime, pass the salad supplies, along with small paper plates, and let kids make their own salads (a sample salad will help them create their own turkeys).
- Assemble supplies for decorating cookies.
The Morning Of
- Bake Sweet Country Corn Bread.
About 30 Minutes Before Eating