Party Menu
Construction Shaped Sandwiches. Make tuna or chicken salad sandwiches. Use a car or truck shaped cookie cutter to cut out construction shapes. Pack them inside a paper bag with a bag of chips to give each child a construction lunch.
Have the kids construct their own sandwiches by putting out spreads, veggies, bread or buns, and anything else they will need to build sandwiches. Use some construction cookie cutters for the kids to cut their sandwiches into thematic shapes to match the theme.
Dynamite Punch. Create any kind of punch you want. After you have placed a filled glass in front of each guest, add some dynamite dust, Pop Rocks® candies, to each one. Since this candy is processed with carbon dioxide, it will crackle, pop, and spit when it comes into contact with a liquid. The kids will love it!
Serve Construction Snacks:
- Soft hat: take a new construction hat, pour in Jell-O® and fruit, and let it set
- Logs: pretzel sticks
- Orange cones: candy corn or Bugle® chips
- Construction hats: yellow and orange gumdrops
- Nuts and bolts: nuts and chocolate chips
- Rocks: jellybeans and Nerds®
- Dynamite treats: ice cream bon-bons in red cellophane with the ends twisted and secured with a stapler. Tie string to one end so it looks like real dynamite.
- Truck tires: chocolate donuts
- Gravel: toffee chips
- Carpenter pencils: carrot sticks
- Spackle with woodchips: onion dip with Sun Chips®
- Green paint and red paint: avocado dip and salsa
- Wood putty: hummus or peanut butter
- Boulders with mortar: kebabs with mayo and mustard spread
Make an Edible Dump Truck. Fill a new clean Tonka truck with chunks of chocolate pound cake and scoops of ice cream. Top with whipped topping and sprinkles. Add your birthday candles.
Construction Menu Tips:
- Ring a bell to signify a party break time and hand out the kids’ lunches.
- Serve the snacks out of yellow construction hats.
- Serve lunch in brown paper sacks.
- Provide juice and water boxes for beverages.
- Have a clean saw available to cut the cake with.
- Put little diamond construction signs on the dishes that you serve buffet style so that the guests understand that they're going to eat construction grub.
