Give your kids permission to play with their food! They will have so much fun decorating snack cakes. You'll be surprised at their creativity.
Decorating snack cakes is so much fun and over the past few months, I've shared tutorials for making all sorts of whimsical designs like Mickey Mouse Ding Dongs, Chocolate Snack Cake Bats, Bumble Bee Twinkies, Teddy Bear Snack Cakes, and more.
I thought it would be fun to invite some of my friend's kids over to have some fun decorating their own treats. I was blown away by their creativity and enthusiasm.
Even the older kids, several teenage boys, had a blast.
Here are some of their whimsical creations.
Aren't their snack cake creations clever and fun?
I love each and every one of them and so did the kids.
A snack cake party is so easy to set up, you don't have to put together a fancy display, just fill a workspace with supplies and let the kids get busy.
What you need to decorate snack cakes...
- snack cakes like Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Ho Ho's, etc.
- frosting
- fondant
- peanut butter
- Nutella
- candy eyes
- royal icing
- icing colors
- sugar pearls
- sprinkles
- candy
- pretzel sticks
- Pocky Cookie Sticks
- colorful cereal
- mini cookies
Workspace.
Give each child a paper plate or a piece of wax paper or parchment paper to work on. Things will get messy!
Set all the decorating supplies on your table in random order. The kids will find what they need easily enough and they actually preferred hunting for the perfect item to use to decorate their treats.
Allow each kid to decorate a few snack cakes. They will have lots of ideas and will be freer to be creative if they can have more than one cake.
Let them have fun.
The teens enjoyed this project more than I ever imagined.
They loved having so many candies, cookies, sprinkles, and edible decorations to use to make their treats.
I hosted the party just before Halloween so many of their cakes were decorated like monsters.
Let's take a look at the young food artists at work.
I had kids as young as 3 at the party.
All of the kids really enjoyed decorating, but I think some had even more fun eating ...
This party was so much fun that we've decided to add a snack cake decorating station at our Halloween party. Wouldn't your kids and their friends just love doing this too?
Here are a few ideas for decorated snack cakes...
Snack Cake Pups - Twinkie Dogs
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Lisa C says
Great ideas.... I can't wait to let the kids get creative!
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This would be so fun to do with our special needs cheer team!
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Carmen Nuland says
I love the Beaker Twinkies and the bumble bees
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Jen says
I love all of your creations but I like the spider snack cake decoration the best.
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Megans Cookin says
These would are all so cute. I would love to throw a party and have a snack decorating table for my teen daughter. Too fun!
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Andrea says
All of them are cute, but I like the bats and the cats especially. 🙂
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Nann from At Nann's Table says
I now follow you on Pinterest. (4) And thanks for doing this fun party. Love it!! And whether I win or not I'm going to do one. 🙂
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jeanne says
What a fun party and idea for anyone of any age.
TexasTeacher says
What a wonderful idea! I would love to do this with some of my son's friends...15 year old boys are not too grown up to enjoy a snack cake decorating party! I would love to have the Wilton package (love Wilton!) Love them all but I especially like the bat!
Tammy
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Unknown says
Well o.k. Beaker rules, but the spiders are cute too. It looks like so much fun!
Mandy Cordeniz says
last one, I receive emails too. Thanks, Beth!