First up, meet Mr. Moose. This guy was created from paper mache, by none other than my very talented dad. He is just the cutest thing and was the perfect "centerpiece" for the party (and quite a conversations piece, I might add).
I chose to do a brunch (duh, muffins) for food. It was so fun to put together the menu. Almost everything I made was mini or a small serving, so everyone had a little bit of everything. I made copies of the entire book and mounted parts on foam board. I tried to re-create some of the more detailed parts of the book as decoration. In the book (I wrote out the book below), Moose gets cold so he asks to borrow a sweater....then he notices one of the buttons is loose. So, I ordered red, cabled sweater fabric to act as a thick, cozy tablecloth. It matched perfectly!
I made these mini chocolate chip pancake muffins. I had been saving this recipe from Bakerella for awhile and Micah's party was the perfect excuse to make them. I served them with maple dipping syrup. Delish and super easy.
Mini chocolate cupcakes with a blackberry frosting with real blackberries on top, compliments of Elizabethan Desserts, one of my favorite local bakeries. Moose loves blackberry jam, so naturally, I'm sure he would love a blackberry cupcake. They were almost too pretty to eat. Almost.
The chocolate milk shots with chocolate sprinkled rim were a hit too. I think my son had about 5. I stocked up on cute supplies from my favorite Sweet Lulu. And there is my birthday boy, pre sugar coma. And yep, that's a moose on his shirt.
I thought it would be yummy to also make smoothies. I re-created my favorite Jamba Juice smoothie, the Aloha Pineapple (strawberries, banana, pineapple juice, plain yogurt, and pineapple sherbet). This picture was taken after I ran out of the smaller shot cups. I didn't expect them to be as popular as they were! Also not pictured was the candied bacon (basically thick cut bacon smothered in brown sugar) I did. Not only did this make my house smell amazing, it tasted wonderful. Check out my Pinterest board to find the recipe I used!
If You Give A Moose A Muffin
by Laura Joffe Numeroff
If you give a moose a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it.
So, you'll bring out some of your mother's homemade blackberry jam.
When he's finished eating the muffin, he'll want another, and another, and another.
When they're all gone, he'll ask you to make more.
You'll have to go to the store to get some muffin mix. He'll want to go with you.
When he opens the door and feels how chilly it is, he'll ask to borrow a sweater.
When he puts the sweater on, he'll notice one of the buttons in loose.
He'll ask for a needle and thread. He'll start sewing.
The button will remind him of the sock puppets his grandmother used to make.
So he'll ask for some old socks. He'll make sock puppets.
When they're done, he'll want to put on a puppet show. He'll need some cardboard and paints.
Then he'll ask you to help make the scenery.
When the scenery is finished, he'll get behind the couch, but his antlers will stick out.
He'll ask you for something to cover them up. You'll bring him a sheet from your bed.
When he sees the sheet he'll remember he wants to be a ghost for Halloween.
He'll try it on and shout, "BOO!" It'll scare him so much he'll knock over the paints.
So he'll use the sheet to clean up the mess. Then he'll ask for some soap to wash it out.
He'll probably want to hang the sheet up to dry. He'll go outside to put it on the clothesline.
When he's out in the yard, he'll see your mother's blackberry bushes.
Seeing the blackberries will remind him of her jam. He'll probably ask you for some.
And chances are...if you give him the jam, he'll want a muffin to go with it.
