Thanksgiving Party Food/Snack Ideas

For her preschool class's Thanksgiving party last year, my daughter, Marissa, four-and-a-half, and I made these sweet turkey treats. We dropped chocolate frosting on graham crackers and pressed on small Almond Joy candy bars for the body. We added striped cookies for the tail feathers and gel frosting for the eyes. Marissa loved making them, and they were the hit of the party!
--Yvonne S., Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Last Thanksgiving, when I needed a quick snack for my son's first grade class, I made Pilgrim hat cupcakes. I simply prepared a cake mix and filled ice-cream cones a little more than halfway with the batter. I stood the cones in muffin tins and baked them according to the cupcake directions on the box. Meanwhile, I made the Pilgrim hat adornments--a quarter-inch-wide strip of black construction paper long enough to wrap around the wide part of each cone and a yellow paper buckle. Once the cupcakes cooled, I turned them over, cupcake-side down, on a platter and taped the strips and buckles in place around the bottom edge of each cone. As I handed the cupcakes out, I turned the cones over and frosted them. The kids loved the hats and even kept the paper strips as souvenirs.
--Janelle G., Alexandria, Virginia
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