1 Cute Charcuterie Board for Kids
This party mood asethetic charcuterie board for kids and the young at heart. And it has a swimming hole!
Charcuterie boards are all the rage on lately. You can find tons of inspiration on Pinterest. I gathered several ideas and changed them up to fit the charm of a little cabin in the woods. Plus something that the kids would find magical.
The base is a square cutting board with a large handle. So the layout was basic. Placing items in the four corners and piling towards the center.
I started with a gram cracker square held together with stiff frosting. I made my frosting using powdered suger, water and a drop or two of vanilla.
I added the frosting into a small zip lock bag. Sealed the bag the snipped a small hole in one bottom corner. This make a pastry bag that’s always been easier for me the handle.
Using a serrate knife, I cut the gram crackers instead of breaking them. Breaking them didn’t always make a straight cut. I made 4 squares and made a box. Then add two longer pieces for the roof.
Next, comes more detail, or snow! Then I cut more gram crackers to make a chimney. Lots of frosting covers the chimney and chopped almonds were placed into the frosting. Great idea for a stone chimney.
The door was simply pretzel sticks, and I added broken rolled cookies as logs.
The thatch roof is all bran type cereal.
Above the fire pit is made using red peanut patties, my favorite candy, broken into small pieces. Then I added a few logs and pretzel sticks using frosting “glue” to hold things in place. I was told the fire was yummy.
I started piling up candy and cookies to make a candy hill.
Next things got whacky! I had made blue jello several days before. I added a small amount to the plastic dish to set up in the fridge. When I was ready for the “pond” I add a little warm water to a bowl and placed the pond in to loosen the jello. It wouldn’t loosen! I tried again. Still no luck! I tried again pushing the smaller bowl of jello into the warm water. I pushed a bit too hard and the water came up over the jello!
Then I poured off the water. Dug my hands into the jello and lifted the pond from the container. The water made the jello very slippery. It almost landed on the floor! A bit more stiff frosting around the pond held it in place.
In Oklahoma, it’s a swimming hole! 🙂
The only thing that would make creating this charcuterie board more fun is if I would have created it with the help of a few kids!
But I know a few kids that will enjoy it over Thanksgiving.
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