Space Party Snack Ideas

I looked around for some easy ideas for snacks for Firecracker's Outer Space Party and here are a few of the things I came up with.

Now as a disclaimer...I had visions of having all the snacks and everything layed out nicely on plates with cute labels before the girls walked in the door from school...and great pictures of the spread to share with you.  I was on track to have everything ready because most of it was done the night before...and then the doctor had to reschedule my routine prenatal appt for the morning before the party.  That's a guaranteed 2 1/2 hours out of my day since it takes an hour each way including dropping the kids off with a sitter.  Then the appt. itself ended up taking forever...so all day at home to get ready turned into less than an hour.  But you know what...the girls had fun and loved the party, so whatever...that's just how life is some days.


Starry Cheese with Moon Crackers

These were really simple and the girls LOVED them and ate them as fast as I could get them put out on the table.

All you do is buy sliced cheese (or slice it yourself) and cut the stars out with a cookie cutter.  Of course, I didn't want the scraps, so after the stars were gone, I brought out the scraps.  The girls were even MORE impressed with the slices with star-shaped holes than they were with the stars themselves.

Constellations Cupcakes
These were really easy to put together, and an idea I came up with myself.  Just swirl the background frosting and add the stars.  For more information about how I made these and references for the constellations, you can see my post here.

Astronaut Juice
No awesome picture of these...but it was just Capri-suns, and we told the girls about how astronauts have to drink in space.

Meteors

These were inspired by some Rice Crispie treats Firecracker made the week before that she'd added a little blue food coloring too...they looked a little gross and rock-like which gave me the idea for these.  I made these by making regular Rice Krispie treats and adding a little black food coloring to them.  Then instead of pressing them into a pan and cutting them apart, I put globs into a greased muffin tin to cool.  If I'd had more time, I probably would have smoothed them into balls a bit more, but I was going for fast...and the girls ate them fast...not a single one was left.

Star Cut-Out Cupcakes
I used the same frosting as the Constellation Cupcakes, but we actually didn't serve these at Firecracker's party.  I made them to take to Firecracker's class at school.  They're not quite as spacey as the constellation cupcakes, but they're easier to transport and less messy for kids to eat....perfect for taking to school.

You could make cupcakes like this for any theme you have a cookie cutter for.  You can see my tutorial here for how to make them.

I'm sure there are a lot of other ideas out there...what would you serve at an Outer-Space Party?

For some additional easy ideas, you might want to check out this post by Katie at GoodLife Eats, Etc.

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