Kids festival... need ideas with carrots... desserts, decorations?!


Question: Kids festival!.!.!. need ideas with carrots!.!.!. desserts, decorations!?
Can you give me some really cool carrot desserts or even ethnic desserts that I could make them carrot colored!? It's for a festival and I need them to be unique and stand out from the rest!.!.!.

Any other carrot related, non-food ideas/pictures would also be appreciated!.!.!. this is all for a kids festival!

Thank you!!!!

P!.S!. I know of cupcakes, cheesecakes, etc!.!.!. I need unique ideas :)Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Garjarela (sweet carrot dessert)

Ingredients
10 large Carrots, peeled and grated
7 tbsp Butter
5 Cloves
6 green cardamoms, crushed
a small piece of cinnamon stick
75ml Milk
115g granulated sugar

Method 1!. Bring a pan of water to the boil!. Add in the grated carrots and simmer for 10 minutes!. Drain into a colander!.

2!. Melt the butter in a pan with the cloves, cardamom and cinnamon on a very low heat!.

3!. Add the milk and stir well!.

4!. When you can smell the cardamom, add the sugar!.

5!. Stir until the sugar has dissolved and then add in the drained carrots!.

6!. Cook gently, stirring, until the liquid has cooked off, around 5 minutes!.

7!. Cover and cook on a very low heat for


Games:
Pin the carrot on the donkey or carrot top on the carrot

Pass the carrot
Choose a long carrot and get your guests to pass it to the person next to them - between their knees!. Cut 1 or 2cm off the carrot each time it is dropped!. When the carrot is so small that it can't be passed on, then holder is the winner!.

Carrot Scavenger Hunt
Your kids will not only love their vegetables, they'll seek them out!.


WHAT YOU NEED:
Orange construction paper
Green construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Snacks


HOW TO PLAY:
1!. Cut out 20 carrots from orange construction paper and glue on the green construction paper tops!.

2!. "Plant" them all around the house--under sofa cushions, in the silverware drawer, or taped to the refrigerator door, for example!.

3!. Then send your kids around the house to gather all the carrots!. Let them redeem their carrots for snacks, such as a small box of raisins, a pack of gum, a bag of pretzels, or a piece of carrot cake!.

To Make Carrot Candy Favors You Will Need:

Red Plastic Wrap

Yellow Plastic Wrap

Green Plastic Wrap

Jelly Beans

Twist Ties

To get started you want to cut out a piece of the yellow plastic wrap to 10 inches by 10 inches!. You will also need a red piece in the same size!. You will need one red and one yellow piece of plastic for each carrot!.

Don't worry, these get smaller as you twist the carrot candy favors into shape, so you will not be love loading anyone with too many jelly beans!.

Now, lay the yellow plastic own first and then top id off with some red!.

Fill the center with a small handful of jellybeans, about ? cup!. Start at the center and then pour the jelly beans to one side!.

Fold the two sheets of plastic wrap in half, over the jelly beans!. Press the plastic around the beans to stick the plastic together to form the carrot shape!.

Start to roll the plastic wrap at the fold and form the tip of the carrot!. Continue to roll until the whole carrot shape is formed!.

Twist the top to hold the beans in the carrot!. Place a rubber band around the twisted area to hold into place!. Twist tie works well also!.

Now, to add the green you first want to trim the ends of the yellow and red plastic down to size!.

Now, cut strip of green plastic to about 2 inches tall and 4 inches long!. Wrap this around the end of the carrot!. You can add another twist tie to hold into place! If you want you can also simply undue the first twist tie, hold the twisted area shut, wrap the new green piece around and then tie shut againWww@FoodAQ@Com

you can make a carrot 3 stroy high tart, a carrot soup swimming pool with little carrot men, a carrot pizza with a face on it, or carrot ice lollies< put them in the blenda add sugar for sweet ice lollies blend with apples for extra taste add orange juice and a little sugar, put in ice lolly moulds and then freeze then end up looking like carrots but they are ice loolies so kids love them! you can even add eyes and mouths to the loolies so they look like faces!.
i hope thats of some help:)Www@FoodAQ@Com

Use carrot puree in many different dishes!. A book called Deceptively Delicious has some great ideas on how to hide vegetables in foods!. It was featured on Oprah last week!. You may be able to go to oprah!.com to find a link!. Consider making some carrots out of frosting or marzipan for decorations!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Ok I think you should get a clay pot!.!.!. make a chocolate cake, crumble crushed oreos ontop of it,!.!.!. then take the tops of cupcakes and place them around the top of the cake, then decorate htem like the tops of carrots!.!.!.!. I wish I had a picture but I don't this was just a thought!.!. if you do this send me a picture!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Use the index at this site for food coloring
and the cutters

http://www!.sugarcraft!.com/

I don't if this would help!.!.!?
I don't see kids being able to take care!.!.

http://www!.chefdepot!.net/channelknife!.ht!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

"EH!.!.!.!.What's Up Doc!?"!.!.!.!.!. I love carrots!Www@FoodAQ@Com





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