Planning to throw your little one a fairy themed birthday party but not sure what foods to serve your guests? Take a look at this list of 23 unique birthday party foods that your guests will love. This list includes side dishes, main courses, and desserts to ensure every dish you serve will take your guests on an enchanted fairy adventure.
Sides
- Fairy Wand Fruit Skewers
Serve up some fairy wands by stacking fruit on skewers. To make the top of the wand, cut out a star shape from a fruit like a melon or pineapple. For the wand handle, alternate vibrant colored fruits for an eye catching display.
- Flower Vegetable Tray
Turn your vegetable tray into a fairy garden by arranging the vegetables into flower shapes. Just take vegetable sticks and form a ray around a bowl of vegetable dip. Add some celery to make the stems. - Beetroot Hummus Brushetta
Hummus on bruschetta is a great side dish for any party. Make the hummus with beetroot like this recipe by Project Sunny and you’ll have an eye catching vibrant purple dish that fits perfectly in a garden. - Butterfly Charcuterie Board
If you plan on serving a charcuterie board at your party, then try shaping it into a butterfly. Use crackers for the butterfly’s body and the cheeses and meats to create decorative wings. You can even place small bowls of melted cheese dip in the wings to make wing spots. Check out this Butterfly Shaped Board Set to make your charcuterie tray.
- Pineapple Flowers
Check out this tutorial on how to make pineapple flowers by Cookie Rookie. These delicate little flowers are perfect to place around your food bar to give your party a whimsical feeling. You can add them among other fruits in a fruit tray, pin them to the top of sandwiches, or place them on top of cupcakes. - Watermelon Fairy House Fruit Tray
Among your fruit tray is the perfect place to build a fairy house. Use an empty watermelon shell and carve out a door and some windows. For the roof, cut the bottom quarter of the watermelon shell off and place it on the other end of the melon. You can even add some fairy lights inside to make it look like a fairy’s inside. - Fairy Potion Punch
If you’re looking to serve a signature drink at your party, then serve up some fairy potion punch in a Large Drink Dispenser. Check out this Strawberry Tea Punch recipe by The Kitchen is my Playground. Its beautiful pink color will look just like a fairy’s dream drink.
- Butterfly Pea Flower Lemonaid
Another option for a signature drink is this beautiful butterfly pea flower lemonade by The Healthful Ideas. This lemonade starts off as a deep blue from the pea flowers but with a wave of a fairy wand you can change it to a bright purple just by adding lemon juice.
Main Dishes
- Butterfly Pasta
You can turn any pasta dish into a butterfly pasta by using bow tie noodles. This Strawberry Chicken Spinach Pasta Salad by Delallo uses strawberries, grilled chicken, goat cheese and spinach to make your “butterfly” noodles look like they are flying through a garden.
- Butterfly Sandwiches
Finger sandwiches are a great addition to any party. Whether you decide to serve ham, egg salad, or peanut butter, make sure to cut them into a butterfly shape! For a perfect butterfly shape, use this Butterfly Sandwich Cutter. - Puff Pastry Bites
Puff pastry bites are a savory treat that can be completely customized to your tastes. Just spread some savory ingredients on a puff pastry sheet, roll up, and bake in the oven. When done, you can cut into bit size rolls. This recipe by Marilena’s Kitchen uses cheese, pesto, and roasted peppers for the filling making it a perfect fit for a garden fairy theme. - Deviled Egg Flowers
Deviled eggs are a fun bite sized treat that would fit perfectly at a fairy themed birthday party, especially if you arrange them in the shape of a flower. Check out this classic deviled egg recipe by Downshiftology.
- Snail Pinwheels
Pinwheels are a great party food and can easily be made into snails. Just lay the pinwheel on its side, stick two tooth picks in the top and then add olives to the toothpicks to make eyes. Place these snails on a tray and they will be an adorable addition to your fairy garden party. This food is especially great because of how versatile it is. It can be filled with whatever you like. Check out this recipe by A Couple Cooks which uses cheese, spinach, and sun-dried tomatoes for the filling. - Mini Spinach Quiches
A quiche is a pastry crust that is filled with milk, eggs, cream, and whatever other ingredients you want. When filled with creamy cheese and spinach they will look like a natural part of any fairy forest. For a tutorial on how to make these miniature quiches, check out Feeding Tiny Bellies.
Deserts
- Fairy Popcorn
This recipe by Pura Vida coats popcorn with marshmallows, melted chocolate and cotton candy to make a delicious pink, sparkly dish that looks just like fairy dust. - Butterfly Pretzels
Make your chocolate covered pretzels into butterflies with this recipe by Hello Yummy. These butterflies will look great fluttering around your fairy garden themed desert table. - Mushroom Marshmallows
Stick a marshmallow on a kabob and dip it into some red melted chocolate. Once dry, give it some white chocolate circles to make adorable mushrooms that you can place around your sweet table.
- Garden Dirt Cups
Create a fairy garden in a cup with this dirt cake recipe by Preppy Kitchen. Once made, scope the dirt cake into individual cups and top with grass (green icing). You can now add edible butterflies, fairies, mushrooms, or anything else that fits your party theme. You can even set out some of these edible items and let your guests decorate their own cups. - Fairy Pillows
For an incredibly easy desert, just set out a bowl of marshmallows and call them fairy pillows. They’ll fit right in with the rest of your fairy decorations. - Chocolate Ladybug Strawberries
Add these cute ladybugs to your desert table to make your guests feel like they are in an enchanted forest. To make them, dip the tip of your strawberries in melted chocolate. Once dry, paint some eyes on the chocolate. Then add some chocolate spots along the rest of the strawberry to create some cute little friends for your fairies.
- Chocolate Covered Pretzel Wands
Chocolate covered pretzels are a real treat. To make them fairy themed, just use lots of glitter, sparkles, and bright colors for the chocolate. Be sure to let your guests know that these sweet and salty treats are fairy wands. - Tree Log Swiss Rolls
Swill rolls are chocolate sponge cakes rolled around a creamy filling. And the best part about them is that they look just like tree stumps which fits perfectly for a fairy garden theme. Whether you serve it as a whole trunk or cut it into slices to make tree stumps, this treat will surely delight your guests. Check out this recipe by Sally’s Baking to find out how to make it. - Fairy House Cake
For the birthday cake, consider turning the cake into a fairy house. Any shape will work for this idea. Just add doors and windows along the sides of the cake. The roof can be domed and painted like a mushroom, a giant upside down flower, or just covered in grass and flowers. For an easy DIY cake, check out this Fairy Cake House Decoration Set. It comes with a door, a fence, fairies, and flowers that can all be used to turn a regular cake into a fairy’s house.
I hope you found these food ideas helpful. Let me know in the comments which treats you plan to serve up at your fairy themed party.
Need activity ideas for your fairy themed party? Check out 24 Magical Fairy Themed Birthday Party Activities Kids Will Love.
