Monday, November 25, 2013

Party Wednesday: Muppet Thanksgiving



            Who doesn’t love the Muppets?  I grew up with them and have continued to love them into adulthood.  So why not give thanks with those who have helped us grow into the adults that we are today.
Décor

                        For the décor, I’m going for Muppet show meets the outdoors.  While the Show is set in a theater, it’s a little hard to transform your entire dinning room into a theater stage.  Instead we are going to have the Muppet cast be the decorations. 
            Start off with a pile of fake leafs, in fall colors of course.
  
 Print out your favorite Muppet characters (be sure to Photoshop a pilgrim hat on them) and glue them on a stick and with the help of a foam ball place it in the middle of your leaves.
  
It’s like they are there to celebrate with you.  You can place these leaf piles around your home.  Your main focus is going to be the dinning table. 
            For your table drape it in burlap table cloth and have the edge of the table cloth hit the floor. 
  

Next have a table runner go down the middle.  Now this isn’t going to be your ordinary table runner, this is going to be the fur of a Muppet table runner!  You can buy faux fur at your local fabric store, just be sure that it is fuzzy and bright.  Think like Animal or Fozzie.
  
If you want to go the extra mile you can add the character’s head at the end of the runner.

            In the center you would normally have your turkey, but I want to put something there until the food arrives on the table.  If you own large Muppet stuffed animals or actual Muppet puppets, throw those bad boys in the middle with some hats.  If you don’t then you can make (or buy) your own turkey Muppet.
  

I also suggest making your own Camilla the chicken and place her around the table.  Follow the link below the picture to learn how.
  

Use felt placemats, match the colors up to your guests favorite Muppet.
  

Use your fine china and flatware, but be sure to use cloth napkins.  On these napkins you will add your guests favorite Muppet on the napkin in the form as a pin.  There are many tutorials on how to make felts pins online, just find a picture of the Muppet and start gluing. 

            The final decoration the chandelier.  This isn’t a necessity but it really pulls the room together with the lighting.
  


Food
            Scooter’s Cheesy Head
  

Big Bird
  

Kermit and Miss Piggy
  

Janice’s Sweet Pie
  



Drink

Very Manly Muppet
  

The Animal
  
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/the-red-and-the-black

The Gonzo
  

            As always these are just suggestions, I know we will all have way more food than what I suggested.  This should help bet the ball rolling, or your bellies, for your own Muppet themed thanksgiving.  Like always I would love to hear from you if you have any suggestions on what I should do for the next Party Wednesday; or have pics you would like to share just send them my way.  See you Friday for some ranting or whatever. 

See you on the other side

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