Snowmen for Lunch

In planning our snow-themed lunch, I looked on Pinterest for ideas and quickly decided I was out of my element. As a busy mama with limited time and abilities, our lunch needed to be Sara-friendly, meaning something that didn't demand much time, attention, or food artsy skills. 

Last year's craft became
this year's decor

I used to dream of doing a blue, white, and silver snowman-themed meal with food served from footed plates and with white lights and sparkly snowflake garlands for decor. But as the years passed, my dreams melted, and I finally purged my collection of blue plates when I needed elbow room and storage space more than I needed blue plates. So when a snowman lunch finally happened, it was a gaudy collide of color which was probably more fun for children anyway. 

Tiny red cups by the fork held
snowmen-shaped candies

A few cute signs made simple foods fit our theme.  

These are peanuts, by the way. I don't
purposely feed six children
chocolate covered coffee beans.

We invited friends to join us for lunch, and Gail brought darling snowman fruit kabobs, served in a hill of snow. 

I chose snowman-shaped pizzas as our main course and felt smart for substituting Alfredo sauce for pizza sauce. No bleeding snowmen for me! The crusts were cut from tortillas, the noses were wedges of pepperoni, and buttons and eyes were circles of olives.

After lunch, we made snowmen luminaries with Gail's endless craft supplies and excellent tutelage.

Isn't he snow cute?

Even the mess is artsy. I love it. 

Only one snowman has its candle lit
 in this picture but each one has a
battery operated tea light.

We enjoyed our snow-themed afternoon enough to do it again sometime. I can see my future self opening Pinterest just long enough to remember the reasons we stick to simplicity around here. Likely, I'll ask some friends to join us, tapping in on their creativity and energy. We will go away, like we did this year, warmed by friendship and snow-themed memories.