- Assemblage is a major part of many craft projects. Whether a crafter is building a dollhouse, sewing a quilt or making a paper mache sculpture, assembling pieces and putting parts together is an essential aspect of most craftwork. A simple idea for incorporating assemblage into festival foods is with kabobs. Skewer meats such as chicken and steak with crisp vegetables like peppers and onions onto wooden sticks and grill for a yummy meal. Or, keep pre-grilled items in their own separate container and allow festival goers to assemble their own kabobs with the meats and veggies of their choosing.
- Funnel cake is a classic festival, fair and carnival food staple. A simple batter made from flour, water, butter, sugar and egg is put into a piping bag and squeezed into hot oil. Once fried, this light, sweet cake is dusted with powdered sugar and eaten warm. Instead of piping the batter into oil in the traditional, crisscrossed motion, try making designs to incorporate craft themes of creativity, decoration and embellishment into this beloved treat. Pipe the batter into hot oil forming a star shape, a snowflake shape or even a cursive name to bring a little originality and that hand-made feel to festival goers' plates. Keep shakers filled with sprinkles, colored sugar and other edible cake-decorating items nearby so that kids can embellish their treats in whatever way they please.
- Pretzels are yummy, inexpensive, and easy to eat on the go, making them an excellent food item choice for a public event such as a craft festival where people continually walk around and go to and fro. Instead of forming dough in the traditional pretzel shape, take inspiration from the craft festival itself and form pretzels into shapes that have to do with the theme or season. Make snowmen for a winter craft festival, for example, or try making flowers or birds for a springtime event. The possibilities are as endless as your imagination.
- What better way to celebrate a craft festival than with food that is itself a craft project? Encourage festival goers to get crafty with their food by making precut fruit and vegetable flower shapes. Using a cookie cutter, cut out flower and leaf shapes from soft fruits such as melon and pineapple slices. Use a paring knife to make blossoms out of strawberries, grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers and carrots. Keep fruits and vegetables in separate containers, provide skewer sticks and invite guests to create their own arrangements with the precut fruits and veggies provided. Charge by the piece or by the skewer.
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