One of the most important party elements is food. Theme parties ask food to play a special role in their forwarding the theme and adding to the fun. Sometimes you are trying to recreate the actual look of food from another era or place. Often we are just trying to add another layer to our theme by calling food appropriate names to fit in with our party. Either way, ideas can be gleaned from many places. I found you a few. Some of these sites also include other party information as well so they do double duty as resources.

The site called Recipe Collection is a wonderful place for kids' food recipes that are easy for them to make at a "Cooking Party" or fun to serve them. Make sure you tell the kids their special names for these fun food ideas. Check the recipes for Fish in the River and Cat's Eye's.

Popcorn can be used as party foods in many ways. Jolly Time Popcorn is a great site with recipes for Old Fashioned Popcorn Balls, Rocky Road Peanut Butter Popcorn Bars, Baked Caramel Corn, Pop corn Turtles, Nacho Popcorn, and Almond Crunch Pop Corn

Aunt Libby's Kitchen supplies us with an assortment of fun recipes both food and crafts. I especially liked Beaches, Pigeon Poop, and Puppy chow. Expecting a big crowd? You may want to prepare Elephant Stew. Be sure to check that out.

Chiquita-tize Your World since almost everyone likes bananas. Everything from Smoothies and Shakes to a whole array of other party perfect foods that feature the delicious yellow fruit can be found here.

Guacamole - great recipe for this traditional party dip at the New Zealand Avocado's For Kids site.

An Australian site called Tamara's Kitchen features some very nice recipes for appetizers for the grown up party. If elegance is called for, you won't be disappointed by this selection.

A wonderful site for party recipes as well as more hints for giving parties is the Pillsbury Mealtime Ideas site.

Kraft Cookbook provides tons of recipes for special occasions and parties. You can even rate recipes in order to help them better serve you.

Lots of hostesses serve the favorite Chex mix treat. At Welcome to Chex, you will learn a few new wrinkles on this standard party fare. How about Margarita Chex Fiesta Mix or Chex Moroccan Crunch?

Maybe you want a dessert- why not Chocolate Drizzles.

There are so many good resources for fun food.

Credits: Jo Ann Wentzel