Not Your Standard "Birthday Cake"

We celebrated his 3rd birthday on the porch this evening. I thought I would share his "birthday cake" with you. He went fishing with his dad and brother, with his own little fishing rod. So I decided to use fishing as the theme of his "cake". In a big glass bowl I made four small boxes of blue jello with the box directions of four cups of boiling water and four cups of cold water. I refrigerated the bowl until partially set. At this time I used a stick and gummy fish. I pushed some of the bright colored fish to the bottom, some part way up and laid some of the fish on top. I refrigerated the bowl of jello until firmly set. I found this little bendable guy at the toy store, and bent him to a seating position, and hot glued him lightly to the edge of the bowl. I found a stick outside and hot glued it to his hand. I tied fishing string to the stick and pierced a gummy fish and took the string up through it. I took a blue colored plastic stirrer and hot glued a "Happy 3rd Birthday" sign to it and hot glued it to his other hand. I used three tall thin birthday candles to the jello when it was firm enough to hold them.

It was a hit with him. It did look like water and fish swimming in it, if you used your imagination. Little guys can do that, thank goodness.

To add a bit more fun to the "birthday cake" idea, I gave him a can of spray whipped cream to add to the top. This was a new concept to him and he quickly learned to control the nozzle, adding more whipped cream than you can imagine. Okay...it was his birthday and birthdays are exceptions to the rules...right??? Another easy, quick and inexpensive way to celebrate a child's birthday. It has been a long day and I am tired. I usually don't post twice on one day, but I thought I'd share this "cake" idea. Good night!! ps. the man that was hot glued to the edge of the bowl, came right off when pressure was applied and it did not hurt the glass bowl