Victory Tour "Girl on Fire" Cake AND Should Your Child Be Reading the Hunger Games?

...or "Boy on Fire,"

as it is in our case!

...and read on a bit for my answer to the title's question.....:

For my son's 10th birthday, 

we celebrated with a Hunger Games theme~

He was President Snow.....

K was Gale Hawthorne

and we were graced with

 Effie, Katniss and Cato in attendance as well.

Our party details from treats to games  to decor, costumes 

and  favors is here, in the post, 

"Panem et Circenses!"

                                    

Gale and his nemesis, Pres Snow

                              

Yes, we've read the series with our kids,

though we have not seen the movies,

and  as I mention in the post

around our Hunger Games themed cupcakes,

I do understand that embarking on the reading 

of Suzanne Collins's series,

while not 'controversial,' necessarily, is a family's very personal 

and deeply thought out decision.

Frankly,  my feeling is that if a child is aware of 
the reality of the greatest evil

rampant in our day and age...

yes, abortion...
then the decision to read The Hunger Games series is
rather a moot point.

Discussion  of the social structure, government suppression

and brutal and bloody manipulation of children 

during annual games broadcast on reality TV

in order to satisfy The Capitol's sick bloodlust

within a fictional series set in a dystopian futuristic society, 

well.... 
that's nothing when compared to 

the greatest evil and  one which is
so prevalent, so accepted
within our culture of death, as abortion.

Really, we should be thinking about how to capitalize on

the series and using it to our best advantage in

teaching history, politics, government and ancient Rome.

Yes, ancient Rome.

If you don't know what I mean by that, read the series.

It. Is. Excellent.

Now, onto the cake..

Whether you are indeed checking out the newly released

 Hunger Games movie with your kids

this weekend

OR

simply looking for a fun, campfire-ish themed cake...

here goes:

Ingredients~

1. Your fave cake mix recipe

2. Your fave chocolate frosting recipe

3. Wilton two tiered cake stand ( Michael's carries it...use that 40% off coupon in your Sunday paper). If you can't find it, you can click here and purchase the cake stand on amazon.

4. Wilton white candy roses....yes indeed, President Snow's trademark! Again, go to Michael's for these. If, for some reason, you can't locate them, you can click here to  buy the roses on amazon.

5. Gold edible glitter ( They're your campfire sparks)
6. Fancy yellow, orange, red cello wrap. (This will be your campfire flame!)
7. Pirouline cookies. Believe it or not,  my local Dollar Tree carries these!! Wow! What luck!  Otherwise, check your supermarket's cookie aisle or click here if you have no luck in either spot to buy them on amazon.

8. Chocolate icing writer with which to decorate the cake. Easily found at Walmart, Michael's, grocery store or here on amazon.

Directions~

Assemble cake and campfire atop it,  as shown in pictures above.

 Write your celebratory tagline. 

Decorate with candy rosettes and candles AND ENJOY!

Happy Hunger Games and

May the Odds Be Ever In Your Favor!

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2013 HS Post Blog Awards? 

THANK YOU!! 

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Until next time,

~Chris