Bonfire Night food for kids: family-friendly recipes - Netmums (2024)
Our Bonfire Night food ideas and recipes for kids and toddlers will help make fireworks night go with a bang.There's comfort food like hot dogs, pumpkin chilli and curry; traditional treats such as parkin and gingerbread; plus warming drinks from pumpkin lattes to the ultimate hot chocolate!
Throwing a Bonfire Night party or just fancy having some seasonal celebrations at home?
Our Bonfire Night food ideas and recipes for kids and toddlers will help make fireworks night go with a bang. There’s comfort food like hot dogs, pumpkin chilli and curry, traditional treats such as parkin and gingerbread, plus warming drinks from pumpkin lattes to the ultimate hot chocolate!
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Be sure to check out our Bonfire Night Hub, with safety tips, craft ideas, fireworks displays near you and more!
Jacket Potatoes
S'mores
Pumpkin Chilli
Parkin
Hot Chocolate
Bonfire Cupcakes
Seattle-Style Hot Dogs
Toffee Apples
Pumpkin Soup
Mug Cakes
Edible Matchsticks
Root Vegetable Crisps
Spiced Pumpkin Lattes
Sausage And Bean Stew
Gingerbread
Dipped Marshmallows
Homemade Burgers
Sausage Rolls
Edible Sparklers
Quorn Hot Dog Tacos
Pumpkin Curry
Marshmallow Rockets
Baked Apples
Fruit Rockets
Apple Crumble
Chocolate Fudge Cookies
Macaroni Cheese
Syrup Sponge Pudding
A fire pit is a perfect alternative to a bonfire! It’s ideal for cold, winter evenings and get-togethers – plus, it creates such cosy warmth and ambiance. This one from DAWOO is one of our favourites! See more details at Amazon.
Plus, if you’re running a busy household, a slow cooker is an absolute must-have. It creates healthy, delicious meals with minimum effort (and cost!). We highly recommend this purse-friendly one from Morphy Richards. See more details at Amazon.
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Baking potatoes on the fire is a traditional Bonfire Night dish, wrapped in foil and cooked by the warm embers. You can choose a variety of toppings to go with your perfectly baked potatoes, perfect to satisfy many different tastes, and can be used as a side dish or the main meal.
Baking potatoes on the fire is a traditional Bonfire Night dish, wrapped in foil and cooked by the warm embers. You can choose a variety of toppings to go with your perfectly baked potatoes, perfect to satisfy many different tastes, and can be used as a side dish or the main meal.
Bonfire Night takes place on the 5th of November every year. People burn bonfires and set off fireworks to mark the day. Bonfire Night marks the failed bombing of the Houses of Parliament in London. There were 13 men involved in the plot.
In general, Bonfire Night sees participants parade in costume donning costumes and fireworks, often sparklers, fireworks and flaming torches are utilised, as well as parade floats inspired by current events and figures from history. The event often culminates around a large bonfire and a climactic fireworks display.
The origins are unclear – they could be pagan or linked to All Saints' Day – but for centuries it's been enjoyed at the start of November, usually on 'Parkin Sunday'. We have the brisk Yorkshire climate that favours oats over wheat to thank for parkin.
For small or indoor spaces, plan on classic card games like Uno, your favorite board games, or easy tic tac toe. Put together an epic mix to encourage dancing around the fire. Add fire-themed songs like Great Balls of Fire, Firework, or This Girl is on Fire.
You can grill meat and vegetables directly on the grate or use it as a stand to hold pots and pans for boiling water, frying, or slow cooking. Cast iron cookware is recommended for campfire cooking as the dense metal retains heat better and distributes it more evenly.
After Guy Fawkes was caught, everybody was allowed to have a big fire (a 'bonfire'), to celebrate that the plan didn't happen and the king didn't die. And so, 5 November became Bonfire Night, and it's celebrated every year.
Well, Guy Fawkes tried to blow up London's Houses of Parliament in 1605 because he wanted to kill King James I. So British people celebrate that night, 5 November, with bonfire parties, including huge bonfires in public parks, and firework displays.
Fireworks are the result of chemical reactions involving a few key components -- like a fuel source (often charcoal-based black powder), an oxidizer (compounds like nitrates, chlorates that produce oxygen) and a color-producing chemical mixture. The oxidizer breaks down the chemical bonds in the fuel, releasing energy.
It's because Halloween and Bonfire's Night happen after the annual apple harvest. It's also because the weather needs to be cool, not hot or humid, for the toffee to set.
All over Britain there are firework displays and bonfires with models of Guy Fawkes, which are burned on the fire. The Guy is made of old clothes and the clothes are filled with newspaper. The fireworks are a reminder of the gunpowder that Guy Fawkes hid in the cellar of Parliament.
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