Woodland Party Food Ideas

Food for a woodland party is easy to assemble as there are many woodland-themed food ideas!

I did a lot of research and I found so many creative ideas on Pinterest and Google that I couldn’t possibly do them all, which is why I’ll post my round-up of darling ideas for a woodland party separately (check out the link to Darling Woodland Party Ideas post below).

How I Choose What Woodland Party Food to Serve

Since there were so many different foods and recipes that I could have included on this table, I tried to narrow the food provided on the dessert table down to a few things:

1- I planned to put out food that woodland animals actually eat. I did research for this. See the list of what woodland animals eat below.

2- I prioritized the food that I had on hand. Looking in my pantry at food I have on hand and can serve always saves on party costs.

I made sure the food is new or hasn’t been touched by any of my kids before I put it on the food table.

3- To save on time, I bought premade items that represented the theme.

For example I purchased pretzel sticks for twigs, tiny pickles for slugs,

gummy worms for worms, cinnamon bears for bears, chocolate-covered raisins for deer droppings,

and french cookies that look like bunny ears.

4- I tried to have a good mix of veggies, nuts, and sweets. Sometimes my party tables have too many sweets on them. I wanted to try and get a good mix of nuts, pretzels, crackers, vegetables, and sweets.

I felt that I accomplished that goal on this food table.

5- Finally, I went for a color scheme of natural earthy tones such as browns, tans, greens, and added pops of red and orange.

What Woodland Animals Eat in the Wild

In order to make this more of an authentic woodland animal party, I researched what woodland animals eat in the wild.

I put a list together and tried to include food for each of the animals I had in mind on the table.

Bears

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Berries

Nuts

Fish- Swedish Fish

Beavers

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Logs- chocolate covered pretzel rods (large)

Branches- Pocky

Twigs- small pretzel rods

Rabbits

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Broccoli

Cucumbers/pickles

Skunks

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Birds

Bird eggs

Fruit

nuts

bugs

Deer

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Vegetation

Grass

Nuts

Acorns

Wolf

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Deer and other small animals

Fox

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Mushrooms

Mice

Rabbit

Berries

Acorns

Squirrels

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Nuts

Acorns

Berries

Seeds (pumpkin seeds)

Hedgehogs

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Worms

Snails

Frogs

Baby birds and

bird eggs

Porcupines

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Leaves

Acorns

Bark

Needles of evergreen

Berries

Seeds

Leaves

Roots

Stems

Raccoons

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Snails

Frogs

Fish

Mice

Seeds

nuts

Owls

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Mice- I was going to make mice made of cherries but ran out of time.

Snakes & Frogs- I was going to add gummy snakes and frogs but never did.

Birds

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Ladybugs get the edible ladybug recipe here.

worms

dragonflies

Supply List for Woodland Party Food Ideas

Gather some or all of the food above.

Make the recipes (tutorials posted below)

dishes, plates, and spoons/toothpicks for serving food.

How to Put Together Woodland Party Food Table.

I’ll explain how I put this table decoration together in the post about the woodland party decorations and the recipes for the food-specific posts (mushrooms, acorns, cake, and ladybugs).

Everything else I just set out in a dish that matched the decor.

It was super easy and lots of the food was eaten up by our 32 guests. It was fun to see everyone enjoying items off of this party table.