A hedgehog peeks out from behind a mushroom, ferns are pressed into deep green paper, and a wide deckled card holds the message in the middle. It is a woodland party without a single cartoon animal, which is why parents like it as much as the kids do.
The sample is a six-year-old girl, but woodland works from one to eight and for either child.
Hold it in a park or a backyard with trees. A scavenger hunt for pinecones and acorns, a craft table for leaf crowns, and a campfire-style snack board with trail mix and s’mores dip carry the afternoon. For the cake, a chocolate log with meringue mushrooms looks like it belongs in the picture. Send guests home with a little pot of moss or a packet of wildflower seeds.
