S'mores are a summer favorite and each year this popular campfire treat is recognized each year on August 10th during National S'mores Day. This delicious, gooey treat of roasted marshmallows with a layer of chocolate bar sandwiched between two pieces of graham crackers, is loved by millions across the country. What better way to celebrate this sweet holiday than with a camp inspired S'mores Party!
S'mores are one of our families favorite summer treats and we always look forward to gathering around the campfire to create these ooey gooey treats. Ever since I learned about National S'mores Day in 2010 I've been hosting an annual S'mores Party for our friends and family. This year I decided to beat the Texas heat and head to a local park with lots of trees and shade for our annual party.
The set-up for this party is super simple, but it's definitely worth it to take a few extra steps to create this fun and colorful camp themed S'mores Party.
I used a small vintage desk as my dessert station. I hung a custom fabric bunting I had left over from my twins birthday party on the front of the desk. You could also create your own custom banner with the burlap square pennant garland. I kept all the other decorations for this party minimal, I wanted it to feel like it would have if we had gone camping in the mountains. I made a "Make Your Own S'mores" sign with the DIY Slat Sign and the free printable!
I wanted this party set-up to remind us of camping, because that's where we typically make and enjoy s'mores. So I set up one of the A-frame tents left over from my twins camping themed birthday party. I hung the DIY S'mores Banner I made from the top of the tent. I added a few pine trees from my Christmas decorations to make it feel a little bit more like the great outdoors. The kids love hanging out and playing in this tent so I added a few of the jumbo floor pillows to the tent.
The star of this party is of course the s'mores ingredients. I filled the large galvanized tray with our favorite ingredients. Here are suggestions for ingredients you can include on your s'mores bar:
- Graham Crackers
- Ritz Crackers
- Kraft Jet Puffed Marshmallows
- Kraft Jet Puffed Marshmallows Chocolate & Vanilla Swirl
- Kraft Jet Puffed Marshmallows Strawberry
- Kraft Jet Puffed Marshmallows Stacker Marshmallows
- Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars
- Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate Bars
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
- Spreads like Peanut Butter, Nutella, Biscoff, Salted Carmel Sauce
Roast your marshmallows to perfection, I like mine golden brown, sandwiched between a graham cracker and chocolate. Enjoy your ooey gooey treat and repeat! In addition to making your own s'mores I also had a delicious Fluffy S'mores Dip that guest could enjoy. I like having easy snack options that guests can snack on while waiting for their turn to roast their marshmallow, or for those rare individuals who don't like making their own s'mores!
Once the kids have had their fill of sticky sweet marshmallows make sure you have plenty of napkins and wipes on hand to help the kids clean up.
Whenever I throw a party, no matter how big or small I always like to send our friends home with a little party favor so they can remember all the fun we had. I put together DIY S'mores Kit Party Favors for each guest and I made little camp themed goodies for the kids. I filled canvas adventure pencil cases with mini woodland adventure notebooks, wood pencils, and an adventure dog tag necklace. This is also a great way to keep the kids entertained while at the park. You can divide them into teams based on the dog tag necklaces and send them on a nature scavenger hunt with their pencil pouch and notebooks.
This summer celebrate National S'mores Day, on August 10th, with a simple, colorful and fun camp themed s'mores party! Make sure you also check out my posts to create your own DIY S'mores Banner, DIY S'mores Kit Party Favors and Fluffy S'mores Dip to help make your celebration extraordinary.
