Create a Yo Gabba Gabba! Candy Buffet!
A new idea popping up in the latest Yo Gabba Gabba birthday parties is the candy buffet! Candy buffets allow your guests to fill their own baggie with the treats of their choosing.
Candy buffets serve multiple purposes at your birthday party!
- You can use a candy buffet as your party favor, and a way of saying thank you to your guests.
- Add an extra pop to your decor when created to match your theme.
- Your Yo Gabba Gabba birthday cake and cupcakes looks great as the centerpiece to a candy buffet.
- Or they can just be considered an added treat for your guests!
What You'll Need:
Candy, Of Course!
To create a candy buffet, first you will want to think about what candies you would like to have. You might want to choose candies by color, coordinating with each character. For Yo Gabba Gabba, choose orange, red, pink, yellow, green, and blue. Account for about one pound (16 oz.) per guest, but you might want to decrease that amount to avoid having extras in case your guests don't want to take candy home, for whatever reason. For my wedding reception's candy buffet, I purchased all of my bulk candy from Candy Warehouse and can honestly say that it was the best price for the best name brand selection!
Containers
You will also need containers to hold the candy on your buffet table.
I just love this Wilton Candy Buffet Set:
These glass jars are also elegant:
Anchor Hocking 1-Gallon Heritage Hill Jar with Glass Lid
Treat Bags
You are going to also need baggies for your guests to fill up. For treat bags, these little treat bags measure 3 3/4" X 6" and is perfect for a candy buffet!
Scoops
Little aluminum scoops are a super cute touch to your candy buffet:
I love how Nikki2579 placed her candy scoops on a Yo Gabba Gabba party plate from Celebrate Express! Nice presentation!
"Gabba-fy" Your Candy Buffet!
Be clever with your candy names, and your guests will notice!
Why not name each candy after a Yo Gabba Gabba character? Here are just a few of our own ideas!
Label Your Candy
Your guests might not be sure what kind of candy is in each bowl unless you label it!
Thanks to Yo Gabba Mama, you can easily edit these tags and print them out! You can use them either as labels on the candy containers on your candy buffet, or you can glue them to a stick and stand it up directly in the candy. You can also change the wording to write the name of the candy, or keep the thank you message!
To get started, click on This Link to get directions!
The labels also look great taped to the baggie that your guest will be taking home!
Nikki2579 also shared with us this picture of how she put labels on her treat bags:
Decorate Your Candy Buffet Table
To add even more decoration to your candy buffet, consider using brightly-colored flowers, pictures of the birthday boy or girl, hand-painted Yo Gabba Gabba picture frames... the options are limitless!
We love how in this image, the birthday boy's pictures, his favorite Backyardigan friends, and his name are all nicely featured on his candy buffet!
Image via Urban Magnolia
Glory made this candy buffet pop with bright colors, and equally bright floral arrangements!
Image via Glorious Treats
You can also create a table with different heights for the jars of candy by hiding phonebooks or boxes underneath the tablecloth.
Image via Jena D Events
You can also cleverly wrap boxes in Yo Gabba Gabba themed wrapping paper, and place jars of candy on top of those! Check out our wrapping paper gallery for ideas!
Need Specific Ideas for Your Table?
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Bright flowers!
We love these floral arrangements as they coordinate well with Yo Gabba Gabba colors!
Decorate your table like one of your favorite areas of GabbaLand!
This table was decorated like FoofaLand, complete with fluffy pom poms!
Paint your own Yo Gabba Gabba Photo Frames to hold your child's photos!
Here are just a few great examples of hand-painted Yo Gabba Gabba photo frames!
Get creative with the containers for candy!
Each one of these pictures feature containers made by our Gabba Friends! As you can see, there are so many different ways to do it!
For even more decorating ideas, please feel free to browse through our Birthday Party Decorations image gallery!
Yo Gabba Gabba! Candy Buffets
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These beautiful Yo Gabba Gabba candy buffets were sent in and featured on Gabbafriends.com!
Share Your Candy Buffet!
If this story helped you plan your Yo Gabba Gabba candy buffet, we invite you to share your pictures with us and help inspire even more parents! Please email your pictures to gabbafriends@gmail.com
