Transportation Theme Party Food Ideas for Kids

Build a Toy Race Track

Arrange toy cars around a simple road or race track in the middle of the table. Black construction paper, a reusable play mat or strips of paper can create an easy roadway.

Add small cars, buses, trucks or construction vehicles to match the foods you plan to serve.

Mix Different Ways to Travel

The party doesn't have to focus only on cars. Combine cars, trucks, boats, airplanes and trains so kids can choose their favorite kind of transportation.

Car Sandwiches

Turn a hoagie sandwich into an edible car by adding cucumber wheels.

You Will Need

• Hoagie rolls
• Favorite sandwich fillings
• Cucumber, cut into circles
• Pretzel sticks

Prepare each hoagie with your favorite meat, cheese or other sandwich fillings.

Carefully push cucumber circles onto the ends of pretzel sticks to create two sets of wheels. Arrange the sandwich over the wheels to make an edible car.

Apple Cars

Apple slices and grapes make quick fruit cars that fit perfectly with the transportation theme.

Cut apples into thick slices for the car bodies and cut grapes in half for the wheels.

Attach grape halves to each side of the apple slices to create wheels. Add a little teddy bear graham cracker driver if you'd like.

Sailboat Eggs

Turn deviled eggs into little sailboats for an easy transportation-themed appetizer. The egg becomes the boat and a piece of red pepper makes a simple sail.

Prepare your favorite deviled eggs, then cut small triangles from red bell pepper for the sails.

Place one pepper triangle upright in each deviled egg to make it look like a tiny sailboat.

Fruit Boats

Fruit boats add a fresh, colorful option to the transportation party table. Use banana and kiwi for the boat with pineapple for the sail.

Arrange banana and kiwi slices together to form the base of the boat.

Cut a pineapple ring in half to create a sail, then place it upright above the fruit boat.

Cucumber Boats

Turn a cucumber into an edible boat and fill it with a favorite sandwich or salad filling.

You Will Need

• Large cucumber
• Tuna salad, chicken salad, Greek salad or another favorite filling

Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise and scoop out some of the center to create a boat shape.

Spoon your chosen filling into the cucumber. Serve the boats as they are or add a simple decorative paper sail just before serving, removing any non-food decorations before eating.

Edible Stoplights

Make little traffic lights with rectangular crackers, frosting and red, yellow and green candies.

You Will Need

• Graham crackers or other rectangular crackers
• White frosting, or cream cheese for a savory cracker
• Red, yellow and green round candies

Break or cut the crackers into rectangles. Spread each one with frosting, then arrange one red, one yellow and one green candy in a row to resemble a traffic light.

Candy Race Cars

Turn mini candy bars into little race cars with round candy wheels and a teddy bear cracker driver.

You Will Need

• Mini candy bars
• Teddy bear-shaped graham crackers
• Round candies for the wheels
• Chocolate frosting

Use a small dab of chocolate frosting to attach a teddy bear cracker near the top of each candy bar as the driver.

Add small dabs of frosting where the wheels should go, then attach round candies to create the wheels. Add another candy for a steering wheel if desired.