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Do you need a simple and easy way to add some fun to your family’s routine? Check out our recent PB&J Party for a quick way to bring instant smiles to everyone’s day!
You guys…how’s the January slump treating you?! For many of us, it’s the hardest time of year — the weather is cold and gray, there aren’t necessarily a lot of fun events to look forward to, and we’re all feeling a little bit…cooped up. That’s why I thought that you might like a quick peek at a simple way to shake things up a little bit in your own home, because really…don’t we all LOVE a party? Best of all, you don’t even need a special occasion to celebrate!
Just before Christmas, my friends at Smucker’s sent me a really great care package full of all of the necessary supplies for hosting a PB&J Party. I was so excited to dive into this box, but I carefully set it aside for about a week, since I knew that it would come in very handy later on!
In the weeks leading up to Christmas, our life was jam-packed with birthday celebrations, Thanksgiving, holiday parties, school performances, and plenty of other festive excitement. But then, in a matter of one day, Christmas was done and my boys were looking around the house wondering…what’s next?!
To head off the inevitable post-holiday blues, I thought that it would be fun to surprise the family with a special party of our own. What better way to distract three perpetually-hungry little boys from the passing holidays than a PB&J party?! Followed up by a special trip to the movies to see the new episode of Star Wars, this was almost as good as any Christmas gift that they received!
I hung the festive party banner,
grabbed some signs for our “photo booth,”
and pulled out the ingredients necessary to craft the perfect little PB&J sliders!
I had these dinner rolls leftover from our Christmas lunch, so they served as the bread component of our PB&J’s. The rest is probably obvious at this point: it’s always Jif peanut butter around here, as well as Smucker’s fruit spreads.
My new personal favorite is this Triple Berry flavored Smucker’s Fruit & Honey fruit spread. It tastes like a homemade jam, and it should — it’s ripened fruit that’s naturally sweetened with honey!
I love that I can always count on Smucker’s as my go-to because there are a variety of flavors to please everyone and the spreads always taste authentic.
And for me, it’s ALL ABOUT the Crunchy Jif,
while my boys prefer their PB smooth!
We served some cold milk to wash down our sandwiches,
and some jam thumbprint cookies for dessert. Even though Christmas was over it didn’t mean that the cookie consumption had to stop!
With full bellies and big smiles, the older boys headed off to the theater with Dad for the big showing of their favorite movie!
And I could sit back, take a deep breath, and relish (briefly) in a wonderful holiday season, a happy family, and another blessed year.
And then I was off to clean-up the house and put away decorations while my little guy napped! Our party was fun, and I loved #MyPBJMoment…but now back to reality!
I hope that you’ll take some time to turn your quiet, unscheduled moments into a celebration that your family will always remember — a PB&J Party! It’s a perfectly simple, no-stress way to make memories with your little ones and add some fun back into an otherwise typical day!
And now…for the giveaway!! Smucker’s is going to send one of my lucky readers a package full of goodies! Just leave a comment below (about anything!) and you’ll automatically be entered to win! I’ll pick a winner at random on Wednesday, January 20. Good luck!
What a fun idea to have a pb&j party, Blair! You have the cutest boys and I’m sure they loved it, too! I aways have a few jars of smuckers in my kitchen, so I’m loving this. What a fun way to eat pb&j!
this is just an unbelievably cute and fun idea!
What a Wonderfully sweet and special way to spend fun family time. I love your ideas for a post Christmas party. Thanks for such a great blog!
A kid classic made even more fun by making it a party 🙂
Love this idea!
Jif has been my PB for 30 years! 35 years? Maybe. I can’t really remember when I started buying only Jif! And when the Crunchy came out, I loved it even more. You just can’t beat Jif and Smucker’s!
Congrats, Auntiepatch! You are the winner of the Smucker’s giveaway! I will contact you directly!
And what are those yummy looking cookies? Did I miss the recipe?
Hey, Auntiepatch! No, I wish I had the recipe! They were sent to me by my friends at Smucker’s! 🙂
We love the new Smuckers Fruit & Honey Spread! And I’ve been loving your blog…it has helped me as busy work-from-home Mom to be able to make quick & healthy meals for my family. Thank you so much!!
Love your blog! My children are grown with kids of their own, but it’s so much fun to remember that period of my life when mine were that age. I have been a loyal
fan of Jif and Smuckers for nearly 45 years and am looking forward to trying the fruit and honey spreads. Best wishes, keep blogging!
So fun! I’m going to try this the next time I have all my grandkids here at the same time!
That’s a great idea peanut butter and jelly party I think I’ll do that for my grand daughter and her friends
What a neat idea. I’d love to have a PBJ Party and treat all the kids at my nieces special needs class she teaches! Love your blog and little munchkins!!!???????
I got a new one for your next pb&j party, add just a little more pb to the sandwich and fry it like a grilled cheese. Grilled pb&j sandwiches are the best.
Try this at your next pb&j party. Add a little extra pb then grill it just like a grilled cheese. It an experience that can’t be put into words.
I enjoy reading your blog. I’m going to have to go buy that fruit spread sweetened with honey. I’m a big fan of honey.
What asuper fun giveaway
This is such a cute and fun idea for a party! I have not seen the Smucker’s Jams and Jellies with honey, but will look for them at my local stores. Smucker’s has always been my favorite for Jams. Thank you for offering this giveaway!
Crunchy is my favorite too!!
What a delicous pos! 😛
What a delicous pos! :PP
We ALWAYS buy Smuckers peanut butter. It’s the best!
I wish I my children were still young! They are all grown now, but I still enjoy following you! You have some awesome ideas for children and I love your recipes and so do my young men… Smuckers is the best and all we buy in our house. The basket is a great idea. Looking forward to more of your wonderful ideas and recipes.
What a great giveaway!
PB&J how yummy! Thanks for a great giveaway.
Happy Yew Year! Peanut Butter and jelly reminds me of having it in my lunchbox when I was a kid. I loved it then and I love it now. 🙂
Oh yum- now I’m craving one in the worst way!!!!! Need!!!
Such a cute party idea – milk and cookies are the perfect accompaniment to PB&J!
I love pb&j and smuckers is the best!
pb & j never gets old!
We love peanut butter. One of our favorite snack foods to use on carrots
Spent the day watching movies at home with microwave popcorn and snuggled under blankets on the couch! A perfectly lazy day!
As a kid, pb and j was a fun treat. As an adult it still is!
I tend to be team creamy myself, but I LOVE crunchy for cooking and baking 🙂
PB&J is a universal food food kids. As much as our kids complain about what they are given to eat, they never complain about a pb&j sandwich.
PB&J – a favorite of mine for years!
I still love a PB&J sandwich with an ice-cold glass of milk! I always make sure to keep peanut butter and jelly on hand for that very reason.
Thanks for the chance to win!
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Thanks for the giveaway! I love peanut butter and jelly
I love peanut butter and jelly.
Th apricot preserve sounds good
Oh I remember growing up and my grandma making them for us after going swimming in the lake. They always tasted so good! Such beautiful memories!
My 3 year old has brought back the pb&j lover in me! Our go to sandwich is smooth pb with grape jelly. Thanks for the chance! 🙂
That is so cute and fun. I have never seen taht jam taht is made with honey. Now, THAT I must buy immediately. My husband eats PB&J almost every day, for breakfast – true story!
I like your idea of making ordinary moments a celebration.
There are some awesome pics here! I am team crunchy too! hehe