• Give your kids a messy time with some food games.food image by Fashayan from Fotolia.com
  
  For any party or get-together for a group of kids, you want to have plenty of food and entertainment ready for them. Combining the two things by playing some messy food games are bound to give your kids the giggles as they get all sorts of food all over themselves and their friends.
  
  

Ice Cream Mouths

• Play this game with older kids. Begin by dividing the players into two teams. Each team selects one player from their team to lay down at the opposite side of the room. Line the teams up parallel to their players on the other side of the room. Place a small ice cream cone in the mouth of the players laying down. Then, place on a table between the teams some bowls filled with ice cream and toppings. Place spoons in each of the bowls of toppings. When you say "Go," the first players in each team pick up one scoop of ice cream and race to their teammate on the ground, scooping out the ice cream into the cone in her mouth. The players then race back to their team's lines, prompting the next player in line to spoon the next topping into the teammate's cone. Continue the game until one team--the winning team--has its cone filled with all the necessary toppings.
  
  

Feed Me

• Begin the game by picking out a pair of players to start. Blindfold the partners and sit them down at a table so that they're both facing each other. Place a plate of food in front of one of the players, preferably something messy like pasta or enchiladas, then tie his partner's hands behind her back. When you say "Go," have the person with the food in front of him feed it to his partner. Take a picture of the partner who ate the food. Then, let all of the pairs take their turns. Once everyone has gone, compare pictures to see which pair had the cleanest face at the end of their turn; that pair wins the game..
  
  

Toaster Pop

• Use this game as an icebreaker for kids who don't know each other well. Begin by gathering the kids into a circle. Place in the middle of the circle a toaster. To start, insert a piece of bread into the toaster. The kids then all take turns, starting with one kid and moving clockwise, telling the group something about themselves. They continue until the toast pops up. The person talking at the time the toaster stops toasting has to eat the toast with a topping of the group's choice on it. Toppings can include anything from peanut butter to ice cream or even sardines. Continue until all of the bread is eaten.