Entertaining in your home is all of the rage, especially with all of the fun ideas accessible to us today. If you use items you currently have or start collecting pieces that may be used over and over regardless of the subject, your celebration can seem like a million dollars, even once you don’t spend much whatsoever.
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1. Maintain your décor items. Your party is going to have more impact if you strike your guests using some”wow” areas. Keep things easy on your own. This is sometimes a great tip for any sort of celebration, but especially if you’re attempting to do so with toddlers!
Instead of having decorations all around the house and in the garden for my son’s second birthday celebration, I concentrated my arrangements on only two tables. Look closely: Take away the food, and there really is not so much décor. Grouping it all together is what made the impact.
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2. Think outside the box. While the kiddos are still young you have a little more leeway with party themes. In no time they will be requesting a celebration based around their favourite cartoon characters.
Although I chose the subject for my kid’s celebration, I still wanted to signify an interest . She loves to play our set of stacking Russian dolls, and so that gave me a fun way to integrate something she likes while still allowing me to use my design abilities.
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3. Locate decor items that you may use again. I’ve got a stash of items I use over and over again. They simply get reinvented for each new celebration, but most people never notice.
The red stallion could be utilized as a home accessory or to get a new party theme, and the Russian Doll Decal I placed on a canvas will hang in my kid’s room post-party.
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4. Display plastic or paper plates and silverware in a fun way. Disposable plates are essential for many parties. Instead of just laying out a box of plastic forks and spoons, wrap them into a napkin and tie them off with a ribbon. It seems prettier and makes it simple for your guests to grab a bundle in the buffet.
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This lined basket by a shop’s buck bin made a perfect holder for the adults’ plates.
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5. Make food simple. Children make your life occupied . Add cooking and entertaining in addition to this — somebody’s going to need a vacation.
You’re able to serve easy foods and only display them in a beautiful way. I lined this metallic fish cooker using a beaded napkin and it became a fantastic way to serve bread for the adults’ sandwich bar.
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6. Make food fun. Fun food does not have to be difficult. It’s about how it’s shown. In this case, the screen became the actual show. I made this Wiggly Watermelon by massaging Jell-O to a hollowed-out watermelon. As soon as the Jell-O is almost, but not-quite place, throw mini chocolate chips for the”seeds.”
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7. Make healthful lunches that will please even the pickiest of eaters. Nobody thought they’d have that”picky eater” but let’s face it — it happens to the best people. By providing a number of healthy finger foods you’re guaranteed to hit the mark with a couple items on each child’s list.
Displaying the toddler lunches in ice cube trays was a fun way for the children to eat. They were also simple for parents to simply grab as their own children became hungry. I found that these trays in the Target dollar bin — two for $1.
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The trays were a hit!
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8. Use signage as decoration. I try to label foods or make a listed menu I put in a framework. It gives you more entertaining design component to improve your celebration and also gives parents a quick list to navigate, if their child has any food allergies.
This notion may also do the job for any actions you might be having. It’s possible to make signals describing directions for any actions you have in the party. I made a sign to get a bubble channel at my daughter’s 1st birthday celebration. It read, “The Bean’s Bubble Bar.” We used her nickname in the name.
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9. Make dessert component of your celebration theme. Serve dessert in a fun and easy way. Cake pops are all of the rage and are simple for tots to eat. Cake pops could be drawn up into so many themes, which makes it simple to cater to each party. Bakerella is a great resource for inspiration on cakepop how-tos. Additionally, there are numerous sources popping up everywhere, should you need to employ a person to make some for your celebration.
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The trays, cake and sign pops create a pretty vignette on a side table.
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10. Give guests a favor they will love. Favors shouldn’t be pricey, but they do need to be something that will not only get chucked away. Food for me will always be loved by the masses, so for the most part, favors my celebrations are always edible.
I created a snack mix for the kiddos and then poured it into cello bags I dressed with a clip art image I bought on Etsy.
Instructions:
Print out clip art and cut out each doll’s head.For the back, trace the front head on a piece of colored cardstock and cut out.Using a glue stick, attach top of the doll’s head to the cardstock backing, leaving the throat area unglued.Fill a vase-shaped cello bag (found at Michael’s) using treats. Close off by folding the top of the bag towards the center and down. Then place the printed doll so the neck part is over the folded surface of the tote. The printed side of the doll’s head will probably face the front of the tote; the unprinted cardstock will lie down the back.Use a hole punch to make two holes about an inch apart through paper, cardstock and the top of the tote. Pull a ribbon although the holes in the back and tie a bow in front to finish off your own doll. More: See How to Organize a Room for Entertaining
