I love birthday parties. Actually I love all the occasions that get people together for having fun. There is some really amazing of hosting a kids birthday party. The enthusiasm, happiness that kids bring to the table can never be felt in other parties. So when my little one's have their birthday's I start planning quite a few days before.
For my little girls birthday I organised a cooking theme party which was quite a hit among her friends. I started out with a a quick checklist of things on the notes application on my phone that need to be get done.
For the invitation card we made this pretty apron out of card paper and polka dotted washi tape. The outline was cut by the kids and the ribbons too were pasted by them. I did the finer details.
Dress : Buying birthday dresses are very tricky. You want your child to standout, yet you dont want to spend a lot of money as they grow out of the size so quickly. I decided to get a nice dress tailor made from Onebyten . Initially the idea was to create a princess dress but we ended but with a nice floral balloony skirt and top. She will grow out of the the top but the skirt will be reused for atleast 2 years as the waist is elastic and the length of the skirt is appropriate for long use.
Return Gifts : I decided to make an apron and a recipe book and gave them away with handmade newspaper bag. The bag were made with kids. We also added a paper flower made from the material of crowns of my boy's birthday. It was chess theme but that's for another day. All the girls loved the aprons and the recipe book.
Food is the most cumbersome aspect of hosting a kids birthday party. No single child would have the same food preference. Nonetheless we played it safe by having pizza and fries for extremely fussy kids and made the children make their food own their own.
Here is the menu that the kids put together themselves . First one was mini burgers. The patties were made in advance and kids assembled their burgers with buns, mayo, cheese, tomatoes and sauce. Was quite a boost to their confidence for cooking.
The second treat they made were monaco biscuit bites. Toppings of tomatoes, beans, onions etc were provided. Each one got 4 biscuits and they had to add mayo or tomato sauce and the choice of topping
The third and the last thing on the menu was chocolate truffle. By this time I was exhausted of all my energies reserve from giving demo's to answering questions to making material available. I tried to dissuade them saying its getting too late but everyone wanted to make their truffle so we went ahead. Marie biscuits, condensed milk and chocolate powder make the most easiest truffle in the world. It didnt come out very well but kids didnt mind it. They enjoyed getting their hands dirty.
We also decided to ditch plastic for the party to overcome the guilt of plastic waste but used plastic glasses left from the previous years birthday party. May be we will get some durable glasses for next year.
To know about the exciting games that we played at the cooking theme party come back for the next installment on my blog
For my little girls birthday I organised a cooking theme party which was quite a hit among her friends. I started out with a a quick checklist of things on the notes application on my phone that need to be get done.
- Invitation Card
- Dress
- Return Gifts
- Food
- Decorations
- Games.
- Cake
For the invitation card we made this pretty apron out of card paper and polka dotted washi tape. The outline was cut by the kids and the ribbons too were pasted by them. I did the finer details.
Return Gifts : I decided to make an apron and a recipe book and gave them away with handmade newspaper bag. The bag were made with kids. We also added a paper flower made from the material of crowns of my boy's birthday. It was chess theme but that's for another day. All the girls loved the aprons and the recipe book.
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| Recipe book cover designed by Hubby |
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| Post party apron photoshoot |
Food is the most cumbersome aspect of hosting a kids birthday party. No single child would have the same food preference. Nonetheless we played it safe by having pizza and fries for extremely fussy kids and made the children make their food own their own.
The second treat they made were monaco biscuit bites. Toppings of tomatoes, beans, onions etc were provided. Each one got 4 biscuits and they had to add mayo or tomato sauce and the choice of topping
The third and the last thing on the menu was chocolate truffle. By this time I was exhausted of all my energies reserve from giving demo's to answering questions to making material available. I tried to dissuade them saying its getting too late but everyone wanted to make their truffle so we went ahead. Marie biscuits, condensed milk and chocolate powder make the most easiest truffle in the world. It didnt come out very well but kids didnt mind it. They enjoyed getting their hands dirty.
We also decided to ditch plastic for the party to overcome the guilt of plastic waste but used plastic glasses left from the previous years birthday party. May be we will get some durable glasses for next year.
To know about the exciting games that we played at the cooking theme party come back for the next installment on my blog
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