Children's birthday, like any other event, has its own characteristics of table setting and organization of the holiday as a whole. Also on the design of the celebration have their influence and fashion trends, reflected in the decor and the rules for its conduct.
But all parents have the opportunity to arrange for their child and his guests an unforgettable and bright holiday, which will not only remain in common memory, but also fit into the budget.
Basic rules for the organization of the children's table
To arrange a magical birthday for your child, first of all, it requires:
- Choose a general theme of the holiday. It can be a favorite cartoon that will immediately determine the color scheme, festive attributes and even a child’s outfit. Today, Cold Heart, Minions, Smeshariki are especially popular, and classic Disney princesses or comics remain relevant. The theme of the holiday may be the child’s hobby or desire for some kind of work;
- Select the room in which the children's table will be organized. It can be directly the children's room, and the living room and kitchen, if its dimensions allow.
- Create a menu with suitable recipes. On the table there must be sweets in the assortment and all sorts of useful delicacies that will not be difficult for children - mini-formats, tartlets, skewers, canapés are desirable;
- Prepare small gifts for little guests. It can be toys in the general theme of the holiday, sweet gifts, etc. It is not bad if children can use them immediately during the celebration, and then take with them - magic wands, pipes, headbands or decorations, etc. You can put them on plates.
The main thing is to start preparing for the children's holiday as far as possible in advance, so that there is time to check the selected recipes, use or make the decor with your own hands and find everything you need. It should be remembered that the children's table is not a place for spicy, fatty, overly salty and smoked dishes, plus it is important to ask parents of young guests in advance if they are allergic to any products, and exclude them from the menu.
There is no need to invent too sophisticated dishes, because children can refuse them - with pleasure they eat only well-known, traditional food. And in no case should you try to force any of the children to eat, because such adult behavior can lead to hysteria, which will spoil the whole holiday.
Table decoration for children's birthday
In decorating a children's table for celebratory gatherings there are specific requirements:
- Exposure of the general color scale. Regardless of whether a certain theme is chosen for a holiday (cartoons, professions, hobbies, etc.) or a neutral design is chosen in the form of stars, hearts, peas, etc., it is important that the entire table setting matches 2-3 basic colors or shades of choice;
- Making space around and above the table. These can be “Happy Birthday!” Garlands, paper decorations, paper or fabric background, figurines, flowers, etc .;
- Picking the right dishes. Be sure to require plates, cutlery, glasses, shelves for sweets and fruit, stand for the cake, a vase for sweets, and can be useful trays and more dishes. But for reasons of convenience and safety, it is better to choose paper or plastic dishes that can be made in the colors of the holiday. No - universal white will do;
- Making a festive tablecloth. It should also fit into the color scheme, so you should not buy a tablecloth separately for one holiday. It may even be a disposable oilcloth if it is suitable for the topic, but it is also easy to decorate the simplest white tablecloth with frills or a garland (using a stapler), or paint it with watercolors, adding inscriptions and drawings;
- Making decor for the holiday table. We are talking about themed napkins, bowls, dabbers, decorations for tubules, cutlery, cakes and desserts, candlesticks, etc. - all this can be done from scrap materials;
- The decoration of the chairs. Chairs are an important attribute of the holiday table, for which they need to be draped, tied with ribbons, decorated with balls or hang on them name tags and other attributes corresponding to the subject.
Children's birthday party table: menu design and recipes
Children's birthday is a feast of the belly (including for parents), its menu should be made up of simple but very tasty dishes.
The greatest chances of being eaten are nuggets, french fries, baked potatoes with stuffing, macaroni and cheese, salads in tartlets, etc., and not in compound meat or vegetable dishes.
The children's table may even consist entirely of snacks - small sandwiches, mini burgers, pies, spring rolls, etc. As an option - a sweet table made of donuts, muffins, cookies, cakes, macaroons, lollipops, marshmallow, marmalade, sweets and , of course, cake with candles.
Sweets can be supplemented with fruits, berries, nuts and yoghurts (including frozen ones). Naturally, we need more juice or soda.
Useful nuggets
Ingredients Required:
- 0.5 kg of chicken fillet;
- 0.25 liters of heavy cream (above 20%);
- 70 gr. bread crumbs and sesame;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- vegetable oil for roasting.
Preparation time: 30 minutes plus 4 hours for marinating.
Calorie content: about 70 Kcal / 100 gr.
First you need to marinate the chicken fillet, cut into small pieces in cream with salt and pepper for 4 hours in the refrigerator. Then roll each piece of meat in breadcrumbs with sesame and fry in vegetable oil on both sides. Serve with any sauce - cheese, sweet and sour, homemade mayonnaise, vegetable gravy, etc.
American pasta with cheese
Ingredients Required:
- 300 gr. pasta cones;
- 100 gr. smoked bacon;
- 100 gr. hard cheese (best cheddar);
- 100 gr. mozzarella (in extreme cases, can be replaced by suluguni);
- 200 gr. frozen green peas;
- 400 ml of cream 20%;
- 50 gr. butter;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of wheat flour;
- a pinch of grated nutmeg;
- salt to taste
Cooking time: 50 minutes.
Caloric value: about 330 Kcal / 100 gr.
You need to start with cooking pasta and parallel cooking sauce, which requires melt the butter, pour flour into it, quickly mix until smooth and pour cream. Boil until thickened, season with nutmeg and salt.
Bacon cut into small pieces and fry in a dry frying pan (they will get a lot of fat), grate the cheese. Mix together cooked pasta, bacon, peas, cheese and put the mass in a baking dish. Cook in the oven at 200 degrees to the crust.
Children's birthday buffet table: compilation of menus and recipes
If it is clear that the birthday boy and his guests are active children, and it will be difficult for them to sit on the table at the festively laid table, it is appropriate to stay at a buffet table, in which many canapes like snacks will be installed on a separate table. Usually, such a table setting delights children, and they eat everything with appetite.
Canapes with sausage and tomatoes
Ingredients Required:
- 1 baguette (preferably grain);
- 200 gr. boiled sausage;
- bunch of cherry tomatoes;
- 150 gr. melted pasty cheese;
- lettuce leaves.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Caloric value: about 210 Kcal / 100 gr.
For squeezing out small circles, a glass with thick walls, a mold for baking, or even a half of a kinder-surprise container can be used. And they should be squeezed out of sliced baguette and sausage, although the sausage can be cut into very thin slices and simply roll them in four.
Each of the pieces of bread should be smeared with melted cheese, cover with a small piece of lettuce and put on a skewer. On the same skewer put on another piece of sausage and cherry tomato (can be half). Done!
Meat balls
Ingredients Required:
- 0.5 kg of mixed ground beef;
- 1 puff pastry package;
- salt to taste;
- vegetable oil for lubrication.
Cooking time: 40 minutes.
Caloric value: about 250 Kcal / 100 gr.
Minced meat need to be salted and rolled into small meatballs, and defrost the puff pastry and cut into thin strips according to the number of meatballs turned out - they need to be wrapped in them. Put the resulting balls on a greased baking sheet and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes at 200 degrees - to a crust.
Tartlets
This is the easiest and versatile recipe - in tartlets you can put any salad out of those that your child likes, including traditional Russian and crab. You can buy tartlets yourself in any store, or prepare them from puff or shortcake dough in cake tins. As a result, the children's buffet table will be greatly supported.
Sweet table for children's birthday: drawing up the menu and recipes
It's no secret that desserts are the most awaited dish for little kids and guests, and (even if secretly) for their parents. A sweet table can support the main meal or be an independent holiday menu, but the scope for serving it is truly limitless. And to make a mistake with him will not work.
Pineapple Cheesecake Dessert
Ingredients Required:
- 0.4 kg of cottage cheese;
- 0.2 kg sour cream;
- 1 can of canned pineapple;
- 0.5 liters of pineapple juice;
- 0.5 cans of condensed milk;
- 25 gr. gelatin;
- bag of vanilla.
Cooking time: 15 minutes plus freeze and soak time.
Calorie content: about 150 Kcal / 100 gr.
Initially, you need to soak the gelatin in pineapple juice for an hour, and then dissolve it on low heat, not bringing the liquid to a boil. Further preparation is elementary - all ingredients except pineapples need to be whipped with a blender and combined with slices of pineapples and cooled gelatin mixture. Pour the mass into a mold or molds and let it cool.
Buckwheat candy "A la truffles"
Ingredients Required:
- 200 gr. buckwheat flour (it can be made independently in a coffee grinder);
- 200 ml of natural yoghurt;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of cocoa powder;
- 1 tbsp. spoon of sugar;
- 5 tbsp. spoons of mashed prunes;
- 5 pieces. whole prunes;
- 5 tbsp. spoons of liquid honey;
- 0.5 tsp of soda;
- 1 tbsp. spoon of vegetable oil;
- sesame for sprinkling.
Cooking time: half an hour.
Calories: about 300 Kcal / 100 gr.
First you need to mix all the dry ingredients, and then mix them with prune puree and yogurt, as well as sunflower oil. Prune chop finely.
Make small pellets from the finished dough, put a few pieces of prunes in them, close and form balls, which need to be laid out on a baking sheet and baked at 180 degrees for 10 minutes. When cooled, they must be dipped in honey and sprinkled with sesame.
Chocolate Sausage
Ingredients Required:
- 0.5 kg "Jubilee" cookies;
- 200 gr. butter;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of cocoa powder;
- 1 glass of milk;
- 100 gr. Sahara.
Cooking time: 20 minutes plus 6 hours for freezing.
Calories: about 420 Kcal / 100 gr.
Cookies need to be divided into two parts and one chopped in a blender, and the second to break into pieces by hand. Melt butter with milk, add cocoa powder and sugar, then bring the mixture to a boil.
Pour the ground biscuits, remove from the heat and knead the resulting mass well, adding the remaining pieces of biscuit to it as a result and put it on cling film or parchment paper to form a sausage. It remains to send the dessert in the refrigerator for several hours and cut into slices before serving.
How to decorate a children's table for a birthday: ideas, photos
One of the most relevant to date topics in the decor of a children's holiday is "Princess" and "Cold Heart" for girls, "Pirates" and "Minions" for boys.
Create a fabulous atmosphere of a Disney holiday for a little princess with the help of bright and lush decorations - clusters of balloons, pink bows and ribbons, stretch marks with inscriptions, draperies of chairs, tables and lampshades, paper garlands. In this case, it is desirable to have more colors in the design - both living and artificial, and even in pots, as well as cardboard models of castles and towers or posters with pictures of them.
The cartoon "Cold Heart" captured the hearts of all the girls, so a holiday in this style will certainly make them the happiest in the world. Blue and white colors come to the fore, as well as any imitations of snow and ice.
Snowdrifts of sintepon or other material, cardboard figures painted with glitter paint or covered with shiny glue paper, snowflakes made of Christmas decorations, cookies of the same shape, cupcakes with blue cream and sprinkled with silver confectionery sprinkling ... And balls.
It is possible to arrange a pirate party for a small birthday boy with the help of bandanas, vests and pirate hats, which are sold in many children's stores. Toy daggers and treasure chests can also be found there. Bananas, chocolate coins, snacks with seafood and caviar (you can imitate it) are obligatory in the treat.
"Minions" are adored by all children, so the design of children's birthday in this style is suitable not only for boys, but also for mixed holidays. It is advisable to find for all the guests hats or masks of minions, but you can simply print them from the Internet and hang them on the walls.
You can write cards-wishes in the deformed language of minions and distribute them to children, learn a funny dance with them. Bananas, as well as all sorts of images of these creatures, are also required in treats.
And some more ideas for children's birthday meals - in the next video.
