How to decorate a table for a child's birthday?

Every child is waiting for the celebration of his birthday with great anticipation and anticipation of a truly fabulous atmosphere. Naturally, parents try their best to translate their children's dreams into reality, but they are not magicians, so they can only provide the most festive impressions and joyful memories. First of all, it concerns the design of the table and the creation of an appropriate atmosphere. Today we learn how to decorate the table for the birthday of the child, so that he and his friends will remember this holiday for a long time.

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Specificity of children's holidays

More often it is parents who are engaged in the preparation of a children's holiday, because this is a tradition that is preserved in many segments of the population. At the same time, the market of modern entertainment services offers a lot of options for promoting the organization and holding of such events. Of course, a certain amount of trouble can be placed on the shoulders of experienced specialists, but it is better to deal with the purchase of food and cooking yourself:

• It should be carefully monitored that there are no dishes on the table with smoked products, spicy seasonings and mayonnaise.
• Soda should be replaced with natural juice.
• Serving the table, as a rule, have unbreakable glasses and plates.
• During the invitation of children, you must always remember to ask your parents if they are allergic to some products.

The most important decoration of this holiday, of course, is the birthday boy, who should look just perfect.

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Rules for organizing a children's table for the birthday

Making a children's table for a birthday requires a lot of effort, because you need to take into account a lot of points. To make an unforgettable holiday for your child, use the following recommendations:

1. Decide on the general theme of the holiday. For example, this can be your favorite cartoon of your crumbs, which will help you immediately decide on the color scale, holiday attributes and the dress of the birthday boy. Also, the topic of the holiday can be a hobby or the child's desire for a certain work.
2. Choose the place where the holiday will be organized. It can be either a children's room, or a kitchen and a living room, looking how big your apartment is.
3. Prepare the menu in advance with suitable children's recipes. Be sure to put on the table sweets, a variety of useful goodies and dishes. The main thing is that they are popular with children, they can be mini-tartlets, canapes and skewers on skewers.
4. For guests prepare small gifts. For example, small toys that correspond to the theme of the holiday, or sweet presents.

Important! It will be great if the kids can use them right during the celebration. Do not forget to also buy magic wands, bandages and pipes.

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When to start preparing?

Please note that it is better to start preparation beforehand so that you can be calm, pick up recipes, find suitable decorative elements or make them yourself.

Important! It is better to give up too sophisticated dishes, because children can simply refuse to eat them - they are more fond of already familiar traditional food. In addition, you can not force the children to eat something, otherwise - the holiday will be completely spoiled.

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How to make a table for the child's birthday?

Now we will try to figure out how to decorate a children's table for the birthday of your child, so that the holiday get-togethers are a success. Decoration of the table must meet the following requirements:

1. Exposure in a single color scheme. It does not matter which theme of the holiday you choose - a hobby, a future profession or a cartoon, the main thing is that the table setting should correspond to two or three basic shades.
2. Original design of free space above and around the table. It is better to use for this special garlands with inscriptions, paper ornaments, tissue or paper background, flowers, figurines.
3. Choosing the right, safe utensils. Naturally, there must be plates, glasses, cutlery, fruit and sweets pans, vases for sweets, a stand for a holiday cake, various dishes and trays. All this should be safe, so you should give preference to plastic or paper utensils, made in color, appropriate to the theme of the holiday. White traditional dishes are inappropriate here.
4. Festive tablecloth. It will be better to make a tablecloth for children's holiday with their own hands, for example, cut pieces of oilcloth of the right size, which will meet the general theme. This is the best idea, because children's holidays can not do without the constant scattering of food and bottling beverages. Some children generally like to leave their autographs on the tablecloths.
5. Manufacturing of decor elements. You can make your own thematic vases, flowers, decorate the original tubes, cutlery. Desserts and cakes also require a bright design.
6. Ornaments of children's chairs. An important attribute on children's holidays are the chairs, so you can drape them with bows, decorate with balls and even nameplates.

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What are the best dishes for decorating a children's table?

The decoration of the children's table for the birthday should be thought through to the smallest detail, so special attention should be paid to selected dishes. Children's holidays are always characterized by the presence of a large variety of food - delicious and simple.

Important! Most likely to be eaten with:

• french fries;
• nuggets;
• baked potato with filling;
• salads in tartlets;
• macaroni with cheese.

But keep in mind that the dishes should also be useful. Mass interesting, and most importantly - useful options can be found on the Internet.

And more:

• Many people prefer to make the children's table completely snack, for example, small sandwiches, pancakes, mini burgers, pies, cupcakes, donuts, candy sticks, marshmallows, sweets and marmalade.
• Sweet table can be supplemented with berries, fruits, frozen yogurt and nuts.
• Naturally, there should be drinks on the table, and it's better if it's natural juices.

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What should I avoid when preparing a children's holiday?

There is a lot of ideas how to decorate a children's table, but there is also a taboo for holidays arranged for kids. To avoid any kind of trouble, check out the list of things that should not be on any account on the table:

• Lighted candles. Yes, of course, it's beautiful, but for kids, first of all, it's dangerous. Such decorations are better used for decoration of adult celebrations.
• Natural flowers. If according to the theme of your holiday flowers should still be present, then let it be plants without a pungent smell and dangerous parts.
• Interior items with sharp corners and a minimum of space. This is also very important, because children are very fond of having fun and running. In case of insufficient amount of free space, it is better to organize a buffet table.

Given all the above tips and recommendations regarding how to decorate a children's festive table, you can organize for your child an unforgettable holiday full of vivid impressions and emotions.