Menu for a children's holiday

Spend a day of birth for the baby can not only at home. An excellent option for a children's holiday will be the organization of a festive table in nature. Especially like it for older children - 9-10 years old. The menu for a children's holiday in this case is quite simple, easy and tasty.

For kids aged 4-5 years, an excellent option would be to organize a party in a cafe. There, in addition to a delicious table, you can also organize various contests and games in the game room.

The organization of a children's holiday always takes a lot of strength and energy from mummies. To make the holiday successful and remember the kids for many years, use the following tips:

• Think over the theme of the holiday. Discuss with the baby how he would like to spend this day. Before drawing up the menu, you must also decide on the number of invited guests.
• Select a venue for the holiday. If you schedule an event in a children's cafe or restaurant, pre-call and book a table for a specific date. If the holiday falls on a weekend, all the tables may be occupied in the cafe and restaurant or the banquet menu is not organized. In order not to get into an unpleasant situation, it is better to decide in advance on the venue for the solemn event.
• Plan the menu. Divide it into several subsections: appetizers, salads, hot and desserts. Be sure to complement the children's table with fruit and vegetable cuts. For boys, the option of decorating a vegetable plate in the form of a dragon is perfect; girls can also be decorated as a flower. Show imagination and creativity in the kitchen when decorating children's dishes.
• Buy all products in advance. Pay attention to expiration dates. Do not use perishable products. If you are cooking festive dishes, season the salads with sour cream or mayonnaise just before serving. Remember that such salads and snacks are stored in the refrigerator for no more than 6-8 hours.

• Discard the purchase of drinks. It is better to prepare drinks at home. Choose berry or fruit drinks, carbonated mineral water with the addition of fresh juices. For babies up to three years, it is better to pre-select a compote of berries or dried fruits that are familiar to the child.
• Do not overload the holiday table with an abundance of fatty foods. Try to include some simple vegetable salads. Decorate salads with greens and lettuce leaves. Green color improves mood and increases appetite. Play with colors! Add for decoration in dishes a lot of vegetables of different colors. The brighter the dish, the more eager the child will be after the addition.
• Be sure to think of a sweet table and desserts. Focus on the cake or selected dessert. If you invite a lot of guests, try to take into account different tastes. You can cook or order multi-colored jelly, puddings or meringues for the cake. On the table will look great vases with cake pops and marshmallows. You can vary the sweet table muffins with berries and nuts. The kids will appreciate if inside the baking there will be predictions or wishes for the next year.
• Prepare sweet little presents for the little guests. For this, small chocolates or lollipops are well suited. You can even make these sugar candies yourself, attracting the birthday.Do not hesitate, it will bring the baby great pleasure and will be remembered for a lifetime.

To spend the birthday of the baby can be different. It all depends on the preferences of the parents and the birthday man himself. If the child is already old enough to decide where he wants to spend the holiday, you should consult him. This will help you not only to choose the subject, but also to find out how many guests will be on the holiday.

It is better to choose a new place for holidays every year Until little babyit is better to spend the holiday at home. So it's easier to adjust to the strict schedule of the day.

For older children with great success, you can organize a holiday in a children's cafe or on the nature.

To arrange a holiday for the child at home is very simple, but the preparation will take a lot of time. Most of the time it will take not only drawing up a festive menu and buying all the necessary products, but also cooking and decorating dishes. Consider this before the final choice of venue.

If your baby is not older than three years, then it is better to spend the holiday at home. If the baby wants to sleep, you can always leave him in the nursery to rest and continue to celebrate the holiday with relatives and friends. Try not to invite many guests in one day. A large number of people may even scare the baby.

It is better to just arrange a quiet homemade birthday dinner in a close family circle. Friends and distant relatives are better off in a cafe if they wish.

Try not to include in the festive menu of children under 5 years old dishes with fish or seafood. Prefer chicken or turkey. Veal can be served hot. Do not do complex dishes. It is likely that the child, seeing a new dish, will simply refuse to eat it.

If you do not have much time to prepare and decorate festive dishes (or you just do not like to cook for a large number of people), it is better to choose to hold a party in the children's cafe.

If you are going to choose a cafe for a birthday party, first visit it by yourself. So you can visually explore the interior of the institution, discuss the menu with the cafe manager and even choose the style and decor for the celebration.

Almost all children's cafes have animators. If you have already decided on the theme of the holiday, the animators will help children take their time, organize outdoor games and various interesting contests.

For children from five years old, an outdoor holiday in nature will be an excellent option for a birthday party. In this case, it is better to give preference to dishes that are suitable for the buffet table.

A variety of canapés made from vegetables and chicken or turkey are perfect as snacks.

Salads are not the best choice for a holiday in nature. They deteriorate very quickly and with a long stay in the sun can even cause food disorders. It is better to cut vegetables in the form of various figures or flowers. So they keep their appearance well and will be an excellent snack or even a side dish for the main course.

In nature, for older kids you can cook a variety of dishes on the grill. Choose cooking on the rack.Perfectly fit kebabs from chicken and ground turkey with the addition of a small amount of onions and vegetables. Kids love to eat such delicious meat rolls cooked before their eyes.

Kids love grilled sausages. Cooking homemade hot dogs will be a great option in nature. Buns for them can be bought in a good bakery or cooked at home. As a filling in a hot dog, place a grilled sausage, a bit of mayonnaise or sour cream sauce, tomato sauce, chopped pieces of tomatoes and cucumbers. In addition, you can put chopped cheese or sweet paprika. Cook such hot dogs immediately before use. This will be a great addition to the holiday. Kids will love such delicious sausages in nature.

• Boil 600-700 g of chicken fillet. Cool, cut into small cubes.
• Boil 3 eggs, cool and grate on a coarse grater.
• Take 2 fresh cucumbers, cut into long thin straws.
• Open a jar of canned corn, drain the liquid.

Place a layer of chicken on a flat plate, then sweet corn, cucumbers and eggs. Grease each layer with sour cream or mayonnaise.

• Melt 2 milk chocolate bars. Choose plain milk chocolate, without adding nuts or raisins.
• Take 500 g of any crumbly biscuits. For babies of preschool age, you can choose special baby cookies or unsalted crackers.
• Crush cookies in small chips.
• Chop the peanuts separately. Try to grind it is not quite small, to come across small pieces. For little babies, peanuts can be crushed in a mortar.
• Mix the cookies with 50 g of butter. Roll small balls into your palms.
• Take the long wooden skewers and put the received balls on them.
• Dip the balls in the melted chocolate, and then in the chopped peanuts.
• Refrigerate for a couple of hours.

To make your baby remember every birthday, try to make this holiday special. The menu for the holiday table is also better to diversify, preparing new and interesting dishes every year in different ways. Bright decoration of the holiday table will make the holiday memorable!

Visual examples of how to organize contests and entertainment for children can be viewed in the next video.