Very soon your baby will celebrate his next birthday. He is looking forward to this significant event with great impatience. Strikes out dates on the calendar. He tries to guess what gifts he will receive. Diligently paints invitations to his guests. And he lives in anticipation of a miracle, magic, fairy tales. So give him this fairy tale! After all, this is something you can do. The main thing is to think over all the details in advance. And the theme of the holiday, and the design, and, of course, the menu for the birthday of the child. Turn on your fantasy, activate your childhood memories, and go ahead - towards a brilliant extravaganza created only for your one and only little birthday boy!
Favorite children's holiday
Birthday. The most desired children's holiday. Why do kids love him so much?
It's a pity, as Gena the Crocodile correctly noted, that such a wonderful day happens only once a year. Therefore, it is your sacred duty, as parents, to make sure that your child remembers the previous one with great delight until his next birthday. And I was looking forward to when he would become an adult for another year. And again a fairy tale will come into his life ...
Create a holiday atmosphere for the little birthday boy and his guests. Decorate the room with balloons, lights, tinsel
Solemn entourage
How does a child's birthday begin? Of course, with the decoration of the holiday. And it, in turn, depends on the theme of the celebration. There is no limit to the flight of the imagination.
Start from what your little one likes. Heroes of fairy tales or cartoons, travel, pirate stories, space adventures, robots, princesses, fairies, scientific discoveries, etc.
And more balls, tinsel, lights. Caps for guests, whistles, pipes and drums are required. What is a holiday without all this? The little birthday boy needs to be congratulated loudly, colorfully, solemnly. And nothing else!
Decorate the room in which the holiday will take place, according to the chosen theme. Children notice little things and details. Forms, paints, colors. Costumes, scenery, effects. Let it all be purely symbolic, sham. But it should be.
The menu for a child's birthday should include simple dishes that are convenient to eat with your hands: sandwiches, tartlets, canapes, for example.
Festive menu for a child's birthday
But for the festive table at the children's birthday, their own requirements are put forward. Due to the fact that the kids are active and frisky, long gatherings at the table are unlikely to become such an interesting pastime for them. What alternative can you offer?
Buffet. Here's the perfect option for a kids' party. He does not oblige little tomboys to anything. They want to eat, they want to play.
And if so, then the menu for such a table should be appropriate. And serving - interesting, bright, attractive. So that children will have the desire to interrupt their games and entertainment, and try something that looks so unusual.
Place treats on a table that is not too high. A coffee table is also suitable for this purpose.
So, what to serve and how to serve your baby's guests on his birthday?
- The table on which you place the treats should correspond to the height of the guests.
- Serve it with bright dishes, cover with a colorful tablecloth.
- Do not ask children to eat. This is a holiday for them.
- Instead of one long feast, arrange several short snacks in between contests, entertainment, and games.
- Children's table is not for spicy, salty, fatty, smoked.
- When inviting kids to a holiday, ask their parents if the little ones are allergic to certain foods.
- Prepare healthy and simple meals. which are convenient to eat.
- Don't come up with anything fancy. Kids enjoy eating well-known, traditional dishes.
- Decorate them according to the theme of the holiday. Or so as to interest children, to amaze their imagination.
Vegetables, despite the fact that many children do not really like them, can be served in such a way that it will be simply impossible not to try them.
Vegetables and salads (with photo)
Vegetables in the children's menu are not the last. Therefore, their presence on the festive table is fully justified. Although some peanuts do not eat them very willingly, this problem can be solved by serving an originally designed salad garden of cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, and herbs. And it is better to refuse more complex salads at a children's holiday. Especially if the guests are just kids or preschoolers.
Cut vegetables into neat slices so that they are easy to prick with a fork or skewer.
Photo gallery "How to serve vegetables to children?"
cucumber snake 
Funny bull made of pepper 
olive palms 
Salad in balls 
Swarm of happy bees 
in the meadow 
mushroom meadow 
To get kids interested in more than just sweets, present vegetables in a fun way.
Snacks: sandwiches, canapes, tartlets
The main dishes of the festive table for the birthday of a child should be those that are convenient to take and convenient to eat. And this, just, all kinds of sandwiches, canapes and tartlets.
We do not allow kids to “snack” and “bite” in everyday life. But, for some reason, that's what they like to do the most. So let them give free rein to their true passions at least during the holiday.
Children's sandwiches look very appetizing if you approach their design with a soul.
sandwiches
Sandwiches can be made with cheese, sausage, ham, pate, butter, eggs. And supplement them with vegetables, herbs, olives, pineapples. Here, the choice is yours.
Try cutting out the bread with a cookie cutter. You will get sandwiches in the form of bunnies, Christmas trees, cars, stars, ships. It will be interesting for kids. If you don’t have molds, then it’s better to buy a baguette instead of a traditional loaf. It will turn out small neat children's sandwiches.
Canapés in the form of penguins will make a splash among your baby's guests
Canapes differ from sandwiches in smaller sizes and in that their ingredients are pricked on special skewers. This is a one bite meal.
To prepare canapes, you can use meat and sausages, cheeses, vegetables, fruits and berries, as well as everything that is in your refrigerator and everything that your imagination tells you.
You can also make canapés from fruits. But it would be more appropriate to serve them along with a sweet table.
Canape with sausage and tomatoes (recipe)
To prepare such canapes, you will need 1 baguette (better than black grain bread, but white is also possible), 200 g of sausage (boiled), cherry tomatoes (1 sprig), processed cheese (150 g), lettuce and parsley. And you also need to find something with which you can squeeze out small circles. For example, a Kinder Surprise container, a baking dish or a small thin-walled glass.
- Cut the bread into thin slices, and then squeeze out small circles from them with a mold.
- Spread them with melted cheese and put on each lettuce leaf.
- Put bread on skewers.
- Then cut the sausage into very thin slices.
- Bend them four times, putting parsley sprigs inside.
- And put the sausage on skewers.
- Cut cherry tomatoes into rings.
- And place them on the skewers on top.
Canape with sausage and tomatoes are ready.
Video "How to cook canapes?"
Tartlets
For tartlets, it is better to buy molds in the store. And you can cook the filling yourself. As mentioned above, children are not very fond of salads. But tartlets stuffed with vegetable, meat, fish or fruit salads, and originally decorated, they will surely appreciate.
Tartlets can also be both salty and sweet. Everything will depend on the filling that you put in them.
Hot dishes
For hot little guests of your baby, it is also better to serve piece and unusual dishes. What is it about? Yes, even about chicken skewers on skewers. Or about small cutlets, meatballs, meatballs. Which may look like mice, chickens or ants.
Boiled beets and carrots, olives, green peas, a knife (curly or regular) and, of course, the dexterity of your hands will help them acquire such an appearance.
And for a side dish you can offer a very unusual treat.
Potato mushrooms. This side dish is sure to please the kids.
Potato mushrooms (recipe)
Cooking such mushrooms from potatoes is quite simple.
- Take as many potatoes as you expect guests.
- Wash them and boil them in their skins until they are almost done.
- Drain the water and let cool.
- Then, with a knife, cut out a mushroom-shaped blank from each potato.
- Salt potato mushrooms and brush with sunflower oil.
- It remains only to send them to the oven until golden brown.
- Before serving, mushroom caps can be painted with colorful sauces.
It is difficult to find a child who would not consider pizza one of the most ingenious inventions of mankind.
Another hot dish that the children certainly will not disregard. It is, of course, pizza. Nowadays it is difficult to find a child who is indifferent to this invention of Italian students.
And again, here you have an immense field for creativity. Pizza size, shape, toppings. All this can be so diverse that only the culinary preferences of each individual family have to be guided here.
Fruits can be served during the sweet table, or from the very beginning of the holiday. Children, having fun, will not refuse to feast on them periodically
Fruits
The children's holiday menu cannot but include this item. Fruits. They are tasty, healthy and, with the appropriate design, very effective. If they are cut into pieces, you can lay out whole fruit pictures on dishes. Fruit canapés are also very popular with kids.
And fruit salads, unlike vegetable salads, the little ones will gobble up with great pleasure. Moreover, they are prepared very quickly and simply.
In fruit salad, the ingredients may vary depending on the time of year or the birthday person's preferences.
Fruit salad (recipe)
To prepare a fruit salad, you will need 1 banana, 1 orange, 1 apple, 1 kiwi, 200 g seedless grapes (quiche-mish), 200 g low-fat yogurt, strawberries or raspberries for decoration, you can grated chocolate or crushed nuts to taste.
- Wash fruits under running water.
- Peel them off.
- Cut into cubes and mix.
- Divide the salad among the bowls.
- Top it with yogurt.
- Decorate with strawberries, raspberries, nuts, grated chocolate.
And remember: fruit salad is prepared just before serving.
Sweet table - the climax of the children's holiday
sweet table
The sweet table is, in addition to fruits, sweets, cookies, cakes, ice cream, all kinds of desserts. And, of course, the main attribute of any birthday is a birthday cake. Necessarily with candles, which the hero of the occasion must blow out. This is what is considered by children as the culmination of the holiday.
It is the cake, this recognized symbol of the birthday, that should be not only the most delicious, but also the most beautiful. Of course, not in your concept. And in the concept of a little birthday boy.
Therefore, it is best to ask the baby in advance how he imagines his birthday cake. And pre-order exactly the one that your little one so dreamed of.
That's where the magic is! That's where the fairy tale is! What’s more, it won’t be hard for you. Today, skilled confectioners will build you any miracle of culinary skills, bring to life any fantasy and any whim.
You just admire what masterpieces can be on the festive table on your child's birthday!
Photo gallery "Birthday cakes for children"
Shaun the sheep 
Hello Kitty! 
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 
Cake in the form of a ship for sea lovers 
Cake with smeshariki 
If you are celebrating a double birthday, this cake is for you. 
Lightning McQueen for racing fans
What drinks to prepare
As for drinks, you should stock up on them in sufficient quantities. Compote, homemade fruit drinks, freshly squeezed juices, as well as cocktails prepared by you yourself, will be just right. Especially if you pour them into tall glasses and decorate with multi-colored umbrellas and straws.
And one more secret. Before filling the glasses, dip the rims in water and then in sugar. A beautiful and, moreover, tasty border is formed. Toddlers will love this presentation.
There should be a lot of drinks at a children's birthday party. And they should be tasty, healthy and, again, well presented.
Video "Recipes of non-alcoholic cocktails"
It only at first glance seems that organizing a festive table on the birthday of your child is so difficult. The main desire. And there are always ideas. Do not be afraid to ask the hero of the occasion himself, what he wants, what he dreams of. And do not try to impress the kids with delicious delicacies. Leave the frills for a more respectable audience. For kids, the main thing is that the holiday is fun, interesting, spectacular. Well, there was something to eat in between games. Follow this principle when compiling a menu for the guests of your little birthday.
Every family has its own holiday traditions. Its youngest members will still have time to plunge into adulthood, so you shouldn’t take them to a restaurant or cafe, but it’s better to organize a child’s birthday at home. The menu is not so difficult to make, you can even call on the help of children.
I want to celebrate every children's birthday in an interesting and original way. The child is looking forward to this holiday with great impatience. For him, these are gifts, surprises and a beautiful festive table. Our article is about what to include in the menu for a child’s birthday, what to cook so that the kids will remember the holiday for a long time. Growing up, the child will remember with gratitude happy moments with family and friends.
Where to begin?
When deciding to hold a children's birthday at home, parents need to seriously consider the scenario of the holiday. Invite your child to discuss this activity. Ask him who the child wants to invite and what to prepare for this celebration. Ask him what he would like to treat his friends. When compiling a menu for children for their birthday, remember that these are mobile, spontaneous and cheerful guests who will not be able to sit stiffly at the table and follow all the rules of etiquette.
What to include in the menu for children on their birthday?
Meals should be light and nutritious. Do not arrange a large table with various kinds of meat dishes, various salads and drinks.
It is worth considering the age, tastes of the guests and the time of year. Be sure to exclude everything fatty, salty, smoked from the menu, because such food does not benefit children. If the birthday is not long, then it can be held in a buffet format. Then it is not recommended to include a hot dish.
What dishes to serve on the table?
Before cooking, be sure to consider the age of the children, because the schoolchildren's menu differs from the menu for the year. For a birthday, a child wants to try something new, unusual, different from what is on the daily table. However, even familiar favorite dishes can be served on the table that day, they just need to be placed in unusual dishes or decorated effectively.
Most often, the children's menu consists of a hot dish, light snacks, fruit, vegetable, cheese slices, and a variety of sweets. The main number of the program will be a birthday cake. You will also need tasty and healthy drinks.
Table setting
Cooking a varied and interesting menu for a child's birthday is not all. The table must be brightly served. Use a disposable tablecloth and utensils. Firstly, the latter will not break and will not harm the child. Secondly, trade enterprises offer a large selection of bright festive disposable tableware and decorations for any holiday.
Snacks
For a festive menu for children on their birthday, light snacks in the form of baskets or canapes are quite suitable. A waffle or sand basket can be filled with a salad. It will be quickly and easily eaten by the guest like a sandwich. For younger guests, small multi-layered canapes will be entertaining and attractive. Made from various ingredients, bright, unusual, they will delight every kid.
Healthy goodies
Every parent wants the treat to be not only tasty, but also healthy, so recipes containing fresh fruits should be included in the child’s birthday menu. A fruit salad would be a great option. It is easy to make and kids love it.
Simple and delicious fruit salad
You just need to cut one banana, one pear and one apple, mix everything together and pour over two tablespoons of yogurt. The taste can be varied with honey, nuts, candied fruits, dried apricots or raisins, if children love them. Fruits can be taken any of those that your baby loves.
Fruit kebab
And if you serve fruit in the form of a barbecue? Pieces of different fruits are strung on sticks - and you're done! Be sure to include it on the menu for a child's birthday, a 10-year-old birthday or a 3-year-old, it doesn't matter. Such a dessert pleases children and leaves no waste. Just do not serve it to the smallest, so that they do not get hurt with sticks-skewers.
Nicely cut and laid
If canapes and fruit kebabs are more suitable for older birthdays, then what should be included in the menu for a child for a year? For the birthday of kids, original cuts of fruits and vegetables are perfect. Use them to create a small miniature - this will attract the attention of children. Lay out the pieces of fruit in such a way that you get a bright tail of the fabulous Firebird. Create a fabulous forest kingdom from pieces of vegetables. Let the small slices of fish on the platter convey the image of the Goldfish. If the children are small, then they can take the pieces with their hands, put small forks or skewers near each of the guests over three years old so that the children can easily chop a piece and not get dirty.
hot dish
Do not forget about the hot dish. What to cook for children tasty, light and nutritious? Include rabbit, turkey or minced meat dishes in the festive menu. Whatever dish you create, it is advisable to decorate it or make a children's picture on a plate. It can be a landscape or an animal face. The ingredients of the dish will tell you how you can be creative in creating and serving a delicious hot dish. A hot meat dish can also be included in the menu for a year old child. For a baby’s birthday, it’s better not to experiment, but to feed him what he loves and what he has already gotten used to for his age.
Delicious meatballs - a hot dish for big and small
Our recipe is for about a kilogram of meat. You can take one variety or mix several; housewives often choose pork and beef.
Pass the meat with one small onion and two cloves of garlic through a meat grinder. Cut out the pulp by removing the crust from one or two slices of loaf or white bread, and soak it in a raw chicken egg. One or two medium-sized potatoes need to be grated. Combine minced meat, bread pulp, potatoes in minced meat and add one glass of boiled rice. Distribute the ingredients evenly by mixing them thoroughly. Don't forget to add salt and ground pepper. It is better to leave the resulting mass in the refrigerator for an hour or two, so that it freezes a little and becomes firmer.
In order to cook the fry, you will need one small carrot, which needs to be rubbed on a medium grater, as well as one onion, which is better to finely chop. Vegetables are fried in vegetable oil. About two tablespoons of wheat flour should be dissolved in half a glass of warm water. Stir well so that there are no lumps, and pour into the fried onions and carrots. Let the mixture boil a little, if necessary, add a little more hot boiled water. The gravy is ready.
Remove the minced meat from the refrigerator and form meatballs out of it in the form of balls. Lay them in a mold or on a baking sheet, pour over the prepared gravy. Place in the oven for about half an hour. It is better to bake at a temperature of 160-180 degrees.
Meatballs are soft and juicy. Like adults and children.
Little sweet tooth
What to cook for a sweet table on your birthday? You can abandon traditional treats and create a themed sweet table. It can be a menu for a little princess or for a young gentleman, pirates or travelers.
What will be the mood of the holiday, so make a sweet table. An original tablecloth, unusually shaped dishes, designer decor, a variety of colors - all this will be attractive to guests. Oriental sweets, candied fruits, chocolate medals or figurines, small cupcakes, lollipops can stand on the table. Little sweet tooth will also like fruit and berry jelly. Include it on your child's birthday menu. Photos will tell you how to decorate the table, or at least give some creative ideas.
The peak of the feast - taking out the cake
The birthday cake completes the list of the festive menu. This is the culmination of a birthday. The cake, in which the number of candles is equal to the child's years, is brought into the hall to the enthusiastic exclamations of the children. After all, it is on your birthday that you need to blow out all the candles so that dreams come true. The cake is made to order the day before, secretly from the birthday man. Culinary specialists offer a large number of options. You can order pastries decorated with the name of the child, figurines of fairy-tale characters. Each such cake will be unique and inimitable.
And what's for dessert?
No holiday menu is complete without ice cream. This dessert always causes a stormy delight of the kids. Get creative with your ice cream. Fill the bowls with multi-colored circles of sweetness, sprinkle with chocolate chips or crushed nuts.
For the little ones
When compiling a festive menu for a year old child for his birthday, you should consider a few rules. Dishes should be light and tasty, there should not be a lot of them, because a one-year-old baby cannot eat a lot. Ingredients must be natural and healthy. The design of the festive table should be original and fabulous in order to attract the attention of the baby. On this day, a feast can be turned into a game: let mini-airplane sandwiches fly into your mouth, edible bunnies jump on the table.
Beverages
Drinks are best to choose natural. It can be compotes, juices, cocktails, fruit drinks. Put pieces of fruit in drinks. On your birthday, decorate the glasses with beautiful straws and paper umbrellas. Children will be happy to drink, so prepare more drinks. Soda is unhealthy for children, so it is better not to use it in the holiday menu for children on their birthdays. There are very few vitamins in purchased juice boxes, so it’s better to prepare a drink yourself from some fresh fruits or berries. For example, apple compote.
Fresh apple compote
You will need about half a kilogram of ripe sweet apples, they need to be peeled and cut into cubes or slices. Dip the pieces in one and a half liters of boiling water and cook over low heat for about fifteen minutes, until the apples are soft. Add some sugar. It is better to leave the compote under the lid for a while so that it brews until a rich apple flavor is obtained. Can be served both warm and chilled. Delicious and healthy drink for kids!
When arranging a child's birthday at home, try to create a unique creative masterpiece. A variety of festive menu will decorate the celebration. And the guests and the birthday boy himself will remember this birthday for a long time.
Birthday for children is a joyful and long-awaited moment. A lot of guests, kids running around, fun and, of course, gifts - the kids are waiting for all this for a whole year, asking only one question: “When is my birthday?” That is why at the time of the celebration everything should be at a high level. And what should be the table for a child's birthday? How to decorate it and what to cook?
What should be the table
The menu for the table on the birthday of the baby should be special. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the preferences, tastes of the birthday man himself and his guests, their age and possible food restrictions. Everything should be tasty, festive, but at the same time useful.
When decorating hot dishes, it is worth showing imagination. It is better to make everything beautiful and unusual.
- The table for children should not contain salty, spicy and too fatty dishes (it is better to minimize everything fried, abundantly poured with mayonnaise, with the addition of garlic and hot peppers).
- You should not prepare new salads with an original combination of ingredients, because all children love traditional dishes that have long been familiar to them.
- If there are very small children visiting, then it is better not to put a lot of fruits (especially bright ones), otherwise you can cause allergies.
- It is better not to give carbonated drinks to children, they are harmful to a small stomach, it is best to put natural juices and compotes on the table.
- If there is fish on the menu, then it is necessary to carefully cut it, getting rid of the bones.
Remember that a children's holiday should not overshadow anything. It is better to find out the preferences and allowed dishes from the parents of the invited children in advance so that trouble does not happen.
Holiday menu
To set a festive table for children, it is advisable to think over the entire menu in advance. It may include the following dishes and drinks:
- sandwiches and canapes;
- tartlets;
- hot dishes;
- salads;
- fruits (apples, bananas, pears);
- sweets in the form of cakes and sweets;
- fruit juices, compote, jelly.
Sandwiches and canapes should be colorful and festive. On the Internet, you can get ideas for such an original design. Here you need to include bright ingredients so that everything looks elegant, but at the same time it is healthy and satisfying. On bread, you can place figures of animals from cheese or sausage, and decorate snacks with herbs or other ingredients. When cooking canapes, be sure to use beautiful and original sticks.
Tartlet baskets can be purchased at the store (it is important that they are fresh) or you can make your own. As a filling, you can use minced meat or fish, pates, vegetable and fruit salads. From above, it is also desirable to make everything bright and beautiful, because it is precisely such things that attract children.
Sandwiches, canapes and tartlets are an important part of the children's birthday table. In most cases, kids do not like to sit at the table for a long time. First of all, they give gifts, and then they join the games, so they won’t be able to really eat “adult” dishes. But small snacks on a skewer or a sandwich are what you need. Quickly tossing them into your mouth, you can play and have fun again.
As for hot dishes, then you should not cook a lot. Many of the children are more fond of all kinds of sandwiches, tartlets and other goodies that can be "dragged" during the game. One or two hot dishes are enough for a children's table. It can be potato, fish or meat casseroles, chicken skewers or something else, but not too fatty.
But here it is worth showing imagination. It is better to make everything beautiful and unusual. For example, boil potatoes, cut them in the form of mushrooms, decorate a cutlet in the form of a hedgehog, and lay out mashed potatoes in the form of a castle, etc. Ideas can be very different, it’s good if the birthday person himself participates in making decisions on table decoration.
Perfect as an idea for a children's pizza table. This dish is offended by almost all children. Here you can show your imagination and add various colorful ingredients to the pizza, such as tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs. Also on a round and large surface, you can make a drawing that will definitely appeal to (taste) the kids.
Salads are a matter of taste. Many of the children simply do not eat them, so it’s worth showing imagination here. As an original and unusual dish, the Sunflower salad, decorated in the form of a flower of the plant of the same name, or the Mimosa salad, made in the form of a field with mice, is suitable. There are a lot of ideas for salads on the Internet, the main thing is to remember the rules outlined above (nothing spicy, salty, less mayonnaise and a simpler recipe).
Salad "Sunflower" is always liked by children.
No children's holiday can do without a sweet table. For a birthday, fruit, cake, ice cream and other desserts are perfect, which you can also try to cook yourself. It is important to ask the parents of invited children in advance about what they can and cannot do. You can cut fruits from fruits, put them beautifully on a plate. Drawing ideas can be very different: it can be a banana and kiwi palm tree, funny apple and pear animals, or other funny stories. Also, fruits can be cut in the form of a salad.
And, of course, a cake - not a single birthday can do without this important attribute. You can cook the cake yourself if you have the necessary skills, or order it from professional confectioners. In the first case, ideas for decorating a cake can be found on the Internet. It’s better not to buy an ordinary product in a store, it has a lot of harmful ingredients and dyes that can cause an allergic reaction in babies. The cake should be suitable for the holiday, it is better that it has a beautiful inscription in the form of a congratulation, an original drawing is also appropriate. Of course, when the cake is taken out, the children should see the candles, because it is with their blowing out that the feeling of the holiday is connected.
There must be fruits on the children's table.
It is better to take natural drinks, such as compote and jelly. Natural juices are also great for a children's table. You can also use lemonade, but only homemade, as long as there are no carbonated drinks on the table. Ideas for various dishes that can be prepared for a festive children's birthday table can be gleaned from the Internet. Still, it's best not to experiment too much. Remember that children love familiar and taste-tested foods.
How to decorate a table
Meals and drinks alone cannot create the desired festive mood. In addition to compiling the menu, it is necessary to think over the decoration of the table. And one of the important roles here will be played by the tablecloth. You should not lay an expensive tablecloth decorated with ruffles and other excesses, as there is a big risk that during the fun it can be torn or ruined. Perfect for kids table
- bright oilcloth;
- a beautiful fabric tablecloth with a floral pattern or polka dots;
- a paper cover on which children can turn their creative fantasies into reality right during snacks;
- tablecloths made in a pirate or doll style.
Napkins are another part of the table decoration. As a rule, they use a paper version, fabric ones are not so practical. Napkins can simply be placed under the plates or rolled up nicely. It is important that the drawing fits the theme of the holiday and the design of the table.
For a festive children's table, a bright oilcloth or a beautiful fabric tablecloth with a floral pattern or any children's pattern is ideal.
Of course, do not forget about the dishes. You can put both regular sets and more original options. On sale there are a wide variety of colors and types of plastic utensils. Such products will not break and will not harm the health of little pranksters.
However, you can make plates and mugs for the holiday yourself. Get simple dishes, without drawings, you can use a set of transparent plastic. Then, together with the child, apply a drawing to the products, for this you should use a special paint. Such sets can later become a gift to guests as a keepsake of the event. Applique on plates will also look great.
Do not forget about additional attributes. For example, a bouquet of fresh flowers for children will remain invisible, but if a bouquet of lollipops flaunts in the center of the table, it will not leave any child indifferent. But here it is important not to overdo it with sweets.
Bright balls near the table and on the backs of chairs are beautiful and festive. To emphasize the solemnity of the moment, you can install tablets with the names of children near each plate. So the kids will feel like adults and important guests. The plates themselves can be made together with the birthday person, this will give the holiday great importance.
Birthday is an important moment for every child. And to make it memorable, you need to carefully prepare everything. Competitions, games, room decoration and costumes are all important components of the holiday. But not a single festive day can do without a chic table with all kinds of dishes, sweets, bright accents. The more beautiful and unusual items on the table, the longer the little guests will regale themselves.
The first birthday of a baby is the most long-awaited holiday in the family. Many parents strive to make this celebration unforgettable, because the baby is celebrating its first anniversary in life. In the pre-holiday bustle, it is necessary to solve an important question about the venue of the party - at home or in a special children's cafe? Important questions are about whom to invite and what to give? Consider the topic: how to celebrate the birthday of a child 1 year old?
So, you have decided to hold a memorable event at home. Now you need to think through everything in detail:
- number of guests;
- time spending;
- banquet arrangement;
- holiday menu;
- video/photo session.
Whom to invite to the first birthday of the crumbs? There are two options here: relatives and friends. Of course, it is desirable to celebrate this significant event with relatives. But if relatives live far away, you can invite your familiar mothers with babies. Many children should not be invited: they will not be able to play with each other, they will only bring confusion to the competitions.
To make the anniversary a success, carefully consider the menu for kids. You can ask mothers in advance about the preferences of their little ones, so that holiday dishes do not cause allergies.
An important point in planning a holiday will be the choice of the right time. If you decide to celebrate the first birthday with relatives, the time can be any day or evening. If your baby's little friends come to your baby's birthday, you need to coordinate the time with the mothers. Of course, it should be in the daytime, and better after a nap.
Birthday invitations must be sent at least a week before the celebration. It is also advisable to discuss in advance the ideas of gifts for the child: in order to save guests from unnecessary expenses, and yourself from the mass of unnecessary things in the house. Donate useful things.
Festive table
The menu for adult guests can be anything. And how to please the kids and the birthday man himself, so that after the anniversary he does not have to suffer from allergies or overeating? It is customary to bake a cake for a birthday - but is it possible to treat a baby with such a product?
A cake for a tiny birthday boy can be baked without any problems if you are familiar with biscuit dough. To prevent the sponge cake from being too dry, you can soak it in baby fruit juice. As a cream, you can take a children's fruit curd.
Important! Don't forget to put one candle on the cake!
Making a children's table is easy: all dishes can be arranged in a convenient order. The menu of one-year-old children is not very diverse:
- juices in bags;
- baby cookies;
- pieces of fruit;
- fruit curds with different fillings.
Kids will not come to the holiday to eat: they will be fed at home by their mothers. However, it is necessary to create a festive atmosphere and decorate the table! Let the menu be modest, but the kids will have fun this birthday. The main thing is that the food is not hypoallergenic: this is the main condition.
There is no better idea for a buffet table for this day. Please note that guests are unlikely to sit in one place on their birthday: everyone will be on the move. Therefore, the table must be set so that any dish can be taken on the go with your hands.
We decorate the house
How to decorate the hall for the holiday? Of course, your baby will not remember this significant event - but there is a photo shoot that will keep happy moments for life. Therefore, treat the scenery carefully so that the memories of a bright holiday remain in the pictures.
Decoration ideas:
- balloons with inscriptions of wishes;
- garlands of paper flags (for a boy) and flowers (for a girl);
- painted fairy tale characters;
- photo session of a toddler in beautiful frames.
The first year of life is a turbulent time for the development of the baby. Every month of life brought its own changes. What ideas can be associated with this feature of the first year of life? You can draw (or print) 12 trains that mark each passing month: these will be photo frames. Choose the most successful pictures of the baby and glue them into the frame-trains. This decoration can be placed on the wall.
Do not use crackers and bursting balloons to decorate the first day of the angel: children may be frightened by loud sounds, and also pull pieces of paper or rubber into their mouths.
Entertaining guests
How to surprise guests, except for the festive menu and decorations? It is necessary to think over the scenario, quizzes and competitions in advance. If you have no ideas for a holiday, at least give each guest the opportunity to say beautiful congratulatory words to the birthday man and his parents.
You can come up with ideas for holding festive home events on your own: the main thing is to want to do it and have free time. You can entrust the preparation of the angel's day to someone from your family: let them work out the script, contests and find ideas for quizzes. Of course, it is difficult for a young mother to find free time to create a celebration scenario: outside help is needed.
Contests and quizzes are great ideas for an angel day. However, do not forget to include the ritual of blowing out the candle on the birthday cake in the celebration script.
Make sure that the children do not try to grab the candle flame with their hands.
Tribute to traditions
If you baptized a boy / girl, then you need to include an angel and hair cutting by godparents in the script for the day. First, the godmother cuts a small strand of hair on the top of her head with a cross, and then the hair is cut off from the crumbs. Prepare a special envelope or box for storage for the first strand.
Do not forget to make a footprint / handprint for the child: it will be interesting to compare the prints with those made after discharge from the hospital. These prints can be framed and made into a picture.
You can find out in advance about the fate of the crumbs on this holiday. To do this, put several items on the table: money, a book and others. If the child wants to touch the book, he will study well. If a child wants to touch banknotes and coins, he will be rich. Pick up the rest of the items by association. This fortune-telling can be included in the scenario of the day of the angel.
Making gifts
What should be a gift for a child for 1 year? What to give a boy, what to give a baby? For a boy / girl, you can give:
- cubes for learning the alphabet;
- bright picture books
- interactive toys;
- smart clothes.
Parents of the birthday boy can also give presents:
- for mom - a beautiful bouquet;
- for dad - a family photo album with a family tree.
Of course, a one-year-old boy / girl will not be able to appreciate the significance of this day and the gifts made, so all gifts must be made and given after agreement with the parents.
In order for the crumbs' birthday to begin and end safely, you must adhere to these recommendations:
- Invite a photographer for a photo shoot or arrange shooting with a relative / friend.
- Do not show all the gifts to the hero of the occasion: he will want to play with all the toys at once, and the holiday will be spoiled by the whims of the birthday man. It is better to give a present while the baby does not see.
- For the little guests of the birthday boy, prepare a special playground: it should be as large and comfortable as possible for crawling space.
- Remove in advance any sharp, traumatic and valuable objects from the visibility zone of babies: the environment should be as safe as possible for one-year-old children.
- Remember that a one-year-old baby periodically needs peace: from time to time, take the baby to a quiet room so that he can be alone with his mother.
- Designate a special place for the guests of the little one and their mothers for changing diapers and breastfeeding.
- Close all pets in a separate room for the duration of the celebration.
How to celebrate the first name day, what to give a child and what contests to hold? This important event should be prepared in advance. If the baby is sick, you can celebrate the name day later. Remember that noisy games and competitions can tire the baby, so carefully monitor his mental state. Also remember that you can not give gifts in advance!
Important! It is unacceptable to hold a noisy holiday if the child has recently been vaccinated!
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Every mother wants a special day of the year - the birthday of her child, to be bright, special and memorable. At 2 years old, the child does not have any special wishes about what the holiday should be, so the mother herself must carefully think through and organize everything so that it is interesting to everyone who is invited, especially children.
A child's birthday should be bright, colorful and interesting.
Most parents prefer to spend the holiday at home, it's more convenient. Contests, clown, animation - all this can be ordered at home, but the menu is a little more complicated. It is necessary to prepare such dishes that would be tasty, healthy and served on the table in a special way in order to attract the attention of children, and they wanted to try them.
What dishes to choose, what to serve first at the table and how to serve everything, all these questions are asked by all mothers who are preparing a birthday for their 2 year old baby.
What should not be on the holiday table
There are small food restrictions that every mother must adhere to if she wants to organize a holiday for a 2 year old child and his friends. At this age, not all foods and dishes can be eaten, so the main thing when compiling a birthday menu:
- no salty, spicy and fatty foods;
- dishes with pepper, mayonnaise sauce and garlic are not welcome on the table;
- smoked meats are also better to remove;
- do not experiment by mixing many different products in one dish;
- remove fresh fruits and vegetables from the menu that can cause allergies;
- do not put on the table fish dishes with bones, grapes, fruits with a rough skin and what a child can choke on, set aside for the holidays of the older generation;
- fruits and vegetables that can stain clothes should be kept to a minimum.
Beautiful and tasty appetizers
Recently, canape sandwiches have been very popular in the children's menu. In order for them to interest children, it is desirable to perform them in an unusual form of boats, stars or bugs. In addition, only safe products will be needed for their preparation, and it will take a little time to create them.
Canapes are prepared only from fresh bread, preferably white, butter, pieces of boiled pork, but not fried, but baked, delicate varieties of cheese and vegetables or fruits. Turn on your imagination and prepare canapes from those products that your beloved baby loves more.
It is important for children to never use skewers and toothpicks for canapés, the child may prick them.
Delicious and healthy salads for a children's holiday
Healthy salads can be laid out on a plate in the form of an animal or a flower, and small children will like this serving. There are a large number of salads, each mother can choose from this list for her menu those that she likes, but pay attention to this salad.
Salad "Sunshine"
The first thing I want to say is that it contains orange and lemon, so for children prone to allergies it is better not to cook it, otherwise it is very light, satisfying and tasty.
To prepare it you will need:
- orange - 2 pcs.;
- chicken egg - 2 pcs., but they can be replaced with 8 quail eggs, which will make the salad even more useful;
- boiled chicken - 300 g;
- cucumber;
- apple.
As a dressing, you can use a sauce that is made from yogurt, olive oil, a couple of drops of lemon juice and egg yolks.
The salad is prepared as follows: oranges, cucumber and apple, peeled and cut as small as possible. Peel the egg, finely chop and add to the rest of the ingredients, do the same with the chicken. Salt, mix and beautifully lay out in the form of a sun on a plate, pour sauce on top.
The salad is ready, you can serve the kids on the table. But remember that citrus fruits can cause allergies, so ask mothers invited to the kids' holiday about whether they can eat fruits that can provoke such a reaction. Be sure to adjust the menu based on this.
Salad "Tropics"
The menu for the birthday of children of 2 years of age should be varied, satisfying and light, so parents should pay attention to the Tropics salad, which almost all children love and eat it with great pleasure. The recipe is quite simple and easy, does not require much high costs, as it contains a small amount of ingredients.
Its preparation will require:
- 300 g of chicken, only boiled;
- 300-400 grams of pineapples;
- 1 apple, preferably green;
- grapes in the amount of 1 cup.
Peel apples, grate on a fine grater and sprinkle lightly with lemon juice. Grind pineapple and add to apples, do the same with meat. Cut the grapes in half and add to the dish. You can fill with mayonnaise, but only homemade or yogurt.
Sweet fruit salad children eat with great pleasure!
You can also add a vegetable salad of tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage and greens to the festive menu, but just chop the vegetables finely and season them with olive oil. It is better to serve salad on the table in small salad bowls for each child separately.
Sweet fruit salad
The child will eat this delicious salad with great pleasure. It is prepared immediately before the guests arrive, as the fruit may lose its color, and the salad will not look very attractive. It is worth asking the parents of invited children if they are allergic to bee products and nuts, if not, then honey is added to the bottom of the salad bowl, and the top of the salad is sprinkled with chopped nuts.
For the salad you will need:
- green apple, banana;
- 1 glass of sultana grapes;
- 1 pear fruit;
- a glass of yogurt.
Take fruits without peel and cut them into small pieces. Divide the grapes in half, combine with fruit. Mix everything, put in small salad bowls, and pour yogurt over the top of the dish. This delicious and at the same time light dish is prepared quickly and is sure to please children.
A child's birthday happens once a year, and 2 years once in a lifetime, and every mother wants to make this day special, so the menu for this day is selected carefully.
Salads are ready, but what a holiday without second courses, but what to cook for a children's birthday, what would be beautiful, tasty and liked by children.
Main courses
For a children's birthday, you should not cook a lot of hot dishes, because children eat little, they are more interested in entertainment than a festive table. Therefore, for a children's holiday, you can cook only a side dish and a meat dish.
For a children's birthday, when the child is only 2 years old and almost all guests are of the same age, it is better to choose meat dishes with minced meat. They cook quickly, the meat is tender, soft, a child at 2 years old will eat it with pleasure.
Which recipe to choose for the birthday of your child, each mother decides for herself, but perhaps this one will be liked more.
Chicken zrazy with quail egg
Little kids will definitely like these zrazy, because they are very tender and tasty, besides, they have a little secret inside that will interest the kids and make them eat food.
Chicken zrazy with quail egg will definitely appeal to children!
To prepare them you will need:
- 400 g minced chicken;
- 1/3 cup rice;
- small carrots;
- bulb;
- 12 boiled quail eggs;
- 2 tomatoes.
Zrazy is prepared like this:
- Grind the onion with a blender and add to the minced meat.
- Add cooked rice to minced meat.
- Salt, mix thoroughly until the minced meat is soft.
- Roll a ball out of minced meat, hide a peeled quail egg inside and roll it up.
- Boil in boiling water for 10 minutes, lower them into the water carefully on a spoon.
- Fry carrots and tomatoes in a pan.
- Put the zrazy in the gravy, add the broth so that it completely covers them.
- Simmer for 20 minutes, then put the pan in the oven for 5 minutes.
You can serve zrazy with a surprise with any of the side dishes, but the child will definitely like the multi-colored mashed potatoes, it is also very healthy, as it is prepared from natural products. It is very easy to prepare it.
Potato puree "Traffic light"
Dishes from natural products enriched with useful substances should please every mother, besides, bright colors perfectly decorate the table, attract children who come to the holiday to it.
What's a birthday without sweets! Preference should be given to light, not too sweet pastries and cakes.
To make colorful mashed potatoes you will need:
- potatoes - 1 kg;
- butter - 50 g;
- cream - 200 ml;
- carrot juice - 3 tbsp. l.;
- beetroot - 3 tbsp. l.;
- spinach juice - 3 tbsp. l.
Boil the peeled potatoes until tender, add salt during the cooking process. After the water has been drained, it is necessary to mash the potatoes by adding butter and cream to it. Beat everything well so that the mass is light and homogeneous. Divide the puree into three parts: in the first add carrot juice, in the 2nd - beet juice, in the third - spinach. Put the puree in the form of balls into a pan, put in a preheated oven for 10-15 minutes.
For a children's birthday, you can not bake multi-colored mashed potatoes, but simply beautifully put on a plate for each baby. This puree will decorate any table.
The birthday of a child, especially who turns 2 years old, should be interesting, the menu is ready, now you need to choose drinks and sweets.
From drinks, milkshakes of different colors with the addition of fruits are well suited, here it all depends on the mother's imagination. Milkshakes are very healthy and tasty, every child will drink such a drink with great pleasure if you put it on the table.
But as for sweets, here preference should be given to light, not too sweet cakes and cakes. "Bird's milk", "Carrot" cake or any other are perfect, but only with a light and airy cream, children will like this one more.
It is not necessary to overload the table for the birthday of a small child too much, for him the main thing is entertainment and games with friends. Prepare dishes that the birthday boy loves more, he will eat with pleasure, and other children will follow him the same.
A child's birthday should be bright, colorful and interesting, so that it will be remembered, captivated by children, and the dishes should be originally designed, then any child will want to try them.
