I really love this time of the year, but I'll take any excuse to decorate the table and spend some time being creative.
This year we decided to go with a very different, non-traditional colour scheme - pink, silver and white. Here's a few ideas to help you plan a pretty pink Christmas.
This year we decided to go with a very different, non-traditional colour scheme - pink, silver and white. Here's a few ideas to help you plan a pretty pink Christmas.
Decor
We used pink Christmas tree decorations, strawberry Lindt chocolates and pink Minnie Mouse ears to create the pink effect.
Name Tags:
I used a pink water colour printable and placed our names, in white, beforeconverting it to a PDF for printing. Font used: Watermelon Script Demo
Flowers:
We used two gift boxes (from Mr Price Home), lined with clear cellophane. We filled the boxes with oasis (which should be soaked in water over night), cut the flower stems and arranged them in the oasis.
Name Tags:
I used a pink water colour printable and placed our names, in white, beforeconverting it to a PDF for printing. Font used: Watermelon Script Demo
Flowers:
We used two gift boxes (from Mr Price Home), lined with clear cellophane. We filled the boxes with oasis (which should be soaked in water over night), cut the flower stems and arranged them in the oasis.
Gift Exchange Game
I copied this gift exchange game: http://lets-get-together.com/2014/11/17/the-christmas-game/#_a5y_p=2881948
Everyone contributed R100 which was used for the 'main prizes'. We were 9 people so the prizes were R400 cash, R250 and R150 Woolworths gift cards. I used my R100 contribution (plus a little extra) to buy the smaller gifts. Gift ideas between R5-R15:
- Uno
- Pack of cards
- Lunch box
- Chewing gum
- Soap
- Mug
Everyone contributed R100 which was used for the 'main prizes'. We were 9 people so the prizes were R400 cash, R250 and R150 Woolworths gift cards. I used my R100 contribution (plus a little extra) to buy the smaller gifts. Gift ideas between R5-R15:
- Uno
- Pack of cards
- Lunch box
- Chewing gum
- Soap
- Mug
Dessert
Chocolate ice cream bowls Cadbury milk chocolate slabs (3 slaps = 8 bowls) Balloons Ice cream Flake Ice cream toppings (sprinkles, fudge, smarties etc.) Making the bowls: Line a baking tray with wax paper Blow up balloons to the required bowl size Break chocolate into blocks and place in microwavable bowl Microwave chocolate in 30 second intervals, stirring in between Once the chocolate is cool to the touch dip balloons into the melted chocolate and place on wax paper Once dipping is complete place tray in the fridge until chocolate has hardened Cut a tiny whole near the to of the balloon and slowly realse the air. Remov balloons and place back in fridge until you are ready to serve them |