Ideas wanted for a Royal wedding garden party please.

[mummyloveslucy]

Hi, the title says it all really. We are having a garden party after watching the Royal wedding. I've thought of Union Jack bunting, red, white and blue fairy cakes, or a wedding cake, and wedding bubbles for the tables.

I'm not that great at this sort of thing, so any ideas to make it more fun and eccentric the beter.

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a huge bonfire to burn royal effigies on

the kids could help make them! fun for all

yes baker ross crowns would go up lovely on the bonfire

English afternoon tea.

Suitable music - not sure what exactly but maybe someone else will have some ideas.

Goodybags for any children with souvenir of the day

Ooh and the Works have union jacks on cocktail sticks for those all-important cheese and pineapple on sticks.

(should be working but this is much more pleasurable)

Confetti to sprinle on the tables.....

You could maybe have some other red, white and blue food, or make crown shaped biscuits or something.....

Party Pieces is Kate's family firm so you should def get the princess party theme to really be in keeping with the day.

get the poorer families in teh street to pay for everything adn do all the work and then the richer families can sit on their arses and enjoy the fruits of the labour of others.

[throws enormous ball of bunting at lindt]

I am really jealous because I am going to be at MILs in Germany and cannot host a garden party. :(

[catches bunting and strings it around the garden]

Fairy lights would be nice for later, MLL. Bet you can buy them with crowns on them.

are the germans not celebrating? it is the closest thing they have to a royal family

Ooo I am on the committee for our village one.

Are doing loads of craft stuff for the kids ( see Yellow Moon website)

Toss the gold coins into the wishing well ( bucket wrapped in 'brick' style paper)
Stick the kiss on the frog prince ( like pin tail on the donkey)

Treasure hunt map game with the london route of wedding party with squres over and people pin a cocktail stick in where they think the wedding ring is

guess weight of the wedding cake

all children under 16 from the village are getting a commemerative mug!

I'm watching this thread with curiosity as I'm co-organising a Royal Wedding garden party for my block of flats in the Asian country where we live. I'm already slightly regretting getting involved, as I thought it would just be a bit of fun (it was the idea of some of our Aussie neighbours), but the other two British mums I'm organising with have turned all alpha-mummy about it, we've got spreadsheets and everything. I think they used to have high-flying careers and have got too much time on their hands.

So far we're having: red, white and blue bunting, Union jacks to wave, English afternoon tea (scones, cucumber sandwiches, etc), games for the children e.g. sack race, crafts for the children (making crowns/tiaras), hopefully watching the wedding live on a projector, then bangers and mash dinner with English puds, sweets for goodie bags. We are charging a small amount for tickets, though, as it's not just friends.

DB
Not that I know of, but I am working on MIL.

Thanks everyone! Some great ideas. It's only a small garden party, with our family and a couple of friends.

I like the idea of getting the poorer families to do all the work while I sip shampagne. Oh wait, I am one of the poorer ones.... Bugger!!

Well, we are living in a small village and have at the moment a choice of 2 possible garden/street parties.

On the one hand, yes, I am actually a republican by political tendency.

On the other hand, well, having street parties/ picnics is fun. DS would miss out if I don't join in. And he is half English cos of his dad anyway.

So I am trying to think of a median way here.

Any way I can make and decorate some cupcakes in a manner that suggests an underlying disagreement with the idea of monarchy but a willingness to have a good time nonetheless?

Actually I have just had an idea. Cupcakes topped with little frogs (grin) - can you get little chocolate or sweet frogs, fairly cheaply?

frogs

Very cute, I love the frogs.

I might have to have a party myself, just to use those frogs.

I am going to one as you describe and we have to come as a royal or in wedding gear - you have no idea how excited I am to be able to wear my wedding dress again!!