Give your
mother/daughter banquet a custom flair with a purse theme.
Planning a banquet is an opportune time to gather family and friends together for a formal event while enjoying a meal. If you are coordinating the celebration of a mother/daughter banquet and have chosen a purse theme, this is your chance to build colorful, custom elements that support the theme while exciting both mothers and daughters alike. Does this Spark an idea?
Invitations
Give your guests something to anticipate by starting with creative invitations. Online stationery company FineStationery.com features several custom purse invitations, like the purse with chain invite by Meri Meri. Another option is to make your own invites using products such as stickers, stencils and card-stock paper available at craft and scrapbooking stores. Get guests in the mood with invitations that show them exactly what type of event they will be attending, which builds excitement for the big day.
Games
When it comes time for the event, get moms and daughters working together as a team by starting the night with an ice breaker game that requires them to literally dig inside of their purses. Create a search list of about ten items that you will call out to see which mother and daughter duo has them all. Make some of the contents a little rare so that you can limit the number of winners. Items like flavored chapstick, a tube of red lipstick, a phone and a key with keyless entry are common items, so also add in items like a dog treat or a baby diaper as an odd find for a harder challenge.
Cake
With such a huge variety of purse types, select one as your cake's theme for the main event. If budget and time allow, use smaller cakes as centerpieces for the tables using different purse designs in different colors for each cake. Assign each table its own personality based on the cake's purse design. For a photo gallery of ideas, CakeCentral.com has photos of purse cakes that you can print and bring to your cake artist or use yourself if making the cakes at home.
Favors
Don't send guests home empty-handed. For favors, give your mothers and daughters a purse to take home. If your budget allows, give each guest a purse that you feel matches their personality. If you're working with a smaller budget, hand out small purse-shaped favor boxes filled with candy, like the pink mini favor box with handle found online at Beau-Coup.com.
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