Menu: Kid Valentine Brunch

I love brunch. I love kid’s parties. I love Valentine’s Day… we hosted a Kid Valentine Brunch. We had an absolutely wonderful time. We are so blessed that all of Freddy’s friends are just wonderful kids and their parents are pretty awesome. As my good friend Meg said, “we make awesome babies.” I wanted to share the menu from the party.

Kid Valentine Brunch Menu

Cheddar Bacon Biscuits

Sweet Potato Biscuits

Mini Cheese Quiches

Vegetable Frittatas

Ham and Cheese Roll-ups

Chocolate Chip Muffins

Jam Straws

Pancake Pops

Fruit Cups with Yogurt and Granola

Mimosa Punch

Juices, Lemonades and Champagne

Coffee

Spa Water

Pink White Chocolate Lattes

Pink Hot Chocolate

I was surprised but what was loved and less loved.  I will share the reviews first and then what I did prepare.  The kid’s, as expected, loved the pancake pops and the fruit cups. The mom’s seemed to eat the vegetable frittatas and the granola, yogurt and fruit cups. The dads tended to eat the ham and cheese roll ups, the mini quiches and some of the jam straws. As for drinks, the kids loved the juice, of course… no surprise. The mom’s all had one mimosa and then a coffee. Some had a white chocolate latte, but they only had one. The dad’s mostly had coffee and then water… I was surprised, I thought the biscuits and the mimosa punch would be a huge hit. So, next time, if I did again, I would do this menu… I think…

Ham and Cheese Roll-ups

Pancake Pops

Fruit Cups with Yogurt and Granola

Vegetable Frittatas

Valentine Donuts from Krispy Kreme 

Juices, Lemonades and Champagne

Coffee

Spa Water

I guess the reason I was surprised was the items that took the most time, the scratch made biscuits and the lattes didn’t really get yummed up. And the menu items that were easiest to prepare were demolished… Here was my plan to prepare…

Day before the party

• Baked the sweet potatoes for the biscuits
• Cooked the bacon for the biscuits
• Baked the Cheddar Bacon Biscuits
• Baked the Sweet Potato Biscuits
• Baked the Chocolate Chip Muffins
• Cooked the spinach for the Vegetable Frittatas
• Cut and froze the lemons and oranges for the Mimosa Punch and Spa Water

Morning of the Party

• Made the Mini Cheese Quiches
• Baked the Vegetable Frittatas
• Made the Ham and Cheese Roll-ups
• Baked the Jam Straws
• Cooked the Pancake Pops
• Cut up the fruit for the Fruit Cups and set out the Yogurt and Granola
• Stirred up the Mimosa Punch
• Set out Juices, Lemonades and Champagne
• Asked my husband make the Coffee
• Added the frozen lemons and filtered the tap for the Spa Water
• Set up the crock pot and mixed up the Pink White Chocolate Lattes
• Heat the milk and stir up the Pink Hot Chocolate

It really didn’t take that long, just about 2 hours on Saturday and 3 hours on Sunday morning. All and all it was a lovely party. I loved the décor and the favors. I will have to post about that soon.

As always much love, many blessings, and Happy Valentine’s Day. 

Mood Board: Kid Valentine Brunch

I love mood boards. I find them to be really helpful in coming up with some touch-point items that  make the whole event come together. I think it is also good to have 5 or so ideas that you really want to make happen at your event. The rest is just gravy. I find 5 goals a very manageable number, anytime you move above that you setting yourself up for that "gosh, I wish I would have had more time ..." 

So, my touch-points for the kids brunch are pretty simple... but fun. 

• Color scheme - I went with a red, pink, and orange color palette. I think there is something fun and innocent about introducing orange into this romantic holiday. It makes it more kid-friendly and less serious. However keeping pink and red and white still hold true to the tradition of the holiday. 
• Fans and garlands - fans, garlands, and tissue paper tassels always do such a great job of dressing up a wall or a table. They don't take much work, they are completely reusable and you can put them up days in advance so decorating only takes a few minutes each day. 
• Heart backdrop wall - I love photo back drop walls, I can't say I have quiet perfected them. But this heart one is super cute. We will have our Polaroid camera at the ready for guests to snap pictures :) 
• Heart balloon wall - I think this would be super fun and not that difficult. I am going to do use this as the main decoration for the basement. Just a big heart balloon wall. I'm sure the kids will love it. 
• Valentine Mini Mailboxes - I love favors. I take a lot of time and attention on the favors because after a party that is your physical lasting memory. I found these super cute mini mailboxes at Target for a dollar. I'm filling them with some little dollar store favors: bubbles, slinkys, rings, and stamps. I am also going to put in a little package of vanilla flavored goldfish and gummies. I am doubling them up as decoration as well. They will adorn the mantle during the party with a balloon attached them. 

So that is the plan... I have some over ambitious ideas about balloon garlands, that may or may not occur but those are my top five as they stand... 

Hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day...