Materials: Game boards
Clear contact paper
Tablecloth
Twister game boards
Baker boxes
Coffee cans
Museum wax
Game pieces - Place your tablecloth on the table and then place a twister mat haphazardly across the middle (figure A).
- Spray empty tuna, vegetable and coffee cans and bakery boxes in bright colors (figure B) to match the colors of the Twister board. These cans and boxes give you several different levels to place your food on -- creating a unique look and giving your guests a fun and wacky feeling.
- Cover all the game boards in clear contact paper. Place several game boards on top of some of the cans all around the table.
- Museum wax (figure C) is used under breakables on a high shelf to keep them from falling over. It is good to use behind a card to steady it up on top of your game board. Or, you can use it to fan out cards (figure D).
Note: To further your theme, use game pieces all over the buffet.
- Place game boards at the back of the table and hang a twister board behind the buffet table on the wall (figure E). Write the menu on the twister board.
Tips: - Chris Champagne, Visual Stylist, advises that when throwing a party a good rule of thumb is -- if in doubt, move it out. This applies to furniture, collectibles, and antiques. Anything that you don't want damaged or anything spilled on, you should remove. You will need to move your dining room table up against the wall. If your chandelier hangs low, you need to raise it. You can use an "S" hook that can be found at any hardware store.
- Diann Valentine, Event Planner, says that in designing a buffet table for a dinner party, be sure and remember that you need to be concerned about what the table will look like when the food is gone. Be sure and use acuratexturally pleasing plates, stands and statues that will be in place even after the food is gone.
RESOURCES :
Board Games
Model: 0887407250
Author: Desi Scarpone
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
Atglen, PA 19310
Phone: 610-593-1777
Fax: 610-593-2002
Email: schifferbk@aol.com
Board Games and Toys (Mattel, Cranium Games and Hasbro Information)
Mattel, Inc.
El Segundo, CA 90245
Phone: 310-252-6190
Website: www.mattel.com
Complete Idiot's Guide to Throwing a Great Party
Model: 002863974X
Author: Patty Sachs and Phyllis Cambria
(October, 2000)
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Macmillan / Alpha Books
Website: www.macmillan.com
Nancy Silverton's Sandwich Book: The Best Sandwiches Ever -- From Thursday Nights to Campanile
Model: 0375412603
Author: Nancy Silverton
(October, 2002)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Random House (Alfred A. Knopf Inc., Villard Books, Times Books, Shambhala Publications, Ballantine B
Westminster, MD 21157
Phone: 410-848-1900
Fax: 800-659-2436
Email: customerservice@randomhouse.com
Sophisticated Entertaining: Spirited Food for Grown-Up Parties
1557883459
Jeanne Benedict
(October, 2000)
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HP Books
GUESTS :
Diann Valentine
Event Producer
D.R. Valentine and Associates, Inc.
650 S. Raymond Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: 626-395-0346
Fax: 626-395-0649
Website: www.drvalentine.net
Debbie Lee
Culinary Expert
Chris Champagne
Visual Stylist
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