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Life & Style<br />
Money <strong>Talk</strong><br />
Invitations<br />
Well, in the beginning, there<br />
are invitations to send out.<br />
One of the easiest tips for a<br />
green party in this area is to<br />
use the internet for online<br />
invites instead of having a part<br />
in wasting precious resources<br />
through paper invitations.<br />
You’ll also be saving on<br />
postage as well. Still, if you<br />
do somehow prefer a touch<br />
of tradition in your invites, try<br />
printing out invitations from<br />
recycled paper instead. After<br />
printing them out, involve the<br />
kids in personalising each card with colour pencils, etc. Hand<br />
deliver the cards to nearby addresses and mail the rest.<br />
Do away with too many<br />
disposables!<br />
Nowadays, when you think of children’s<br />
parties, you can’t help thinking about<br />
disposable plates, napkins, tablecloths,<br />
cups and even cutlery that get tossed away<br />
after just one use. What a waste of money<br />
and natural resources! Rather than buying<br />
paper products, consider instead reusable,<br />
kid-friendly cups, plates and cutlery. Of course, some effort in<br />
doing the dishes will be needed, but think about the amount<br />
of trash you won’t be generating on your part!<br />
Tip: Allocate a bin for leftovers on plates and another<br />
for the used dishes that need to be washed. That<br />
way, you can tackle them later and they won’t look so<br />
intimidating piled up in the kitchen sink!<br />
Party Food<br />
Sadly kids’ parties in these modern times have become<br />
synonymous with sugary foods that are loaded with<br />
saturated fats, but it need not be that way. Healthier,<br />
greener options for kids party foods are not as complicated<br />
as they sound. Here are some party ideas from cooking guru<br />
Jamie Oliver himself:<br />
1) Set up a “ Do<br />
it yourself “ food<br />
station, where your<br />
child can invite his<br />
or her guests to<br />
make fill up their<br />
own pancakes, make<br />
their own tacos,<br />
etc. You could even<br />
have a pot of pasta and let them decide on which of<br />
your tasty homemade sauces they prefer! With a little<br />
planning ahead and a dash of creativity on your part, the<br />
possibilities are endless.<br />
2) Get clever with the<br />
healthy stuff! A ‘spaceship<br />
power juice’ or ‘Princess<br />
Elsa blueberry smoothie’<br />
will always sound more<br />
enticing than just ‘healthy<br />
fruit juices’. Set up your<br />
juicer/blender on a table<br />
and make them to order –<br />
just like in a juice bar!<br />
3) Use natural colourants for home-made goodies. Colorintense<br />
foods such as beetroot, spinach and oranges, or<br />
a blend of colorful fruits like blueberries, strawberries,<br />
mangoes, pineapple and kiwis make great food dyes and<br />
they add delicious natural flavours to your home-made<br />
fare too! Whether you are dyeing an icing, smoothie, or<br />
cake filling, you will be surprised how beautiful natural<br />
tints come out.<br />
4) Home-made ice-lollies!<br />
These give you the chance to<br />
get really creative, using lots<br />
of different fruits or juices to<br />
create your own combination<br />
of goodness that the kids will<br />
love. There is no need to spend<br />
money on expensive trendy ice<br />
lollie moulds, either; Instead,<br />
try using old yoghurt pots – they work a charm!<br />
5) Cover fruits with chocolate! Melt some dark chocolate<br />
in a double boiler pan, dip peeled, halved bananas or<br />
other soft, kid-friendly fruits and let cool on a greaseproof<br />
paper.<br />
38 <strong>Baby</strong><strong>Talk</strong> | <strong>January</strong> <strong>2019</strong>
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