Primary was in charge of food for our ward's Christmas party. We anticipated serving 200 people which we came very close to doing. Being in charge of food is always tricky- will we have enough food? Will it meet expectations? Will the event be beautiful and festive? Can we stay within our budget??! We decided on a dessert waffle bar. Waffles were cooked in the kitchen and on the buffet line. Luckily they we had a bunch made in the kitchen because we blew 2 circuits in the cultural hall. :) We served waffles with vanilla ice cream, homemade hot fudge, homemade caramel sauce, strawberry sauce, mini chocolate chips, toasted coconut, crushed peppermint sticks, holiday sprinkles and whipped cream. We had bottled water for beverages. The decorations on the buffet line were simple- a rectangular plastic tablecloth, a string of white lights over the top then tulle over the lights. I really liked the effect (before our short circuit, ha ha). For the serving dishes I bought glass bowls and glass candlesticks at the dollar store and my husband epoxy glued them together. There was a lot of interest in those! I really wanted the food to be simple and elegant and I think it worked out in the end. For invitations, paper goods, 200 gold place mats, 9 plastic tablecloths for the buffet tables, extention cords, scrapbook paper to cover the whipped cream canisters, all the food and ice it cost about $450. Relief Society spent about $35 on table decorations. They were creative in their decorations and much of it was homemade. Here are some pics before the event:
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