Perhaps
the best reason to host an outdoor party is because it will take care of the
smoking problem on its own. When you host an outdoor reception, there are so
many choices that you can make on what to do and serve your guests. Because of
this, I have divided the outdoor reception items separately.
Food for Outdoor Reception
There
are many ways that you can choose to serve your reception food when the
reception is held outdoors. Here are some of the most popular and money saving
ways to serve foods.
- Have a casual reception and serve barbecue items such as
hamburgers, chicken, ribs etc. Have everyone forego a gift in exchange for
bringing their own special dish to the barbecue instead. Just have
everyone confirm beforehand so that you do not have everyone bringing the
same thing.
- Serve your food buffet style having each guest bring a
food item instead of a gift.
- Serve vegetable, cheese, fruit, and meat trays with dips
and other snackables rather than hosting a huge meal. This is a great
alternative anyway, for vegetarians as well.
- Host your reception with a theme so that you can be more
casual with your food, for example, perhaps you can host your reception
with an Italian theme and make spaghetti or order pizza etc.
- Choose an outdoor theme that is simple and easy and one
that you can afford.
Drinks
Serving drinks at the reception can be the
most expensive part of the whole event at times. Of course, it doesn’t have to
be.