Kitchen Wedding Shower Ideas
A kitchen shower can be a fun occasion for brides-to-be who love to cook and eat. Like all theme showers, kitchen showers ask guests to bring specific types of gifts and are best for couples who have already accumulated their household basics or who are having a number of showers to celebrate their wedding.
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Set the Mood with Invitations
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A kitchen shower gives you the opportunity to get creative with invitations. Design your invitations to look like a recipe card, including a "serving size" representing the number of invited guests from a household, and "ingredients," or suggestions as to what each guest should bring. If your guests are locally based, consider hand-delivering invitations tied to inexpensive cutting boards, egg timers or your favorite local produce.
Gift the Bride
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Make your kitchen shower special by gifting the bride with your guests' favorite recipes. You can keep things simple and ask guests to jot down their favorite recipes on cards you've provided at the shower, or you can do a little advance work by asking guests and the bride's and groom's families to send you recipes ahead of time; have the recipes printed into a small booklet. You can take a whimsical approach and ask your guests to write down their recipes for a happy marriage, such as two parts love, one part appreciation, for instance, instead of actual recipes.
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Have Some Fun
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A cooking party is an obvious fit for a kitchen shower. If your guests are experienced cooks, plan to tackle a challenging menu together, such as a fancy dinner from Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" or a vegetarian feast from "The Moosewood Cookbook." Another option is to hire a professional chef to come give a cooking lesson where you can learn a new technique, like cake decorating or braising, or master a new type of food, like sushi or tapas. Another option might be a wine tasting where you can help the bride choose wines to match her signature recipes.
Give Parting Gifts
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It's always nice to send your guests away with a little reminder of your shower fun, and there are plenty of favor options for a kitchen shower. Keep it simple and offer guests your favorite home-baked treat on their way out the door. If you want to spend a little more time, whip up a special ingredient, like rosemary sea salt, homemade vanilla or jalapeno jelly, for guests to take with them. Your favorite inexpensive kitchen gadget can also make a fun parting gift.
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