This cherry themed picnic party is full of ideas for party favors, party decor, and simple recipes for cherry lovers.
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Why We Love This Party
- A simple color scheme of cherry red with black and white really popped.
- Our cherry themed food was easy to put together and so delicious.
- We had real cherries, to celebrate cherry season.
- Did we mention we love cherries -taste + cuteness = trending!
This backyard party was a lot of fun to put together. It would be great for a special occasion like a birthday party, bridal shower, or baby shower, but we enjoyed it as a party theme for a simple summer party to celebrate cherry season.
Cherry Tablescape
We set up in our backyard, and used a coffee table in our setting area. I love how casual and relaxed this set up is.
I started off using some pretty and inexpensive cherry fabric as a simple table cloth. The material had some red cherries, with some grey dots, so this set our simple color scheme for the table.
We used some seasonal Queen Anne's lace wild flowers in vintage glass bottles for flowers.
Another beautiful addition to our party party supplies and one that helped set the theme was the vintage cherry cake plate. It was a gift years ago from a friend. I love theme parties, so when I decided on a cherry theme I knew this would be perfect. Cherries were a popular vintage theme, so if you're planning something similar it's worth having a look around a antique shop for a some cherry inspired kitchenware to include.
Cherry Place Settings
For our place settings we went with classic white plates, and a stripped napkin, with black cutlery. On top, instead of napkin rings, we added some cherry party decorations with these miniature wood berry baskets filled with fresh cherries.
They looked so cute, and were a great way to send our guests home with cherry theme party favors at the end of the night -that is if they could resist eating them.
Another cute touch to our cherry-themed party were the cherry printed paper straws -buy them here.
I found some black cherry pop in cute bottles and used some red and white twine to tie the paper straws right to the bottles.
The Cherry Themed Food
Cherry Toast
My favourite part of the party was the beautiful cherry inspired foods we served. We started out with some cherry themed bruschetta.
To make them, we toasted some bread, spread it with boursin cheese, and then added roasted grape tomatoes that looked like cherries.
To roast the tomatoes we tossed them in some olive oil, with a little minced garlic and salt and pepper in a baking dish. We roasted roasted ours in a 350 oven for about 20 minutes. Serve them warm, or room temperature.
We added stems with fresh chives, and a leaf of fresh basil.
These cherry toasts certainly looked like they'd just been picked from some cherry trees nearby, but not only were they adorable, but they were delicious! The roasting of the tomatoes brings out their sweetness and the combination of that with crunchy toast, and creamy cheese, and the freshness of the herbs was heavenly. You want to make these on the party day, just before serving.
Cherry Cheese Cake
We also made some classic cherry cheese cakes. We served these in individual glasses, which makes them perfect for a picnic and not having to worry about cutting and serving. These are a very easy no-bake recipe. Use this recipe, and swap out the topping for canned cherry pie filling.
Cherry Cake Pops
And finally we also made some cherry cake pops. Aren't these just the cutest? And they were so yummy too.
To make them we used a cherry mix, broken into crumbs and mixed with icing to create the cake balls. Next, we used some green straws -to look like cherry stems. These were dipped in red chocolate candy coating. I tied two of the finished cake pops together with some green ribbon to make it look like a cherry leaf.
These would also be adorable as a cherry themed favor. Just wrap them up in a cello bags for gift giving.
We kept our menu quite simple but cherry pies would be another great addition. Vanilla cupcakes with a cherry on top would be sweet too. Cherry cookies or sugar cookies decorated to look like cherries would all be great additions too. And since it's summer, you couldn't go wrong with a cherry custard or black cherry ice cream cone.
With all these cherry themed party ideas, life really is a party!
Frequently Asked Quetions
Yes, you can prep the cherry cake pops and cherry cheese cake the day before. Store the cake pops in an airtight container at room temperature, and the cheese cakes in the refrigerator. For the cherry toasts, you can roast the tomatoes ahead of time and sereve at room temperature. Do not assemble them ahead of time though, or they might go soaky.
We found our fabric at a craft store. If you can't find any at your local fabric store, try looking on line for it.
More Party Inspiration
If you try this Cherry Themed Picinc or any other ideas on my blog please let me know how it went in the comments below. Thanks for visiting today!
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