Today we will show you how the christening of a child is celebrated by those who are ready to organize a real holiday for themselves and their guests!

We will offer you interesting and original ideas for baptism that will make your holiday special!

Baby baptism invitation

Any holiday starts with bright and original invitations! Christenings are no exception, and therefore we have prepared some interesting blanks for you!

It can be either standard-form postcards with interesting scrap-elements, or stylish invitations to christenings of the original form and content.

Do not forget to beautifully fill out the invitation to the christening of the child, writing the place and time of the holiday, the possible style or dress code for guests, as well as wishes for gifts.

Christening menu: what to cook

Another important factor is the table for the baptism of the child. Depending on what kind of holiday you want - standard gatherings, a summer barbecue in nature, a buffet table or a tea party - you must determine the most delicious and satisfying menu for yourself.

We recommend that you pay attention to neutral foods such as chicken and salads, cold snacks and juicy fish... Of course, you can create a festive table for the baptism of a child using ours.

We have also prepared a sample menu for you:

• Platter with cold cuts and vegetables - boiled pork, tongue, chicken rolls, sausage, lined with bell peppers and cucumbers
• a fish dish
• fruit plate
• Marinated mushrooms
• Other marinades to taste (e.g. Korean food)
• Cheese slices
• 3-4 types of salads
• The main dish is potatoes with chops (cutlets, steaks, steaks, hams) or fish.
• Cool drinks.
• Tea, coffee, dessert.

It is worth remembering that the christening table directly depends on the format of the party and the number of guests. If you are planning to celebrate the christening of a child in a private circle, you may be satisfied with the tea format of the holiday with several types of desserts and homemade cakes.

The decoration of the table for christenings depends only on you. You can use small flags and garlands, food markers, and decorate table surfaces with small children's compositions.

Blue or pink turntables look very stylish.

You can also decorate the table for the baptism of a child with interesting details related to childhood.

When thinking about how to decorate a table for a christening, do not forget about beautiful, themed food - sweets or cake.

Christening parties: design ideas

When planning how to celebrate a child's baptism, consider how best to arrange the christening. Perhaps you use interesting figures of angels, colored garlands, paper pom-poms, flower arrangements and other decorative elements.

For you, we have selected inspiration that will help you make your own christening decoration!

You can also use ready-made decor for christening - letters made of wood, figures from balloons or paper elements.

In general, how to decorate a christening party depends only on you. A budget option Celebrating a baby's baptism will allow you to make a humble celebration with inexpensive decorations.

If you want to implement interesting ideas for christening a child, you can use the services of a children's animator, mime, magician or caricature. Do not forget to also invite a photographer who will capture a bright and unforgettable holiday!

Christening contests for guests

When deciding how to celebrate the christening of a boy or girl, remember that entertainment is an important factor in an interesting evening. If you are planning to celebrate the christening of a girl or boy in a restaurant or cafe, we recommend that you contact the host. The presence of such a person will allow you to relax and enjoy the company of friends and family without any problems.

Wondering how to celebrate your baby's christening sparingly? Then prepare the baptismal contests yourself!

• Contest "Quiz". Ask everyone present about the baby. Weight, height, foot length in mm and other tricky questions, including time and date of birth. Let everyone break their heads :).
• The game "Determine the weight." Everyone can weigh the baby in their arms and try to guess the most accurate weight of the baby.
• Guessing children's riddles
• Children's or adult "Crocodile"
• Performing karaoke lullabies for a baby
• Writing a letter to the future, where everyone can wish the baby something special. Mom will give letters to the child at 15, 16 or 18 years old.

• An interesting moment will be filling out the first questionnaire for the baby or the Prophecy game

We hope that with our advice, we not only suggested how to celebrate the baptism of a child, but also found ideas and solutions interesting for you! Remember, the idea of ​​how to celebrate a christening depends on your personal wishes!

You can also find a large number of themed holidays and use them as a basis for deciding how to celebrate a child's baptism. Perhaps it will be an exciting or purely masculine Little Gentleman style party!

If you are planning to baptize your child, then, most likely, you have a lot of questions about the activities that are necessary to organize this significant day in the life of every person. This material, which the editors of the website www.krestilnoe.ru helped us to prepare, will help you to properly prepare a festive table for relatives and friends who want to congratulate you on the baptism of your child.

As a rule, the festive table is arranged by the parents of the baby, but godfathers, relatives or friends can help them. It is believed that the more loved ones take part in cooking, the better for the mother and baby.

What foods should be prepared for christening?

Any parent asks the question: What are the best foods to prepare for a christening?

Most often in such cases such dishes are prepared as: "Babkina's porridge", "Babkina's pies", "Babkina's cheesecake". In the old days, the "grandmother" was called the midwife who took delivery and helped the baby to be born. The midwife, as a rule, brought “grandma's porridge” with her to the feast. Now this dish is known as kutia. It is prepared in milk, with the addition of honey and egg butter. Decorate the porridge with hard-boiled eggs and cut in half. A variety of baked meat and egg dishes and pastries are served along with porridge.

No less popular at the feast in honor of the christening of the child and "Babka's pies". Previously, they prepared for special recipe and demanded a huge investment of time and effort. Today, a more popular option is to buy ready-made flour products in the shop. However, you should pay attention to the composition of the baking, since a huge amount of flavors and other additives can negatively affect the health of a nursing mother and, accordingly, a child.

At the very end of the christening feast, the guests were served "Babkina's porridge". By tradition, kutia became a subject of bargaining. Instead of kutya itself, at first they could serve a pot of potatoes, or even pets.

The one who won the bargain had to break the pot of kutya on the corner of the table. After that, the porridge was divided between the guests. The first portion of porridge was received by the baby's mother, she also became the owner of all the money raised during the bargaining. In other cases, the midwife received the money.

The baby's father received a portion of kutya with some hot spices, for example with horseradish or pepper. During the feast, he was asked: "What was it like for a wife to give birth - bitter or sweet?" The child's father was supposed to eat his portion clean and pay for it.

The traditional gift for the mother was walnuts... Kutia was also treated to neighboring children, punishing them to protect and preserve the baptized child. They were also presented with gifts, since it was believed that if you give someone else's child, then the Lord will give yours too.

Discussion of the article

Ekaterina

Girls, help, pzhlst! on Sunday we baptize our youngest daughter. What is being prepared for christening? what traditional dishes are served on this holiday? Share your experience, as I only know about kurnik and pies ...

Ekaterina

Many treats are usually prepared for christening, for example
Grandma's pies are small baked goods made from butter yeast dough various forms: buns, bagels, buns, bows, hearts, lilies, roses, sheaves, pretzels, horseshoes, hare ears, lamb horns.
A special role in the homeland and christening was played by the porridge, which was cooked by the midwife and brought to the woman in childbirth in the house. It was the main dish on the table, they were treated to it, they ate hearty. Unlike ordinary porridge the baptismal was prepared in milk, even cereals were soaked in milk. A lot of butter was put into the porridge. Who knows, maybe from the baptismal porridge the saying "You can't spoil porridge with butter". In any case, for grandma's porridge, they did not skimp on additives such as milk, cream, butter, eggs. Ready porridge decorated with halves boiled eggs... A chicken or a rooster was baked in baptismal porridge, depending on whether a girl or a boy was born. Along with the porridge, they brought scrambled eggs, jelly, baked ham, brawny, cheesecakes, and certainly grandma's pies.

Ekaterina

"Baba" porridge was served at the end of the festive dinner, Porridge, most likely, symbolized the continuation of the family, which is confirmed by the following custom: if there were young childless friends in the house, the pot had to be broken so that as many shards and porridge as possible flew in their direction ... According to popular beliefs, this was supposed to "ensure" the young generation of procreation.

Ekaterina

Nowadays, when celebrating christenings, candies, cookies, cake, which are traditionally served in a pot, are given as baba's porridge. Today, at the christening, cover the festive table with a starched white tablecloth. In the middle, place a low vase with delicate flowers, and from under it stretch narrow ribbons of pinkish or blue color in different directions. If you put a cake in the center, then the flowers in low vases look good on both sides of it. If twins are born, decorate the table with two cakes. Set the cutlery on the table considering whether you will be serving a full meal or just snacks and sweet dishes. On each plate, put a napkin folded in a square with one bent end, on which place a card with a record of the new family "title" of relatives in connection with the birth of a child: mom, dad, grandma, sister, brother, aunt, etc. If parents, with the help of close relatives, want to organize a christening, we offer them the option of a festive dinner.

Ekaterina

If the parents do not plan to arrange lunch, we recommend that you limit yourself to the snack-sweet table.

Zoya

This question worried me too, so at one time I found the following support:

On the day of baptism, parents, as a rule, arrange a festive dinner to which they invite those closest to them. In the old days, it was customary to serve a special porridge (buckwheat or millet) for such a dinner. The groats for such porridge were soaked in milk and cooked in milk with the addition of cream. Sugar and jam were added to the baptismal porridge, and it was decorated with halves of boiled eggs - symbols of fertility. In some places, a chicken or a rooster was baked in baptismal porridge (of course, not sweet), depending on the gender of the child. But for the father of the newly baptized, a special porridge was also prepared, to which a lot of salt and horseradish was added, so that he could feel what torments his wife experienced during pregnancy and childbirth.

Zoya

In order for a baby's life to develop successfully, a number of rules must be followed on the day of christening:

· During a festive dinner, treats should be plentiful, but do not put a lot of food on the guests' plates. If there are leftovers on the plates, then the child will be unlucky.

· Never serve pancakes to your guests. Best served with chicken or rooster pies.

· Pork dishes are not served on the day of christening.

· Do not allow guests to drink on the day of christening, especially for godfathers, otherwise the child will be a drunkard.

Ellie

(hu) Oh-oh-oh, girls ..... so many troubles ..... That I baptized the first, that the second, and I read about all this for the first time ... It’s probably better to bother less, go with godfathers, order table, and well, sit quietly.

Ekaterina

Logaza
This is a porridge made from barley grits, it is cooked with beans or peas.
Mash a handful of boiled peas (beans), dilute with broth. Pour in barley grits, add bacon, salt, cook for 20 minutes. They eat this porridge with vegetable oil, honey or sugar.

Peas - 400 g, meat broth - 200 ml, barley groats - 400 g, salted pork fat - 50 g, vegetable oil - 50 g.

Ekaterina

Tyurya
This is the most common and unsophisticated antique lean dish is a bowl of cold salted water with slices of bread and chopped onions floating in it. However, you can try to diversify this dish a little.

They also add to the prison raw vegetables(they can be brought to a boil), leaves, roots, herbs, edible wild-growing, as well as almost all types of dairy products - stewed milk, fermented baked milk. Mayonnaise is also fine. Chop finely before serving onion refuel vegetable oil and put in the croutons.

1 liter of water, 2 tbsp. tablespoons of fine crackers from rye bread, 1 onion, salt, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil.

Ekaterina

Chereshnyanka
Boil the cherries, rub through a sieve. Grind flour, sour cream, sugar (honey), add to the cherries.

Cherry - 800 g, flour - 1 tbsp. spoon, sour cream - 2 tbsp. spoons, sugar (honey) - 1 tbsp. a spoon.

Ekaterina

Cherry jellied meat

Heat ripe cherries together with seeds, add cinnamon, 2-3 crushed cloves, potato flour and rub through a sieve. Add sugar, red wine, lemon juice, dilute with cold boiled water, cool in the cold.

Cherries - 800 g, cinnamon - 0.5 g, cloves - 0.5 g, starch - 30 g, sugar - 200 g, red wine, dry - 1-1.5 cups, lemon juice - 60-70 g, water - 200 ml.

Ekaterina

Buckwheat porridge makes a delicious cereal. In a large bowl, mix 4 cups of crumbly buckwheat porridge, 2 cups of cottage cheese, grated through a sieve, 2 eggs, 50 g of softened butter, salt, sugar (to taste). The mass is laid out in a round shape, oiled and sprinkled bread crumbs, smeared with sour cream on top (1/2 cup) and baked at 180 degrees until golden brown.

Ekaterina

These dishes were prepared traditionally for kristina. The rest you can cook whatever your heart desires ;-)

Ekaterina

THANKS A LOT, EVERYONE! I will definitely make a table! and as for "book a table" - it is not convenient for us! 8 (!) children of different ages will gather with us, where with such a kindergarten ?! (fr)

It just so happened that we are used to celebrating every important event in life with a feast. An event such as the christening of a child is no exception. Unfortunately, over time, the meaning and meaning of many rituals is lost, and yet one wants to observe at least the semblance of traditions. Hence, there are many questions on the topic of what should be the festive table after the sacrament of Baptism, what is prepared for the baptism of a child from food?

Now, as in the old days, there are no too strict requirements for such a feast. However, it is desirable that a couple of obligatory dishes are still present.

Food for the baptism of a child: Babkina porridge

In the old days, this porridge was prepared by a midwife who helped with the birth of a baby. Hence the name traditional dish... Such porridge is cooked in milk, honey and butter, eggs and cream are added to it. Ready dish can be garnished by placing halves of hard-boiled eggs on top. In Russia, most often, babka's porridge was buckwheat or wheat. However, in modern world no one forbids the use of rice and other cereals.

Baby's Baptism Food: Grandma's Pies

Grandma's pies are another traditional treat that was prepared for christening. Strictly speaking, these are not really pies either. In the old days, this name was used to hide baked goods made from yeast dough prepared according to a special recipe. The filling in such pies, as a rule, was not put, but the shape was given the most varied: birds, hearts, buns, pretzels. It will not be difficult for a modern housewife to do something like this. If you don't want to mess around, then you can get by with purchased confectionery.

Other meals and snacks that are prepared for the baptism of a child

Bird was usually served as the main course for baptism. Moreover, if a girl was baptized, then a chicken was baked, and if a boy - a cockerel. Now such subtleties are unlikely to be observed by anyone. It's too difficult to determine the gender of chicken purchased in the supermarket. So parents of boys can be advised to cook a goose, and a duck or chicken is perfect for a girl's christening.

The presence of the most diverse meat snacks and salads from food for the baptism of the child. It is desirable to have nuts on the table in the most different options... Firstly, it is tasty, and secondly, it is good for a nursing mother.

Returning to traditions, it is worth recalling that children must be present at the table. After all, christenings are all the same children's party... If, among the invited guests, kids are not expected, then you can simply treat the neighboring kids with some delicacies. After all, it is with them that the newly baptized baby will someday communicate.