Spa party food

When planning food for a spa party, first you need to decide whether you want healthy or indulgent foods. When I think of healthy spa foods, I’m reminded of two movies where the main character ate the cucumbers off of her eyes (“Last Holiday” and “The Day in the Life of Miss Pettigrew”). I’d rather have mine off a plate, thanks very much.

But if you’re going for healthy, finger foods, such as veggies, obviously come to mind. Whole grain crackers or breads, low fat cheeses and dips can be a nice addition. When choosing foods, keep in mind ones that don’t become sticky if hands are damp.

If indulgent, my vote would be for anything chocolate, petit fours, mini-cheese cakes. If you don’t want all sweets, bite-sized appetizers and fruit make a nice addition. Appetizers can be warm or cold depending on your situation.

Note for either style: if you’re doing manicures, choose fork friendly foods, that don’t require cutting.

I’d suggest offering teas and coffees, especially for the indulgent menu. You may also want to make a punch. Here’s an easy and pretty punch recipe.
1-2 frozen cans of lemonade
1-2 frozen cans of cranberry juice*
Carbonated water to reconstitute the juices.
Mix well.
Float some lemon or orange slices on top to make it look pretty.
And/or freeze juice as ice cubes to keep your punch cold.

*Use whatever fruit juice combination you like.

We have some fun spa invitations in the Girl Time section at IBY. This one is my favorite:

Elegant Pool

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Women only parties

Baby showers and bridal showers are often women only. But I’ve been to just for fun women’s parties – most recently Bunco parties. The ones I went to had prizes for the winner, the one with the most buncos, and whoever ended up with the necklace. To pay for the prizes we each contributed $5. The loser got their $5 back. Different gals brought food and the hostess provided beverages. We had a lot of fun, got to get acquainted with ladies we didn’t know before, and of course, enjoyed talking and snacking.

Here are some other games that might be fun – haven’t personally tried them, but would like to:

Visual Eyes Game by Buffalo Games
- Shake 19 dice to display thousands of combinations of simple icons. Now Quick! - take down all the words and phrases you can spot before your opponents. Creativity counts.

Buffalo Games Imaginiff Game
- Imaginiff is the hilarious party game where your opinion matters and you find out what people really think of you. Assuming you want to know, of course. The object of the game is simple! Just imagine what the other players are most like. Keep choosing the most popular answers to win the game. iMAgiNiff your boss were an animal? Would he be a Sheep dog?... or maybe a Bull?

Last Word Game by Buffalo Games
- The ultimate creative party game. Be the first Player to advance to the Finish by creatively connecting Subjects and Letters, while racing a Random-Interval Timer and the other Players! For example, Subject: "Vegetables"... Letter: "C". Players yell out... Carrots! Cucumbers! Corn! Cauliflower! 'tick-tick' ... The player with the Last Word before the timer sounds advances.

Here are more “Games for women’s parties” at Diva Girl Parties.

IBY has a whole section of “Girl Time” invitations. This is my personal favorite: Girls Night Out Banner Click here to read more!