Planning a party? Here are delicious dessert table ideas on a budget and styling tips you need to know!
Setting up a party table is not as hard as you might think when you have a certain plan, and follow some simple rules.
Rock on your next gathering or special occasion and impress everyone with a stylish, mouth-watering, and super delicious dessert table!
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Dessert Table Ideas on a Budget Styling Tips
Before you start styling your dessert table, you need to have a clear plan. First, consider the guest list and party theme. In case you are organizing a kid’s party romantic decoration is not the right thing.
It is necessary to know the number of people attending the party to make sure you offer enough variety of desserts, but same to have enough for everyone.
Choose the area where you want to place and set the stage for your dessert table. Do not forget to add an elegant backdrop.
You can use fabric, wrapping paper, balloons, streamers, lights, and other items like artificial or even real flowers to create an attractive display.
Get some of the colors from your backdrop throughout your display with dishes, linens, and food items themselves to make your dessert table colorful and bright. You can use contrasting colors for more elegance and style.
Do not forget to display the desserts attractively!
Dessert table serving ideas:
- Dip Dyed Cupcakes
- Shot Glasses
- Goodie Bags
- Jar Desserts
- Classy Glasses
Follow the steps below to make sure your dessert table will get the fancy, delicious, and WOW look:
- Choose a Theme
- Dress the Dessert Table According to Your Guest List
- Pick the Main Color/s
- Add Heights to your Dessert Table
- Use Levels
- Choose Focal Point for Your Best Dessert
- Make Use of a BackDrop
- Choose Impressive Desserts
Dessert Table Ideas on a Budget
One of the hardest parts when it comes to setting a dessert table is to pick the number of desserts.
One of the rules is to bet on 1 or 2 really special “star” items (cake, cupcakes, chocolate fountain), around 2-3 homemade desserts you can prepare yourself (banana or pumpkin bread, chocolate or fruit pie, or cookies work great), and of course some candy items and fresh fruits that can bring more attractiveness to your table.
- cupcakes with couture cupcake wrappers
- truffles
- personalized chocolate bars,
- cookie garlands
- whoopie pies
- pillow mints
- malted milk balls
- sweet tarts
- rock candy
- taffy
- almonds
- macaroons
- cotton candy cone sticks
- popcorn boxes
- pannacotta
- centerpiece cakes
- jelly beans
- mints
Delicious Dessert Table Ideas on a Budget
1. Homemade Donuts Cones
2. Wine Barrel Table
3. Vintage Cart
4. Rustic Flower Stand
5. Donuts Wall
6. Ladder Table
7. Wooden Shelves
8. Pallet Dessert Table
9. Rustic Garden Fence Backdrop
10. Vintage Cabinet
11. Paper Backdrop
12. Tissue Paper Heart
13. Champagne Glasses
14. Glass Jars
15. Vintage Wooden Baskets
16. Elegant Transperrant Boxes
17. Cupcake Stands
18. Themed Cookies
19. Fresh Flowers
20. French Macarrons
21. Candies
22. Wooden Slices
23. Matching Wareglass
24. Picnic Baskets
26. Colorful Sweets
27. Porcelain Pieces
28. Invisible Shelves
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