London themed going away party

snowball
Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:43:36 +0000

My daughter is moving to London with her company, this time is for real instead of the 6 months last year. As she is coming home for 10 days to bring home all her belongings, I have decided to host a dinner for her with all of our family; that is 30 adults and 7 little kids! We are just going to grill hamburgers and hot dogs for ease and hope for nice weather so we can put a couple of tables on the deck.

I am trying to locate little trinkets to either put on the cake or to decorate the tables with; all I have found is stickers or posters and large cut outs. My hope was to find plastic buses, telephone booths, British Bobbies, Union Jack, Big Ben, Underground, pounds, and other London things. I have searched online and the only places I have found with inexpensive trinkets is in the UK. Any leads would be appreciated.

I could use teapots on the table and maybe put flowers in them, but somehow teapots and hotdogs don’t seem to go together I am not a creative person, so I am racking my brain trying to come up with something appropriate. My daughter would be the one to decorate if she were giving the dinner, but since she is the honoree, I am on my own!

The other thing I am going to do is put a London photograph on the cake as my daughter loves our local grocery stores birthday cakes. She hasn’t had one in 3 years since she left home, so will be excited to have it. I am been scouring the internet for London photos and have found plenty that are not copyrighted; not to decide which scene to use. I like the London Eye or London Bridge as there are a few shots with fireworks or lite up. There are also some with the phone booth and Big Ben that look nice. What would you consider the top view for a local? I don’t want a night scene picture as the adults may revolt if there is too much black icing; the kids on the other hand won’t mind black teeth :)