Baby Girl Kiddush-Lakewood

amother

OP ↓

Mon, May 27 2024, 6:42 pm

What do I need for a baby girl kiddush being hosted in the house?
Where should I order from in Lakewood? Not an over the top neighborhood, simple, but I want bekavodik, excited as it's my first girl.
From food to decor, what do ppl do?

GLUE

Mon, May 27 2024, 6:53 pm

When I made a baby girl Kiddush,

I brought cake, cookies,candy, and my neighbors brought a fruit platter, my sister-in-law made a salad.
We also severed herring and crackers we did not serve Cholent some people do.

I got throw out tablecloths from NPGS because I hate borrowing tablecloths from G'mach and then washing them. I think I am in the minority.
We did not have any flowers because I had a kid that goes to the ER every time we have cut flowers in the house(B"H he out grew it)Many people have this(or maybe it's just something I notice).

We put out everything in throw out platters. If you are making platters get the big Challah bags with zip-locks and just slid the platters in, when it's time for the Kiddush open the bag and slid the platters out.

We got the cake from Hershy's bakery on RT9 in Howell.

UQT

Mon, May 27 2024, 7:11 pm

Kiddish express does the whole thing for a $35 service fee. She orders from Foodex, menachems kugel etc for you. She knows what needs to be ordered based on where you’re making the kiddish

amother

↑ OP ↓

Mon, May 27 2024, 7:15 pm

UQT wrote:

Kiddish express does the whole thing for a $35 service fee. She orders from Foodex, menachems kugel etc for you. She knows what needs to be ordered based on where you’re making the kiddish

Nice, would you have contact info?

amother

Ghostwhite ↓

Tue, May 28 2024, 1:20 pm

I made one in my house last year. Ordered tablecloths plates napkins cups and cutlery from Amazon, Got the rest from amazing savings and also a few mirror trays, disposable platters, and serving bowls and spoons. Got a platform to put cake on and my centerpiece vase from closeout connection.Cholent and kugel from menachem's. Salads and diced fruit cups from baskets by blimi, cake and mini mousse cups from Schuck. Name cookies by frosted class. Pastries candy and soda from grocery store. Neighbors/friends got me another cake from Siegelman's.Someone got me sushi.someone else got me a fruit platter. People gave candy platers and peanut chew gift boxes.

amother

↑ OP

Tue, May 28 2024, 1:52 pm

amother Ghostwhite wrote:

I made one in my house last year. Ordered tablecloths plates napkins cups and cutlery from Amazon, Got the rest from amazing savings and also a few mirror trays. Got a platform to put cake on and my centerpiece vase from closeout connection.Cholent and kugel from menachem's. Salads and diced fruit cups from baskets by blimi, cake and mini mousse cups from Schuck. Name cookies by frosted class. Someone got me sushi.someone else got me a fruit platter. People gave candy platers and peanut chew gift boxes.

How many ppl did you expect approx and how much of everything did you order? Meaning in terms of the pretty things...
I was going to get the tablecloths from gemach and centerpieces too...
I live in a basement and can't host men and women together but either my upstairs offered to host and then both could be up there, or men can be in shul and women by me, any thoughts one way or another? Would love to hear perspectives I'm not thinking of....

amother

↑ Ghostwhite

Tue, May 28 2024, 2:05 pm

amother OP wrote:

I got way too little of the nice plates napkins cups and cutlery. I expected up to 150 ppl but ordered kugel and cholent for 75 people and we still had leftovers. I got 3 medium salads . I used my living room dining area for men and kitchen in the back for ladies. I expanded my dining room table and used one 6 ft. folding table for the men and covered my counter and used my kitchen table for the ladies so needed four tablecloths. Like 8 10 sodas , 2 seltzers. Ordered 32 fruit cups, 12 mousse cups but should have gotten more.