For my #booksandbirds Halloween party, since I was going with a literary-theme, I thought that books would be the perfect vessel for the menu, AND serve as place cards too!
Using a few books on hand, I created these with pretty minimal effort, using:
– Black grosgrain ribbon
– Scissors
– Hot glue/glue gun
– Existing books
– Printed “Name Plates” for each guest (you could also do this by hand if you needed to)
– Printed Menus
1. Cut the grosgrain ribbon to fit around the cover of your book, overlapping about 1/2 – 1 inch.
2. Using a glue gun, secure the grosgrain around the book cover.
3. Use a dab of hot glue on the back of the “name plate” and affix it to the grosgrain ribbon, carefully hiding the “overlap”.
For the menu, of course I went with literary-themed courses. I even made it look like a “Table of Contents”.
For this get-together, this is what was on the menu:
Julius Caesar {Salad}
Crepes of Wrath {Main}
Sense and Sensibility {Greens}
Edgar Allan Poe-tatoes {Side}
Adventures of Huck Finn {Dessert}
Tequila Mockingbird {Cocktail}
