{"id":1322,"date":"2015-10-16T23:13:32","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T23:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2015-09-30T23:15:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T23:15:15","slug":"bonfire-night-event-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/bonfire-night-event-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonfire Night Event ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a05th November! Bonfire Night is the perfect time for wrapping up warm and getting together with friends. You may be going to one of the many firework displays across the country or planning a party<\/a> at home. Here are a few ideas for hosting\u00a0your Bonfire Night party outside<\/span><\/p>\n

Wrap up warm with lots of layers and have plenty of extra gloves and scarves handy. If you are hosting the party at home, provide blankets for guests to spread across their knees if they are gathered outside around a bonfire.\u00a0\u00a0Hand warmers in Knitted covers for coat pockets will be very welcome too \u2013 they\u2019d work well too as a party favour for each of your guests.<\/span><\/p>\n

As well as the focal point of the bonfire \u2013\u00a0complete with the Guy on top \u2013 delineate the party area with strings of outdoor lights, garden torches and lantern bags, so that people can easily see where they are going. If little ones will be in attendance, then LED candles or tealights are safe alternatives to normal candles. Torches and head torches will come in handy if you\u2019re letting off fireworks. If you have a few tables and chairs in the heart of the action, light them using\u00a0tealights; you can have lots of fun making homemade tealight holders with everyday household objects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keep guests insulated from the inside out, with flasks of hot drinks and tasty, comforting food. Bonfire Night is high time for a hot spiced\u00a0cider punch, or simply a full-bodied red wine from bottles\u00a0warmed by the fire.\u00a0 Serve drinks in plastic glasses\u00a0to avoid breakages.<\/span><\/p>\n

When catering for a crowd, go for something easy to make ahead and in one pot. A bowl of rich, spicy chilli con carne with sour cream, cheese, guacamole, salsa and tortilla chips is easy to hold and eat with just a spoon or fork. Set up a buffet serving table inside, not far from the kitchen, so that people can help themselves. Another idea could be fish and chips in boxes or\u00a0chips in cones\u00a0with little forks. For something sweet you could make some homemade popcorn, serving from this adorable stall<\/span><\/p>\n

As well as the all-important fireworks display and bonfire, have a few activities ready to keep everyone warm. Packets of sparklers are essential, and glow sticks and glow necklaces are also fun to distribute.\u00a0 There\u2019s little doubt that childhood favourites are still popular, so why not set up a sweetie bar for your guests to help themselves to. Be sure to include\u00a0marshmallows for everyone to toast on sticks over the fire\u00a0\u2013 perfect with a little hot chocolate laced with rum, cinnamon or chilli!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a05th November! Bonfire Night is the perfect time for wrapping up warm and getting together with friends. You may be going to one of the many firework displays across the country or planning a party at home. Here are a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,3,130,547,484],"tags":[247,15,333,297],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1323,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions\/1323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}