When I came up with the idea for a Wedding Carnival my main goal was for everyone to have FUN! That meant the food had to be fun too.
Really, what isn’t fun about carnival food?? It may not be the most health conscious food but it is fun and that was the theme of the evening so we went for it.
My dear friend Patrice took charge of the food for me. It was such a gift and blessing not to have to worry about it. We got together and discussed the menu and then she took over!! Patrice is amazing in the kitchen and I knew everything would be perfect because she was in charge.
Our Carnival menu of course included hot dogs.
But we didn’t just have regular old hot dogs – we had gourmet hot dogs with an array of amazing toppings.
I have to say that the maple cream cheese and crushed up Frito were two of my favorites! The combinations possibilities were endless!!
I found the fun little buckets for the condiments at Ikea. The squirt bottles and the plastic tongs came from Cash & Carry.
We also had little individual macaroni and cheese that were so cute and so yummy!
There was also BBQ Pork sliders with coleslaw too.
And what would a carnival be without curly fries!?
I bought some locker shelves to hold the paper cones of curly fries. The teal color worked perfect with my carnival color scheme.
For beverages there was a lemonade booth.
We had four kinds of lemonade. Regular lemonade of course.
Pink lemonade, raspberry lemonade and strawberry lemonade…
I made cute little flags for our paper straws with the name of the bride and the groom of course. The straws were purchased from Gygi’s in Salt Lake City but you can also find them through etsy.
There was also a big metal barrel full of water bottles. I had purchased the metal containers at Home Depot and spray painted them red. I used my Cricut machine to cut out white vinyl stars which I added to the sides. All my chalkboard art was done by my amazingly talented friend Bill who also may just have designed the Nike tennis shoes you may be wearing right now! Talent runs in his family because his wife Darlene designed and made all the fabulous signs for the booths and the carnival entrance. Yes, I have very talented friends!!
There was also a Candy Booth which was my favorite. The sign was amazing!
And looked even more amazing when it was dark!
The candy bar was full of bright, fun colored candy. I used the whirly lollipops in a lot of the decorating so of course there were some of them in the candy booth too.
There is just something about little boys and candy!
Nothing is sweeter than love!
More amazing chalkboard art from our friend Bill.
Check back tomorrow for Wedding Carnival}The Food Part Two
Carnival Pictorial can be found here.
The Wedding Carnival}The Food Part Two
The Wedding Carnival}Decorations
The Wedding Carnival}Carnival Games
The Wedding Carnival}Music, Dancing and a Flash Mob
The Wedding Carnival}The Bride and Groom
Photography by Megan Elle Photography
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Valerie A. H.
September 6, 2012 at 7:57 amAll your hard work through the months paid off….everything is just perfect!
Karen Emerson
September 6, 2012 at 8:08 amWhat an amazing party1!
the domestic fringe
September 6, 2012 at 8:47 amWow. I just adore this! I kinda wish I could do my wedding all over again and hire you as my party planner. Everything is SO perfect and SO adorable.
~FringeGirl
Bonnie Tucker
September 6, 2012 at 9:43 amWow! What a fun way to celebrate a wedding. I loved all the ideas!
Erin
September 6, 2012 at 10:08 amWow, I am speechless! It looks soooo amazing!!! I am totally going to remember this for when my kids get married……in 20 years haha
Erin
September 6, 2012 at 10:12 amI forgot to add, next time you drive to Utah, there is a restaurant called Upper Crust Grill in Heyburn, ID. Its so good! They have really good soups and sandwiches. I love the turkey jack with raspberry mayo. YUM! Its the perfect stop before you hit that loooong strectch from Burley to Tremonton. B.O.R.I.N.G
Karen
September 6, 2012 at 10:56 amI love your lemonade and candy stands! What a great idea! Looks like so much fun.
jenica haug
September 6, 2012 at 1:57 pmLOve it all! you need to have Bill do a tutorial on chalkboard art! would love to know his method or at least tips and tricks! Please?!?!?!
Leigh Anne
September 6, 2012 at 2:00 pmHere’s a great post on chalkboard art with some good tips – I had passed this onto Bill before he did my stuff.
http://inmyownstyle.com/2012/07/how-to-draw-like-an-artist-on-a-chalkboard.html He used a combination of chalk and chalkpens which you can buy at Joannes.
Jenn Habel
September 6, 2012 at 7:34 pmSTUNNING!
Cindy
September 7, 2012 at 4:37 pmAwesome! What a fun way to celebrate! Love everything!!!
Meg
January 29, 2013 at 4:23 pmThank you SO much for this! I am planning a carnival themed wedding, and I love the ideas and your links to affordable vendors are wonderful! Love it!
Leigh Anne
January 29, 2013 at 4:28 pmSo glad the posts are helpful. Have fun with it! It was such a fun wedding theme!!
Leah
March 27, 2013 at 8:41 amWe are planning a carnival wedding as well and found a guy who caters weddings with his hot dog cart. However, we can’t get in touch with him now. How did you do your hot dogs?
Leigh Anne
March 27, 2013 at 8:44 amWe boiled them first so they were cooked through and then through them on the grill to warm them and put grill marks on them.
Whitney
June 10, 2013 at 12:21 pmHello! I love this party and all of your food carts! Did you make the lemonade, candy, and hot dog stand? If so I would love to get some tips! If not, where did you get them?!? LOVE all of the details!
Leigh Anne
June 10, 2013 at 2:51 pmWe did make the carnival booths. My husband built the booths and a friend made the signs.
Jodie M.
May 8, 2014 at 6:50 pmI love it!! You did a wonderful job!! Can you tell me where you had the signs made up for the popcorn and lemonade stands? I love them and would like to make these little stands for my children’s Movie Under The Stars Birthday. Thanks!!
Leigh Anne
May 8, 2014 at 9:03 pmJodie, So glad you enjoyed the carnival posts. I had a friend who actually made those signs for me.
Your party sounds so fun!
Torie
June 2, 2014 at 9:06 amWould love to know how you did that CANDY sign. It’s amazing!!!!
Leigh Anne
June 18, 2014 at 7:05 amI friend made it for me using the brown kraft letters from Joanne Fabrics.
Jess
July 8, 2015 at 11:38 amI would love to know about the maple cream cheese topping ! Is there a recipe you could share?! For my daughters graduation party!
Leigh Anne
July 10, 2015 at 11:48 amJess, Just added maple syrup to taste to the cream cheese. Have fun!
Letta B
May 27, 2017 at 12:32 pmCould you please tell me what 240 Sauce is? I am very curious..
Thank you!