I am having an aqeeqah party soon and would like some suggestions/advice to assist with the planning.
It’s a sit down meal, and so far I have kind of planned what the decorations for the dessert table will be and decided to have party bags for the kids
What else would you do/have?
Should I have some kind of small party favours? If so, what?
Thanks in advance.
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For my children's aqeeqah parties, I gave away packaged boxes of mithai as party favors. For my first son, I think it was ladoo, and with the twins, I went with mixed mithai. The Indian mithai ki dukaan in my city sells the pretty/fancy boxes.
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I would've done that khattichic, but I already distributed mithai to everyone when baby was born (we hadn't planned on having an aqeeqah party later on otherwise I'd have waited)
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hmmm, maybe for the adults you could do those pretty batwas/pouches with the chuwaray in them? Maybe have the batwas personalized with baby's name and the date?
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you can also use those cute chinese takeaway boxes to package goodies in for the adults, or even clear plastic bags and tie them with a ribbon and a tag.
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^ what would you put inside the bags though SGC? I know khattichic has suggested chuwaray but for some reason that seems a bit 'weddingy' to me.......was hoping for something that isn't edible so that it's a lasting momento if that makes sense (and yes, I know that most people will probably just relegate it to the back of a drawer when they get home but....)
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Hiya, you could make home made marshmallows or honeycomb chucks and put them in tissue paper and boxes or clear bags with ribbon. Or even homemade barfi. Good luck, I wish I did this for my daughters but our house is so small:(
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I had a candy bar at the aqeeqah of my kids for the children as a parting favor. They enjoyed it lots. You can get small cupcake boxes from a online packagig store, put mithai in in mini cupcake liners and hand that out. Ours had a clear top so the pink and white chumchums peeking through adorable.
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^ My sister just recently had an aqeeqa celebration for her daughter and did the same, candy bar. Was a big hit with both the kids and adults!
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hrm… well you could also make a donation to a charity or a children’s hospital and put in a card that says you did that on behalf of your guests. or ooh, what about seeded paper? they can plant it and it will grow and be a lovely keepsake of the day. Plantable seed paper gifts for all occasions
as for edible things, if you re-consider, i wouldn’t do chuwarey as that seems wedding-y to me too but you can do other edible goodies. how about a cupcake per person with a cute edible cupcake topper?
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Here’s an easy way to package individual cupcakes for party favours..just need a small plastic cup and ribbon
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http://indulgy.com/post/P6Ovlu9jP1/cupcakes-need-to-package-individual-cupcakes-pu
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I'm also planning (ahead) an aqeeqah party!
Is it weird if I say that its for both my kids? I mean my daughter is 2 but we never had an aqeeqah party for her ... will people think I just want more gifts LOL? And how old do you think I should wait for the newborn baby to be before I throw a party?
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Brilliant! I knew I could count on you to come up with something different 
Do you think I need something else to go with them though of will seeded butterflies on their own look weird? How should I package them?
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I'm also planning (ahead) an aqeeqah party! Is it weird if I say that its for both my kids? I mean my daughter is 2 but we never had an aqeeqah party for her ... will people think I just want more gifts LOL? And how old do you think I should wait for the newborn baby to be before I throw a party?
Well it depends - DO you want more gifts :p You could always state on the invitations that there are no gifts being accepted, and to make a donation to charity in your childs name instead. Lots of islamic charities do islamic charity gifts and you can get a gift certificate for example.
As for age of newborn, I guess it depends on how well you've recovered. My baby will be under two months by the time of the party, I would've had it sooner but he was born during ramadan and by the time I'd gotten round to organising it after eid etc etc. Obviously you want to wait long enough for you (and baby!) to be well but not so long after birth that people have already been to visit you as I think that is when people start assuming that you are after extra presents - they bring a present when they visit you at home and obviously social decorum dictates that they shouldn't come to the party empty handed either.
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how about you pick up a pack of colourful envelopes and line the inside with a fun chevron or striped paper? whatever pattern you are using elsewhere should do nicely. and then slip in the packet. OR ooh! you need to use clear glassine envelopes and slip in the seeded paper inside with a little instruction card and colourful confetti. close the envelope with a circle sticker label and voila! OR washi tape! you can use washi tape to close off the envelope. washi tape is my new favourite.
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I was just about to ask what washi tape is - looks like I need to get me some :)
How about this idea - fill little clear plastic glasses i.e shot glasses with compost and sprinkle the top with the seeded paper cutouts (I was thinking butterfly shapes), wrap the whole thing up with cellophane paper, tie with ribbon and card containing instructions on what to do with seeded paper? Or something along those lines......
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^ adorbs!
i love that idea!
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Aqeeqah has to be with in the first 7 days of baby being born, after that it's sadqa not aqeeqah.
we did my daughter's aqeeqah on the 6th day.
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Aqeeqah has to be with in the first 7 days of baby being born, after that it's sadqa not aqeeqah.
we did my daughter's aqeeqah on the 6th day.
We all know aqeeqah is done in the first week. This thread is not about the aqeeqah .. but the party, which can be thrown (or not thrown) when ever the couple wishes.
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We all know aqeeqah is done in the first week. This thread is not about the aqeeqah .. but the party, which can be thrown (or not thrown) when ever the couple wishes.
What wendydarling said - the aqeeqah has been done on the 7th day already. This is just the celebration as per the title of this thread.
