I like cranberry juice mixed with ginger ale. The cranberry juice must be sweet, however. I mix it half and half.

I like cranberry juice mixed with club soda.....or cran-raspberry juice mixed with club soda...Float some lime slices.
Of if you want "white" use white grape juice....and club soda. and float lemon slices.
For me, using 7-up or gingerale makes it too sweet.

I've made some delicious and versatile/customizable punches w/ our after school & summer camp kids: crushed or sliced fruits, thawed fruit juice concentrate & seltzer water (flavored or un-). My fave was a white peach juice blend w/ raspberry seltzer. I can't recall what type of fruit, tho it was likely oranges...

I never buy 7-Up, but if I did, I would mix it with either blueberry or pomegranate juice, which I always have on hand. If the cranberry mixture is too sweet, you can always get unsweetened cranberry juice, but if the punch is for children, they will probably like it somewhat sweet. I like the combination of ginger and cranberry, but I would not mix ginger with blueberry or pomegranate. I normally mix blueberry or pomegranate juice with plain soda water, however, but it does need a bit of lemon juice for extra flavor. Blackberry juice is another good juice to use.

I've had good success combining tart and spicy fruit juices from Whole Foods with sparkling spring water. If you mix a few kinds of juice, you have punch! And the spiced apple cider gives it a little kick. I've made it from scratch, juicing and straining the fruit, etc., but it's not really worth the effort.

Here are two that are favorites:

Puritan Punch

1 large can pineapple juice

2 quarts ginger ale

1/2 gallon lemon or orange sherbet.

Put the sherbet in a punch bowl, pour pineapple juice over it, then add the ginger ale.

Punch -- with the notation on my recipe card that says "THIS IS MATH. DO IT CORRECTLY" - lol

one 12 oz can of frozen orange juice concentrate

one 12 oz can of frozen lemonade concentrate

48 oz of water

2 cups grenadine

3 quarts ginger ale

Opt: juice of 3 lemons

Mix everything together.

32 oz bottle of Cranberry Juice

32 oz bottle of CranRasberry Juice

1 Liter of Club Soda

1 Liter Ginger Ale

1 Pint Raspberry Sherbet

Fairly Simple and refreshing

The sherbet gets all melty and creamy and lots of people will dip the ladle into the punch in order to deliberately get the sherbet. Some folks even add vanilla ice cream instead of sherbet.

Sharon, the sherbet does melt and makes the punch creamy/cloudy. I try to avoid it because I think it makes the punch too sweet but a lot of people love it, and not just the kids.

I make a fruit punch with various light colored fruit juices (apple/pineapple/white grape/peach/pear/etc.) and some ginger ale to make it "sparkly". My family likes a mix of white grape and peach, but any flavors you like will work. We also sometimes add a can of frozen limeade concentrate. We always used the light colors because we could then add a few drops of food coloring to match the "theme color" if there was one.

I've also made this slushy one, it's especially nice in the summer, I got the recipe on Allrecipes. I was "iffy" about the Jello, but it didn't make the texture too weird, which I was afraid of.

Slush Punch

• 2 1/2 cups white sugar
• 6 cups water
• 2 (3 ounce) packages strawberry flavored Jell-O(R) mix
• 1 (46 fluid ounce) can pineapple juice

• 2/3 cup lemon juice

• 1 quart orange juice

• 2 (2 liter) bottles lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage

• Bring the sugar, water, and strawberry flavored gelatin to a boil in a large saucepan; boil for 3 minutes. Stir in the pineapple juice, lemon juice, and orange juice. Divide mixture into 2 separate containers and freeze. Combine the contents of 1 container with 1 bottle of the lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage in a punch bowl; stir until slushy. Repeat with remaining portions as needed.

Somehow I knew you weren't crossing wine off the menu, LOL. Have fun!

Annie

The sherbet got tossed in one year when we were making it for a xmas party , by a helpful guest. When she was in freezer getting ice People liked it so we kept it in.

You are correct it does make it cloudy but does reinforce the raspberry a bit. Can you leave it out definitely

Thanks for the ideas everyone. Think I'll skip the sherbet as I am making an ice "bowl" with fruit in it and want it to show.

It's Meredith's bridal shower, The girls are going with a High Tea theme. Tea sandwiches of various shapes and fillings, scones with clotted cream and jam, and petit fours. They even have facinators for those inclined. I said I would do the beverages, punch and wine while gifts are opened, tea.....and wine.... when we eat.

Should be fun

I made a punch for an afternoon do of some sort...I forget what....but it was tea steeped with fresh ginger slices, canned lemonade and sugar to taste.
Don't remember where I got the recips, but I cut waaay back on the sugar. I made a couple of big pitchers of ginger tea, added the undiluted lemonade ( or you could just add lemon juice and sugar) tasted for sugar and added an equal quantity of gingerale....garnished with mint leaves. Seems to me I may have muddled some of the sugar in mint....and froze mint in individual broiche molds.

Yum Linda sounds good , especially in the summer......which is the only time a Canadian would ever drink ice tea !!!!

Well, congratulations to Meredith, and to you and your DH too. So maybe you WILL have more grandchildren.....

Annie

I suspect so, she is already talking names !!!!

Well, hooray!!! You need a few more babies to spoil. Um....I mean love. (And spoil!)

Annie

I like to go to Spanish stores. They have some very interesting exotic fruit juices./nectars. Mango, guava, pineapple, pineapple, papaya, tamarind, Cherimoya------ for making really unique tasting wonderful punch.

Here is a punch setup I have to make a party fun.

A fountain pump for $5.00 and a LED RBG light bulb. $3.00.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRHtSWN8TYg

dcarch

Dcarch, that's pretty, but I had a regular punch fountain, and never again! I used it a couple of times but found that the punch splashed out in about a 2 foot diameter circle all around the punch bowl, made a heckuva mess!

I also like this one, though it doesn't seem right for a baby shower...

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/45106433742547598/

Annie

My go to punch is equal parts cranberry juice, pineapple juice, white grape juice and gingerale. It's always popular. I never measure though, just wing it into the dispenser.

For those who have "known" Meredith ,through me, all these years. A pic from the shower

Beautiful setting! Is that the gorgeous bride?

What did you end up making for punch?

I don't have a punch bowl so i could not help with that. I usually make fresh fruit juices with fresh ginger and seltzer. Lemon/lime.

Beautiful!! Grown up Meredith!!....and that doesn't look like tea in her hand!!

Oh, she is just lovely. And so grown up. (sigh) Congratulations to the bride and groom and to you and Clive, of course.

Annie

You are right Linda...not punch!

The theme was British High Tea and in keeping with that we all had to wear facinators, that's what is stuck in her hair......it was tons of fun.

She has grown into such a wonderful , accompished woman......more than I ever could imagine.

Now we are on count down to the wedding.......

Love her to bits but glad I only have one daughter! !!!