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My sons 8th Birthday party at Home ideas please

Hi guys..
Right here is what i have done.. asked 8 of my sons friends to tea after school for 1.5 hours for a birthday tea..

I need your help on what to do with them and has to be very MSE as im skint!
He loves football so i need ideas on what games i can keep them happy with and what food can i do on a very tight budget..
thought id ask you experts.
Im going to make his cake shaped like a football, I got gift bags with little footballs in and a pencil, will add sweets and cake to take home.

Thanks x
BR on 21st December 2009.. life begins!

Comments

  • how old is he please?
    :jFlylady and proud of it:j
  • I posted this on a different thread, but thought it might help:



    I just wanted to share with you what we did for DS's 8th b'day party. Previously, we've done all the play area/bowling/swimming/etc parties, and tbh, DS wasn't bothered about anything like that this year, so we threw him a Wii party.
    He had just his 3 best friends round for the afternoon (most Wii games only accommodate 4 players), and DH organised them playing on the Wii. And I mean 'organised'. He decied what games they played, and for how long... they were all short, fast, hyper games (like Wii sports, Ravin Rabbids, Mario Kart, Wii party... all the fun stuff) and he awarded a medal for the winner of each game. (we bought a pack of plastic medals from Toys R Us - 50 medals for about £5)... By the time they went home, the kids were weighted down by all the medals they'd won, and one lad cried when his mum came for him cos he didn't want to leave. They had a party tea and cheap party bag to go home with, and I had reports that the medals were warn for days afterwards!!!!!!!
    DS said it was his best party ever and that his dad was 'the best'!!!! And best of all, it didn't cost anywhere near what his previous parties had cost.

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  • not sure about games but food wise what about something simple like homemade pizza and burgers,you could do a little "build your own burger bar" with lots of different toppings.
  • cyclingyorkie
    cyclingyorkie Posts: 4,234 Forumite
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    edited 24 September 2009 pm30 1:16PM
    how about a memory game - make it football related!

    Put say 15 itms on a tray which they have to remember.

    After say 10 minutes take the tray away and they have to write down what was on the tray.

    can be done in 2's 3's if you think they'd cope better this way.

    Ideas...a whistle, notebook, stopwatch, red and yellow cards, football sock etc.....
    :jFlylady and proud of it:j
  • Do you have a garden? If so how about a keepie uppie competition? penalty shootout etc with mini trophies or chocolate coins for the winner?
    :rudolf: Christmas Addict! :rudolf:
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