Can I cater a 6th Birthday party for £35?

coxy07

Home bargains sell brown paper lunch bags which are ideal for party food bags. Get the birthday child to decorate them! Pre prepared bags are definatly the way to go for party food.No waste! Also put in a carton drink or cup drink, no spills! Tell them to swap about with friends if there is anything they dont like. I regularly cater for 50/60 Rainbows and Brownies and we either do this or hot dogs which are also cheap.We also find the girls really like traditional party games, pass the parcel etc.

whizzer01

thanks for all the ideas everyone - am umming and aahing whether to do the brown paper bag idea??? as we could decorate with stickers or pictures of the party theme

or whether to do the traditional table

i will definatley do the cherry toms and tangerines as these can be easily eaten up the following day if we have an excess, was a bit worried about carrot sticks going a bit warm and limp? I will have to check if the kitchen at the party room has a fridge.

thanks for all the ideas everyone, trying to keep to a small a budget as possible to justify the overspend on the birthday present!

for paper plates and napkins do you think Home bargains would be best, poundland is a bit of a trek from me

bb69

Do you have an ikea near you? they have good prices on napkins £1 for 50 or so and they are very strong.. They also do smaller sizes which are just the right size for little ones

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/search/?query=napkins

karren

esmf73 wrote: »

Just make your own party boxes from stiff paper - I did one year. Plus kids always eat less than you think at a party as they want to get back to rushing about!
Thats been my experience.

How do you make them???

TeresaO

Hi,
Depends on whether you have access to an oven, but one of the easiest parties I have done is sausage/prizza/fishfingers and chips (even went to the chippy for the chips!) there was so little waste food wise and you could use paper plates for no washing up.
For cold parties I tend to stick to pizza, sausages, cheese, crackers and nuggets (no sandwiches), some veggies and dips and 2 varieties of cakes

T

sammiell

i agree with Teresao i always do hot food and i have very little waste hot dogs pizza sometimes jacket potatoes i buy chicken chunks which are 2 for £5 from sainsburys they are delicious i find it much cheaper too i buy decent quality decent sausages so then end result is much healthier and no waste bonus
samx

shazziere

I have found that hot dogs and oven chips are the easiest and cheapest type of party food to go for.

I was did a buffet type thing and loads of stuff just got chucked.I would definately recommend "plating " it up or boxing it up all ready per child.

archiesdad

I recently did a party for 40 5 year olds, I borrowed a couple of deep fat fryers from friends and family as don't own one myself and did chips, cocktail sausages, mini pizzas and chicken nuggets. For dessert I bought a big tub of icecream in iceland and cornets. The food cost me no more than £20.