my sons birthday

pinksuedeshoes

we have in our budget for my sons birthday £63 for his presents and his party food.
we can get him his present that comes to about £40 but i have about 12 adults and and 6 kids coming and he really wants exciting party food ( what he means by that is kids stuff sandwiches, sausage roll, crisp etc) cause before when i have done parties with so many adults i do curry and chilli and extras. What can i do to fill them up on a budget approx £20:beer: thanks for reading x

Gillyx

How about oven pizzas, frozen sausage rolls, chicken goujons etc. Mr M do big bags of frozen party food for 2 for £3 or even go to Iceland, you can generally get pizzas for about £1 each. Buy a multi pack of crisps (we got 24 packs of Walkers recently for £2.79) and put them into bowls. Wouldn't bother with sandwiches personally.

pinksuedeshoes

oh yeah never thought about pizzas that would be a good one they have just opened an iceland near me i will have to go in and have a look.
thanks gilly x

TeaCake

Invite everyone to bring a dish and a drink with them

Is your son old enought to understand the value of food / money? If he is get him to help you with the planning so he can understand that (for example) "real" cola costs £1.78 a bottle while "own brand" is 78p and so his party food money will stretch further.

pinksuedeshoes

He is 4 this birthday but already has noticed that we get the value things mostly from tesco and when we go to the supermarket he says no you don't want that you want this which is the blue and white value one. (whoops) my other son who is 7 is so drawn in by colourful packets and ads on tv. The other day i said well im going to clean the bathroom, and i was dilly dallying a bit because i didnt fancy putting my hand down the bog. I also wanted my hubby to say "thank you so much for cleaning our carp off the loo" but all he said was "mmm ok". My eldest son turned round to me and said do you know what mum i know you hate cleaning the bathroom and do you know what you need? (a holiday in st lucia?) no cillit bang because bang and the dirt is gone:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Oh my god my kids only watch a couple of hours or tv a day if that bad, bad mother :eek:

pinksuedeshoes

p.s he also sings cho cho cho come on and do the trainline damn you radio, damn you

emsywoo123

DD used to give me the cilit bang advert at the most random times....but she would shout BANG and make me jump everytime lol. And that trainline song.....ugh I get that constantly too!!

pinksuedeshoes

emsywoo123 wrote: »

DD used to give me the cilit bang advert at the most random times....but she would shout BANG and make me jump everytime lol. And that trainline song.....ugh I get that constantly too!!

OMG how annoying is it though. but my sons cillit bang advert has worked cause when i have been in the supermarket i have looked at it and thought should i ?:rotfl:

Bitsy_Beans

I just did a party for my DD's 3rd birthday. We had Sainsbugs Basics Muffins cut in half, spread with tomato puree and grated cheese, perfect pizza and you'd get 12 mini pizzas for i think 69p. If you buy the 25p tom puree in a tin and some basics cheese they are quite cheap to make en masse. I did a few cheese and ham sandwiches, carrot and cucumber sticks. Bought some BOGOF biscuits (or you could make your own) and my crowning glory was some cupcakes I'd baked. One of the party activities was to decorate them with icing pens. Kids had a whale of time doing that and in the end they were added to the table of food for the kids to eat.

pigpen

rustle up some buns
jelly ice cream
tin value fruit cocktail/peaches
value salad, tomatoes etc
bags of frozen sausage rolls to fling in the oven
bag frozen cocktail sausages to cook too
couple of boxes value jaffa cakes/biscuits
egg mayo sarnies, and/or value ham
big bowl of couscous or value savoury rice cold or similar

Icing pens with rich tea or digestives works well too .. don't forget the sprinkles! or grated value chocolate

pinksuedeshoes

hi pigpen could i ask how you make savoury rice? I have done lots of pasta salads before at parties but never savoury rice.
What would you put in?