Daughters birthday party

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Our party was a sucess. I paid for the hall and an entertainer who was a bit late. In all fairness I coul've probably ran it myself as they were so entertained with the foam footballs I took, coupled with a few recycled cub scout games, I could've covered an hour.
Food was sandwiches, crisps, sausage rolls etc. I got bargain chocolate mini rolls from Farmfoods as they were in xmas wrapper. Once wrapped and on the plate they tasted the same and for 39p a box of 8 they were cheaper than making my own. Also halloween choc fingers that run out in March went down well.
It wasn't a cheap party - certainly more than £100 for 50 kids - but cheaper than £10 per head

gsymoo

Using a church hall is a brilliant way to keep cost down, especially if you have quite a few to invite. I don't know when your daughters birthday is but if its in the lead up to easter you can get a lot of cheap craft packs to do eg. decorate easter baskets do an egg hunt / pin the fluffy tail on the bunny game.

minerva_windsong

jemb wrote: »

There are a lot on here saying when my kids were younger etc. I'm 29, and when I was a kid I had exactly what people are suggesting. Ie church hall, full class and a bit more from out of school activities, clown and pop and crisps. It's really not a case of things going up a scale as we all used to do the same in our school.

I agree with local hall, dj, magician, and then either pop and crisps or you can get little brown bags and do a little bag with a sandwich, crisps and a juice carton I so they all sit down for ten mins?

I'm 26 and I certainly remember going to parties like that when I was in primary school - church/village hall, every kid in the class, sandwiches and crisps and sweets and pop, old fashioned party games, maybe a bouncy castle or a clown or magician, and a party bag at the end with a bit of cake and a little toy. They were brilliant parties and in a slightly sad way I sort of miss them now I'm older!

ColinFishwick

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FatVonD

dizziblonde wrote: »

(hell has a plastic ballpool of dubious cleanliness i'm sure of it)

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QuackQuackOops

Hungry_nurse wrote: »

Planning for daughters (6th) birthday party, and it's hitting me how expensive anything is! Can figure out how to get it under £100!

She wants to invite the whole class, I think we could curb that if it was something a little special, anyone got any ideas?

The reason these things get out of hand expensive are because of things like party bags for all the kids, fancy cups and plates, that kind of thing.

You can do a great party for less than £100 for the whole class so long as youre prepared to put some work in.

Jelly and ice cream is pennies, as are homemade buns.
A few sandwiches, sausage rolls etc. it doesnt cost much.

Find a few sweetie gifts to wrap as presents in pass the parcel and prizes.

And concentrate on having a good party without stressing about party bags and money.
Send the children home with some birthday cake and that's it.