Childs birthday buffet ideas please

minimoneysaver

Do you have a makro card?

earthmother

If you are looking for reuseable cups and plates, then Ikea is the place to go - £1 for 6 pieces in the kids section, and it'll go in the dishwasher. For throw-away, then the pound/discount shops are usually the best - normally paying £1 for 20 paper plates or 60-100 plastic cups.

For food - I scan the supermarket specials and reductions for long-life stuff like crisps, drinks etc as soon as I know the party is on. For short life like bread, meat, cheese and salads, leave it until closer the time - anything that will freeze you have a month on, anything that won't, you only need to be shopping a day or so in advance, but you could get some good bargains (just did a little tea for my 2 year olds birthday - got everything bar some of the cheese on half price either through specials or short date reductions - could easily have catered a full party with the same deals).


For teenagers though, pizza etc might be an easy option - I have heard some say it's been just as easy and cheap for them to do a bulk deal with the local pizza place and chippy as it would be to buy, store and cook loads. Then all they've had to do is provide drinks and sweet.

pennypinchingmum

I recently did a kids party. I used pitta breads that are about 26p for 5 added a little passata to each one then grated cheese. Grill them for a couple of mins and they make great little pizzas, i reckon it would cost about 3 quid to make enough for 50 kids, if they ate 1/2 a pitta each.