Saturday, January 9, 2010
Planning a Child’s Birthday Party
You can save money by holding your child’s birthday party at home. A little planning can make the job very easy and simple.
Rope in a relative to make a birthday cake if possible. Most grandmothers will enjoy helping you with the party and be happy to make a cake. If they don’t cook then they might even offer to buy the cake! This will save you money and encourage them to come along to the party to help get it organised and clean up afterwards. Asking if they’d help will make them feel part of your child’s life and will normally go down well.
Planning - buy all the food well in advance and make jelly early the previous day to ensure it’s going to set in time and if it does not set then you will have time to buy more jelly and remake it. Traditional party food is simple. Sausage rolls, sandwiches cut into tiny triangles, crisps and jelly are all essentials. Simple sandwich fillings like ham or chicken are best with a vegetarian one too perhaps such as egg or cheese. You could also put out cherry tomatoes and carrot sticks as these can be fun too.
Party games need a little preparation particularly Pass the Parcel. Wrap one bigger prize and then add new layers of paper (Gift wrap or newspaper is the traditional and cheaper option). Inside each layer put a couple of sweets so that every child will get something. The parcel gets passed round whilst music is played. The music stops and that child unwraps a layer. One layer per child is best so as to not get bored with playing the game. Musical chairs or musical statues is a simple yet fun game. Chairs needs as many chairs as players minus one. The music is played and children walk round the chairs and when it stops they have to sit on a chair. Each round a chair is taken away and the child left standing is out. The game continues to when it’s just two children and one chair. This final round rewards the winner with a small prize. You could reward each child as they leave the game with a lolly pop for their party bag.
Party bags are the little treat people take away with them and traditionally would have consisted of just the piece of cake wrapped up. They have developed into a whole new world of excitement though. It’s entirely up to you on how much you spend and if you’re on a budget then buying simple things like little notebooks and pencils that can be bought in large packs and split up is an effective and easy thing to do. You can put sweets or toys in the goodie bag too if you like.
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