Reply to $300 total is a reasonable amount for a birthday party for ~15 kids, right?

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "$300 total is a reasonable amount for a birthday party for ~15 kids, right?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dollar tree for decorations and paper goods (though sometimes Target and other places are cheaper for plates in larger sizes).

$5 pizza's - several pizza places have deals right now - 3 double cut
Fruit, veggies, chips, sandwich platter from Costco or where ever
Bottled water and maybe a few sodas/ice tea for adults
Costco Cake $20

Then activities[/quote]

The above is not the OP— I know, because I am the OP!— and the above food sounds like a very bare minimum of $80 just for the food. If minimal decorations and paper goods (we are also doing Dollar Tree) and minimal for favors, I think that still sounds like $120+. With $0 activities, maybe that’s it? If it’s even $3-5 per kid for activities and games, you’re butting up against that $200 minimum I mentioned. So, I feel better, because that sounds pretty minimalistic.

We are not doing anything crazy IMO, [b]but it’s still about $6 per kid for food, drinks and cake, $6 per kid for special activities and games, $3 per kid for favors. Then that leaves $75 for fairly fancy (diy) decorations and tableware and extra food for adults. [/quote][/b]

It's your party, so you should definitely do what you want, but as a guest I'd always prefer better food over fancy decorations and tableware. This is the birthday party version of those weddings where the couple obviously spent most of their budget on some Insta-worthy venue, and then everyone gets sad catering chicken Kiev and cake that tastes like sandpaper. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics