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[quote=Anonymous]You spent $135 for pizza for 20 kids? Seriously? Have you never heard of googling to find a pizza code and ordering online and picking it up? I ordered 10 large pizzas with 5 toppings for a kids party (20 kids) and the adults ate too and there was a whole pizza left for me to take home (after we gave the workers at the venue one box).

Double cut the pizzas (you get 12 slices. Even if 20 kids eat 2 slices each you only need 4 pizzas - even if you paid full price that is only $80).

Our room asked for $20 beginning of the year and no other requests so far. I guess she stayed on budget (no pizzas for the kids, only snacks).

And like previous posters have mentioned - go to the dollar store for your supplies or even the Target dollar spot. If you are spending more than a dollar on table cloths and doing some fancy stuff, then spend your own money, not the pooled money..

And kids do NOT need a gazillion things on their plates. They are excited about a party and the fewer things the better. I hate seeing so much food going to waste. Does a kid need cupcakes, cookies, yogurt, fruit slices, cheese, crackers, pizza, juice, chips all at one time? Limit the number of items - pizza, fruit, cookie or cupcake and a juice - limit to 4 items. They don't need more than that.

To the moms who want your child to be fed a full meal at these parties, I don't know what to say. I am just shocked at your expectations.

If my kid was in your child's class OP, you can bet that after the first $20 for class parties, I am giving nothing regardless of how you word your emails. I am not paying for your lack of budgeting skills.

We give our teachers a separate gift for holiday and end of the year gift and this $20 is just for class parties. It shouldn't cost more than $5-$7 per child per party. If it does, you need to rethink the way you are handling this or quit being a room mom.

And for those who like being room moms and organizing all this stuff, if you have the space in your home, buy things after season (eg: Valentines themed items after Valentines day, at Target or CVS or Walmart and keep them for next year)

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