Anonymous
Post 09/11/2022 08:44     Subject: Joint birthday party food
Anonymous wrote:I did a joint party once and it worked out great. But I split it into two parties in one day.

I had the younger child's party 11-2. I rented a bouncy house -- pizza and cake. Then the older child's party was 4-7. Bouncy house, pizza and cake.

The idea came from wanting to rent a bouncy house -- seemed expensive so getting two parties out of it worked well. We only had about two kids that lived in the neighborhood - so they stayed all day


This is us too. We split the parties, but on the same day. The moonbounce is an all day rental so you might as well use it "2x".

It's exhausting as a parent, but fun. And you only need to decorate 1x and my kids sorta got 2 parties out of it since my4 yr old enjoyed seeing my 6 yr old's friends and vice versa.

Anonymous
Post 09/11/2022 08:39     Subject: Joint birthday party food
that menu only worked when Snoopy and Woodstock were making it after Peppermint Patty self-invited
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2022 07:43     Subject: Joint birthday party food
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Both of my kids are born in October and I think this is the last time I can get away with a joint birthday party (older one in K and younger turning 3). Planning to have it at my house, invite all kids in both kids’ classes, some family friends with kids, and neighborhood kids. All told, will be about 50-60 kids invited. Will be in the afternoon, maybe 2-430, with an entertainer for 45 minutes, Cake for 15 minutes, and something that I need to figure out for the remaining 30.

Questions:

(1) Can I just do popcorn, fruit and cake for the kids, or do I need to order pizza?

(2) Was planning on having drinks for adults (beer, seltzer, water), do I need to offer food? And should I do cocktails and wine or is just beer and hard seltzer fine?

(3) Crazy to invite so many people? I have a busy October and thought planning one large party would be easier than 2 medium ones, especially because family and neighborhood friends would be invited to both.


Answers:

(1) NO popcorn, and do have some sort of food. Fruit is going to be sticky and possibly a choking hazard. Stick with pizza & cake.

(2) I'd do beer and wine, no cocktails, plus water and also soda.

(3) YES. This is a crazy idea. I have twins (grown now) and never invited both of their classes. I'm astonished that you'd invite 60 kids to a party. I strongly suggest you reconsider.


I have twins and have joint parties with both classes invited. It’s doable if you have enough space!
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2022 07:39     Subject: Re:Joint birthday party food
OP here, these are great ideas. My daughter REALLY wanted a magician so we’ve already paid a deposit on that. I had thought about adding a bounce house but was worried about mixing 6 and 3 year olds and the policing that would involve — so the split idea solves that problem! And this gives me an opportunity to actually chat with parents.

We just moved and have a big walkout basement which basically has zero furniture (except a nugget and 2 bean bags) and lots of toys — so we going to let the kids run loose in there and outside (chalk, bubbles, small play set, balls) until the magic show started.