Kids parties

[HotI]

Having a 1st birthday party soon. I also have an almost 3 year old, so will have a couple of older kids then a few kids between ages of 4 and few weeks old . We have a few bikes, scooters, prams etc.

Do you put away things that only one kid can have at a time (bikes etc)? Or do you have them all out?

It will be outside party. Have plenty of balls, and a climbing fire truck and a trampoline.

Also, do you know where you can buy pop-tops full of water?

I will probably have more questions, so i made the title of thread pretty vague so i can add to it.

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[AlligatorsMum]

Subbing hot1 as I'm having DS party next weekend!

[HotI]

oh good. feel free to ask questions too, cos they are probably my questions too.

[LuluHB]

I tend to leave everything out unless its something particularly cherished by one of my kids, or something that can be particularly dangerous to a younger child. I would hope that by the age of 3 they're starting to learn to share, and there should be enough adults around to break up any arguments.

I think I might know where to get your water bottles - will go check it out and come back to you

ETA: No, sorry. I thought they were on an awesome kids' party supplies site but they're not.

[BrightSparkles]

Having a 1st birthday party soon. I also have an almost 3 year old, so will have a couple of older kids then a few kids between ages of 4 and few weeks old . We have a few bikes, scooters, prams etc.

Do you put away things that only one kid can have at a time (bikes etc)? Or do you have them all out?
I leave them out unless it's something that i don't want the kids to have for some reason.



Also, do you know where you can buy pop-tops full of water?
Try supermarkets or cheapie shops.



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[chody47]

Subbing too due to DDs party next weekend (if I'm out of hospital that is...)

[~Hestia~]

We had Buster's first birthday party at home in the backyard, Moo had all his friends there too so lots of 3 year olds. We hired a jumping castle and kept our trampoline and toddler climbing thing out. The sand pit was dismantled (no biggie as we were getting the boys a bigger one built afterwards), sand pit toys put away, as well as all the scooters and trike type things.

I know what my Moo is like and so wanted to keep him happy and calm so he could enjoy the party too.

ETA - another thing I did was get out our gazebo thing and laid a picnic rug underneath with a tea set, was a huge hit!

[2CheekyMonkeys]

Big w for pop top water. I'd put bikes away snd things that are going to cause sharing issues. You could set up a play dough table or a water play table.

[2CheekyMonkeys]

Bubble machine is always good too.

[AlligatorsMum]

Good tip about bubble machine 2CM! I got one for DS at Xmas.

Does anyone know if u can fondant from woollies/coles? And how much for what kind of quantity.. I think I need some for eyes and such for character cupcakes lol.

Also would it be okay to make cupcakes and ice them with a buttercream the day before if I kept them in the fridge overnight? Im just worried I'll run out of time in the morning of party.

[MummyNaomi]

Buttercream icing will be fine made and iced the day before

I just saw slabs of water pop tops at big W

We had a bouncy castle at DSs first birthday, totally money well spent IMO as all the kids had do much fun and it kept them outside rather than trashing the house/playroom

[AliBaby]

We had Buster's first birthday party at home in the backyard, Moo had all his friends there too so lots of 3 year olds. We hired a jumping castle and kept our trampoline and toddler climbing thing out. The sand pit was dismantled (no biggie as we were getting the boys a bigger one built afterwards), sand pit toys put away, as well as all the scooters and trike type things.

I know what my Moo is like and so wanted to keep him happy and calm so he could enjoy the party too.

ETA - another thing I did was get out our gazebo thing and laid a picnic rug underneath with a tea set, was a huge hit!

We did the 1st bday at home and I did picnic rugs with toys underneath gor the 1 year olds and babies. We didn't have too many older kids but I would def get a jumping castle or something like that for 2-4 yr olds.

If you have any kids older than 8, or teenagers, ask them if they would like to face paint or paint finger/toenails. Little kids love that stuff.

[~Hestia~]

Good tip about bubble machine 2CM! I got one for DS at Xmas.

Does anyone know if u can fondant from woollies/coles? And how much for what kind of quantity.. I think I need some for eyes and such for character cupcakes lol.

Also would it be okay to make cupcakes and ice them with a buttercream the day before if I kept them in the fridge overnight? Im just worried I'll run out of time in the morning of party.

Yep will be fine, I always ice the day before