Cake idea - Yes or No and Lolly / Goody Bags

[Butterfly Child]

that sounds beautiful babe,
i love the cake idea
and thats a good idea fot the goodie bags too (mite steal that idea for dd bday if thats ok lol)
i too am thinking if doing a theme simiar to ur dd's
You'll have to post photos how exciting!

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Am getting DD's birthday cake for her party professionally made as over 70 guests coming and really can't be bothered but for her b'day dinner with Dp's nanna am trying to make the cake myself... lol
Will take some pics but i can never seem to upload to BB... hmmm will add them on my FB.

Hehe which idea for the goody bags? the books?
I figure i really don't want DD eating snakes etc so i would prefer not to give them to the kids her age aswell, also leaving them til people go so the bigger kids aren't eating lollies in front of the little ones.
Am not sure what else to put in their goody bags though, bubbles are ok as DD lvoes bubbles and parents can do those, whistles she likes aswell, but not sure about what else, maybe for the boys i can put a toy car? and jewels for the girls?
Hmm i just don't know.

[*Ang*]

From places like K-mart you can usually buy a bag of dinosoars or farm animals for up to $4...I sometimes put a couple of those in each goodie bag and the kids love them. You can also get sticker books with themes like fairies, farm animals, dinosoars etc for around $2 from your cheapo shops - I buy a couple of books and then rip out a page each(which has around 10 stickers on it) and put that in the goodie bag.

Oh and the cake sounds really good too.

[briggsy's girl]

books are a great idea for bubba bags. lolly's for the bubbas mumma are good too (i like violet crumble ok! lol)

ummmm, i would avoid jewellery type stuff for the under twos unless you can get chunky bangles that will survive chewing and stuff kwim?

i'm not much help - just wanted to put in my order for choc hehehehe - and to let you know the cake sounds cute

[Patooties]

The idea for the cake sounds lovely.
For the lolly bag, you could always make some playdough and put it in a bag with a cookie cutter. Depends on the ages of the littlies though. Another idea would be some rubber ducks or other cheap bath toys.
Another idea would be to make a big cookie on a paddle pop stick - and have the childs initial on it - either in icing or lollies. You could wrap it in a bag and make it look pretty
Have fun!! ( I love doing the kids parties )

[Winter]

Cake sounds fantastic! Just wanted to know where my invite is..seems to have got lost in the mail!

[smiles4u]

... Kids always love * stickers * in their loot/lolly bag, can buy a book full of sheets of stickers & cut out a panel of them (stickers of smiley faces, animals, happy birthday cakes & presents, anything unisex ...)

(Jaz ... i love doing kids parties to !! I get so excited with the organising months ahead & on the actual party day i get kisses & cuddles everywhere i go BUT then the last party was a bunch of 2 & 3year olds, LOL )

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Thanks everyone.. sorry but ALL your invites must have been eating by the mailbox bugs..

BG - hmm no choccies in the baby bags but i might find something small for you, E is getting a bag... not you!

I hope the cake turns out ok, it sounds good but icing and i don't agree and putting it together could be interesting, glad it's only about 6 of us going to see and eat it.. the big party i am getting a pro.. hehe my excuse is i am fat, pg and i wont have the patience to make it pretty enough for 70+ ppl.... .lol

Thanks so much for the ideas on the goody bags, have decided the under 1's will get a book, some stickers, bubbles and maybe a whistle and of course a balloon, any little girls i will buy the cheap bright bangles and the little boys get a toy car!

The older kids are getting lollies (party mix ???) , a chocolate (might slip one in E's for you BG), a balloon, bangles etc for girls, boys toy for the boys and then maybe some stickers etc aswell.

What lollies do you guys suggest, i was thinking party mix, a chocolate, used to love the candy bracelets???, don't want to spend a fortune.. got 15 lolly bags to make and 6 baby bags!