My DD loved Bob the Builder at the time so we had a Bob the Builder themed party for her 2nd birthday
Had it inside our small house as it was cold & raining that day and we only had 3 friends of her friends with both their parents (total 4 kids & 6 adults) ... sadly no relatives came as they couldn't be bothered traveling
We had it on a Sunday at 12noon so her little toddler friends could get home for their arvo naps ... BUT it ended up finishing after 4pm !!
... played pass the parcel game (had a boxes within each other individually wrapped looking like bricks) ... i can vouch that the pass the parcel doesn't work with 2year olds.
(**** by the time she had her 3year old b'day " In the Night Garden " themed party she had heaps more friends, 13 kids & 16 adults, had on a Saturday in our large newish garage & started at 1pm ****)
DD's 2nd birthday was very quiet. My mum had just received a transplant after waiting almost 10 years. We went out for dinner with the IL's, BIL and wife, and DD's godfather. I made a Hi-5 hand, as she loved Hi-5. We then took her to a Hi-5 concert a few days before her birthday.
Where? Hungry Jack’s. We had a Thomas themed party, you can have one of their themes or do your own.
Time/Duration? 5pm - 6.30pm
How many guests? 8 children & 7 adults.
Did you combine family with friends or do separate things? Combined but no family ended up coming.
What worked? Everything it was great. It was cheap, $5.25 a child. The party host set everything up and cleaned up. All the kids had great fun. I made a thomas cake and they stored it for the day. We took nibbles, fairy bread, lollies, chips and they were fine with it. We are going back next year it was so easy and Harrison had so much fun.
My kids 2nd birthdays are always a disaster for reasons I will not bore you with, so for the twins I took them to a playcentre for lunch, and brought a chocolate cake. I invited 1 friend, and her 4 kids, plus my own 4 kids. I find too many people can get stressful for a 2 year old and a lower key celebration is more my style anyway.
The twins had a better time at their celebration than my boys did at their parties which ended in tears (me).
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