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Parents thoughts please, re: party bags.
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 the kids will love it!! | |||
"She's given out 50 invitations, venue will hold 75 kids and I've said siblings can come too that's part of the reason why I wanted to do the sweet cart thing but now it's here I'm having pre party jitters! I should've used my head and ordered 75 squishies from China months ago, kids are obsessed with the damn things. It's the kids parents from the drama academy she's in that I'm worried about, the ones who get dropped off in the range rovers and that! " Stuff them for heavens sake,all you need to be concerned about is if your daughter and her friends have fun,not what their parents think. Don't put added pressure on yourself. | |||
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"Wow that's more in one party than either of my kids got all together!! Personally would think party bags would make it too much ... what are you going to do next year? Don't make a rid for your own back the kids will love it!! "I've hired a waterpark for a private pool party, there's slides and an inflatable assault course in one of the pools, wave machine etc. Last year she wanted a sleepover with 8 girls and I did hotdogs and burgers and fries and a small party food spread so overheads weren't too much. Those party bags were good, each kid had an eye mask, slipper socks, toothbrush and toothbrush holder, flannel, bath bombs and they all took home the plastic pop corn boxes they had and personalised water bottles. Hoping those parents remember I have done good bags in the past! Plus I've only got the one kid so only have to do it all once thank god! | |||
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"Ok so daughters party later, venue cost £169.50 which is an hour of the activity and then an hour in the party room to do food and do the cake etc, spent just shy of £100 quid on food so it's a nice spread, you're talking pasties, sausage rolls, mini cheese and bacon puffs, prawn vol au vons, chicken skewers, sandwiches, crisps, various kid biscuits your chocolate fingers, Jamie dodgers, party rings, pink wafers, got the butterfly cakes, chocolate cup cakes, got your carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, celery sticks, bread sticks, plum tomatoes, dips, got the strawberries, water melon, galia melon, honeydew melon, kiwis, grapes, cocktail sausages, cheese and pineapple on sticks, cheese and pickle on sticks. Got a chocolate fountain with skewers and will have marshmallow, chocolate brownie pieces and strawberries next to it to dip. Have a pop corn machine and then have a sweet cart with all jars of retro sweets. My question is, would parents judge for no party bag with the normal tat inside, was going to give out cellophane bags to the kids for them to fill with the stuff from the sweet cart and then give a slice of the cake in a small cardboard cake box. I have no toys or stuff to go in party bags, just run out of money and don't get paid till the 25th, but now worried I'll be judged as the mum that didn't do party bags! Is the sweet cart and the kids filling bags themselves enough do you think?" Wow its sounds like you have spent a fortune already and with that many children turning up i don't think party bags as well is a viable option - I am sure they will be more than happy with sweets and cake and in my experience they only play with the usual plastic rubbish put in party bags for a few minutes anyway!! Seriously don't sweat just try and enjoy it xx | |||
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"You may set a new trend and give other parents a sense of relief that they can do the same. " Sounds like a group of parents escalating parties to beat each other. As long as the kids are happy surely that's all that matters.  | |||
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"Party bags are essential. Although it does sound like a good party and sweets are popular, perhaps they won’t judge you. Happy birthday to your daughter." I thought only oils were essential. | |||
have a lovely day and happy birthday to your little one Mrs blue eyesxx | |||
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"She's given out 50 invitations, venue will hold 75 kids and I've said siblings can come too that's part of the reason why I wanted to do the sweet cart thing but now it's here I'm having pre party jitters! I should've used my head and ordered 75 squishies from China months ago, kids are obsessed with the damn things. It's the kids parents from the drama academy she's in that I'm worried about, the ones who get dropped off in the range rovers and that! " Seriously love. I remember years of party bags that my kids came home with from parties. Days later the whole bag could be found in their bedroom untouched and mostly went in the bin - a total waste of someone’s time and money! It’s sounds like your daughter will have an amazing birthday! Well done you! | |||
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"Ok so daughters party later, venue cost £169.50 which is an hour of the activity and then an hour in the party room to do food and do the cake etc, spent just shy of £100 quid on food so it's a nice spread, you're talking pasties, sausage rolls, mini cheese and bacon puffs, prawn vol au vons, chicken skewers, sandwiches, crisps, various kid biscuits your chocolate fingers, Jamie dodgers, party rings, pink wafers, got the butterfly cakes, chocolate cup cakes, got your carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, celery sticks, bread sticks, plum tomatoes, dips, got the strawberries, water melon, galia melon, honeydew melon, kiwis, grapes, cocktail sausages, cheese and pineapple on sticks, cheese and pickle on sticks. Got a chocolate fountain with skewers and will have marshmallow, chocolate brownie pieces and strawberries next to it to dip. Have a pop corn machine and then have a sweet cart with all jars of retro sweets. My question is, would parents judge for no party bag with the normal tat inside, was going to give out cellophane bags to the kids for them to fill with the stuff from the sweet cart and then give a slice of the cake in a small cardboard cake box. I have no toys or stuff to go in party bags, just run out of money and don't get paid till the 25th, but now worried I'll be judged as the mum that didn't do party bags! Is the sweet cart and the kids filling bags themselves enough do you think?" The sad reality is that you will be judged negatively by some parents  others will recognise the effort you’ve gone too!
I think you’ve got to ask yourself whether you’re really bothered about the other parents. As long as your kid and the other kids have enjoyed themselves you’ve done a good job | |||
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 very tired zzz | |||
"All done! Success very tired zzz"Well done!! Did she have fun? | |||
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"All done! Success very tired zzz
Well done!! Did she have fun?"Yeah, they were bonkers, 59 kids! Fair play to them they didn't touch the sweet cart till I gave them the bags to fill and they had cake in a box to go home. | |||
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"All done! Success very tired zzz
Well done!! Did she have fun?
Yeah, they were bonkers, 59 kids! Fair play to them they didn't touch the sweet cart till I gave them the bags to fill and they had cake in a box to go home. "Awww, sounds like a triumph! | |||
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"All done! Success very tired zzz
Well done!! Did she have fun?
Yeah, they were bonkers, 59 kids! Fair play to them they didn't touch the sweet cart till I gave them the bags to fill and they had cake in a box to go home. "Glad it all went well, nothing at all wrong with sweets and cake by the way! | |||
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"Good on you for trying to please the masses ... For our kids parties in the past it got out of control so eventually I said only kids I could recognise by name or sight got an invite to the parties. ... this led to parties with only the kids closest friends and the same spent ... quality over quantity ... less stress! If I didn't know the kids then I certainly didn't know the parents so I didn't care what they thought! The kids who were invited were closer to our kids so they had a better time and better gifts ... " Brilliant | |||
"All done! Success very tired zzz
Well done!! Did she have fun?
Yeah, they were bonkers, 59 kids! Fair play to them they didn't touch the sweet cart till I gave them the bags to fill and they had cake in a box to go home. "Yay! Good kids. | |||
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"Don't give out plastic junk. Some cake and sweets is brilliant! Trendy modern and regular ordinary parents will hate you for distributing more plastic pollution into the planet, landfill and oceans. Don't do it." Totally agree
It’s the same with Happy meal toys, sadly they also end up in the bin.
L x | |||
