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help with my boys' birthday party menu

BeccaLandesBeccaLandes member
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their party is from 3:30-5:30 at a big park.  we have an indoor party room to have all the food and cake, but i am assuming most people won't want to be inside if the weather is good.

i was thinking of just having snack foods that the kids can eat quickly and spend their time playing- little cups of fruit salad, veggies and dip, chips and pretzels.  do you think that is enough, or do i need to do "real" food?  it is our family tradition to overfeed, so i don't want to embarrass myself by underfeeding! 

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Re: help with my boys' birthday party menu

  • JourneyToBabyJourneyToBaby member

    Since the party is pretty close to dinner time, I think that many people may expect dinner.  If it were me, and I wanted to have easy snack type foods, I may make my snacks a little "heavier".  Maybe a party tray with mini burritos, taquitos OR those tortilla rollup type things with lunch meat and cheese.  Pizza is always easy.

    So yes, my opinion is that you need a little more.

    Good luck! 

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  • JillRock96JillRock96 member
    We typically eat dinner around 5/5:30, so I would be thinking dinner if I got the invitation.  What about pizzas or something else easy that could be delivered in the last hour?
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  • pinkcallalilypinkcallalily member
    I think small snacks like that would be plenty.  That is before our dinnertime so I would never think dinner would be served at a party that early, especially since it's ending right at the very beginning of what I think most people would consider a normal dinner hour.
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  • GuitaristsGirlGuitaristsGirl
    I think snacks ate good, but I'd include a few thing like easy-to-grab sandwiches (meat on mini yeast rolls) or rollups or etc - something a bit more substantial, just to be on the safe side ;)
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  • BeccaLandesBeccaLandes member
    thanks- i had been thinking small sandwiches, but i've never made them before. they can't be that hard, though, right?
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  • emmyloustuemmyloustu

    imageBeccaLandes:
    thanks- i had been thinking small sandwiches, but i've never made them before. they can't be that hard, though, right?

    You could just order mini rolls from your local bakery/grocery store and make up a deli tray. Then people can make their own sandwiches and you don't have all that prep. 

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  • ela81ela81
    I also think there should be a little more food. I like the sandwich tray idea. I agree that putting out a tray of meat and doing a build your own kind of thing would be good! We are late dinner eater so I would like what you suggested then small sandwiches, something light but wont ruin dinner:) Either way it will be fun!
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