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Daily Discussion Thread: Fri 27 Oct 2023 (aussie.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are a lot of child parties in my life. The good news is kids are really easy to please.

There's the obvious stuff:

Fairy bread will go well, only be careful to make it fresh. If you are outside, the bread will start to go yucky after an hour or two.
Chips/lollies will vanish - no matter how many you provide. I don't know how they do it. They are not fussy, the cheapest brand is fine. Keep the good chips for the grown ups.
Party pies or sausage rolls will be very popular, but they tie up your oven if you have other things planned for that.
Mini burger buns are $4.50 per dozen, and when combined with chipolatas and a bit of sauce, you have mini hotdogs. Cheap and easy on the BBQ.

If you want healthier stuff:

They'll eat fruit, but they're lazy. They'll turn their noses up at apples/mandarins, but will happily eat either if they've been peeled/sliced for them.
Berries are in season. We like to make little fruit salad cups, but I don't suppose you have the plastic Ikea cups on hand for this.
Some will eat sandwitch triangles, it depends on the kid. One of mine would, the other only in an emergency.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

fruit salad cups are a great idea 😸