Party review

I had meant to do another post soon after Joanna's Birthday, reviewing how various things went (in case you need any ideas for kids birthday parties, or also just a reference for me next time).

Highlights:

• The kids really enjoyed the dinosaur dress-ups and cave (made out of a few large boxes taped together, which they could crawl into play, plus draw on/put stickers on to decorate it). It was a good activity for them all to do while everybody was arriving - and they all enthusiastically played dinosaur roll playing games.

• Having kids all sit up to table to eat, really cut down on the mess on the floor (especially as it was wet and rainy and we all had to stay indoors) - it also creates another 'activity' to add variety to the party.

• The favourite food for both the adults and kids was the 'dinosaur bones' - pretzel sticks that had been dipped in white chocolate and then put in the fridge to set. The second favourite was the 'teradactyl wings' for the adults (chicken nibbles covered in marinade and then baked) and the 'dinosaur eggs' for the kids (small balls of ice cream rolled in hundreds and thousands).

Would change next time:

• Except for my kids, none of the other kids like fizzy drink (ages ranging from 2 - 7).

• Eating time took a lot longer than I allocated, so I ran out of time for any games/stories. Not so much of a problem for a 3yr old party, but will have to factor this in for Ben's party as he will expect/want some games.