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Title: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: LŠuren on August 25, 2006, 17:09:16 pm
Hi

Hope you can help me out??

What foods / fingerfoods do you offer at a first birthday party?

All suggestion much appreciated  ;)
Lauren ::)
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: Poppy & Lily on August 25, 2006, 17:46:26 pm
Hi lauren,

For DD 1st bday we had kids food which was stuff like

sandwiches (cheese/ham cut in triangles no crusts)
mini sausages
sausage rolls
crackers/breadsticks/ricecakes
Frenchstick
Cheese
Fruit
pizza fingers (small bits)
small fairy cakes and yoghurts for pudding

and for the adults we had things like

chicken pieces
salad
quiche
coleslaw/potatoe salad
my DH cooked a large pot of  curry as well
New potatoes

We had more as well i just can't remember  :-\ i know it seems like a lot but DH has  huge family LOL :o

HTH :) :)
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: Critter on August 25, 2006, 19:43:19 pm
I kept it simple.  We had hot dogs, chips, cake and ice cream :-)  We didn't have any other babies there.  The next youngest were 3 and they all love hotdogs, so it was easy for us.
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: evanskimberley on August 26, 2006, 07:32:16 am
I didn't do anything for the babies! It wasn't lunch or dinner time and so many of us were giving our babies diff things it would have been far too much hassle. I put out nibbles for the adults and the babies had their own snacks and then birthday cake if they were aloowed it
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: JennĐ on August 26, 2006, 08:48:38 am
Granpa met us at Chuckie Cheese for pizza and games.  Then over to an ice cream place.  Lo had sorbet d/t slight lactose intolerance.
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: Sarah J on August 26, 2006, 09:00:37 am
my lo had his party on saturday and there were babies, toddlers and adults i made the same for everyone and luckily it went really well.

sandwiches... egg mayo, cheese, jam, choc spead and a few veggie 'ham'
cheese and onion rolls (like sausage rolls but we are veggie)
bread sticks
dips humous and cheese
cheese
crisps
cucumber, peppers etc for dipping
butterfly buns and fairy cakes
choc crispy cakes
jelly and ice cream - the adults seemed to enjoy this more than the kids!!!
and of course birthday cake

all home made so i knew they were safe even for younger babies

i dont even think that people noticed that is was all veggie either!!!

good luck and hope your lo has a great day!!!
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: *Nicola* on August 26, 2006, 19:04:49 pm
we did the same as Poppy
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: First Time Mom on August 26, 2006, 19:52:12 pm
What are fairy cakes? ???
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: LŠuren on August 26, 2006, 19:54:05 pm
mini sponge cakes (usually inside cup cake or muffin cases) with the tops cut in half and syick in butter icing to look like wings.

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://static.deliaonline.com/images/originals/fairy-cakes-2-25662.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/orange-butterfly-cakes,1789,RC.html&h=230&w=230&sz=10&hl=en&sig2=Ltyi9Th6ylVE-25UTXHG9Q&start=9&tbnid=0lmeXdtUUdbFhM:&tbnh=108&tbnw=108&ei=gafwROXsHr6GwQHN_4zOAQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfairy%2Bcakes%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DGGGL,GGGL:2006-30,GGGL:en%26sa%3DG
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: First Time Mom on August 26, 2006, 20:08:11 pm
What pretty little things! Looks so tasty too! Thanks for the link, I'll have to try these!
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: KellyC on August 26, 2006, 20:47:16 pm
I don't think we'll have any other babies at Zander's party, just family and older children.  I went to a 1st birthday party recently for a little girl named Molly and all the food began with an 'M'!
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: LŠuren on August 27, 2006, 11:01:35 am
Thanks for all your suggestions so far  ;D
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: Samuel's mum on August 27, 2006, 17:35:56 pm
We did adult nibbles: sandwiches (philadelphia cheese and fresh strawberries - yum), little quiches, sweet things.

For littler people: roasted sweet potato halves, Organix finger foods (gingerbread men, healthier looking crisps), lots of different fruit, cheese straws.
Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: * Paula * on August 27, 2006, 20:29:33 pm
We did......

Sandwiches
Small Sausage Rolls
Bread Rolls cut half
Pork Pies cut in half
Fairy Cakes
Biscuits
Chocolate Fingers
Swiss Roll
Quavers
Marshmellows
Birthday Cake
Jelly and Ice Cream

With regards to drinks, we bought a big bottle of squash and two big containers of water to mix them in.

Title: Re: Help!!! What food do you offer at a 1st Birthday party????
Post by: mom-2-3 on August 27, 2006, 23:35:26 pm
Hi,

For my dd's 1st b-day we had:

Veggies and dip
Fruit plate
Cold cuts, cheese and crackers
Meatballs
Stuffed pasta shells
Asian noodles

I think we may have had a couple of other things too, but I can't remember.  The food was well received by the adults and the lo's.  Most of the lo's were around 1 yr as well.

We also had cake, and a non alcoholic punch.  We did have other beverages, but didn't really offer them.  We wanted to keep it simple, and enjoy the party with our daughter instead of "hosting" too much.  We also had the party from 2 until 4, that way it wasn't really lunch or dinner time, and our dd didn't have a melt down from overstimulation.