Birthday food ideas please

[georgeo]

Hi ladies,

Ds is turning 4 on Saturday! The party is from 3-5 (odd I know but it's at the waterslides and that time worked best) so I'm guessing the food we serve will ruin their appetites for dinner-oops. It's a Lego theme so I was thinking of Lego moulded jello but it's so hot here I don't think it will stand up well. Also Dh is working away and I'm having to keep the house spotless for viewings which is no small feat with a 4 and 1 year old so easy would be great. I was thinking cut up fruit and veggies and dip, pretzels and cake but I feel like I need more. Something more substantial, although I suspect they will be more concerned with going down the waterslides than eating I just don't want to run out. There will be about 15 kids and their parents.

[Mashi]

Hard boiled eggs? Turkey meatballs? Cheese and crackers? If it were my DS and there was something like that I would not mind if he ate that and did not eat his dinner at home, so it is a win-win.,

[We Three]

 I think snack food would be just fine! We went to a party recently that was 1:30 to 4.....and it was just healthy snacks. Most kids would have an afternoon snack anyway, right?

 I'd do veggies/dip like you said, I'd do fruit-kebobs, (so colorful and fun!), cheese tray/crackers and maybe a bowl with pretzels/goldfish type snack.  I think that would be more than ok!

[michaeljacknnugg]

That sounds great to me! Tbh when we go to parties at that time I only plan to top DS up with something once we get home, and because what you're thinking of sounds healthy I'd be more than happy.

I think if you throw in some easy proteins, as pp have suggested, you are good to go!

[georgeo]

Thanks for putting my mind at rest ladies! For the fruit kebabs what do you use for a stick? That would be so much easier for them to eat then having to pick them all from a plate. Maybe I'm paranoid but I envision a child impaling himself with a wooden stick!

[Erin M]

Maybe popsicle sticks?  You can get those at craft stores and they're not pointy at all.  They'd be short, but I don't think that would matter for kids. 

[georgeo]

Nice one!

[We Three]

It would be hard to do grapes or any small fruits with popsicle sticks...but you could do melon I guess? I used kebob sticks.     Wonder if you could wrap the end somehow...? A ball of tin foil?    Bet you could cut the sharp  end off with a very sharp knife!

[georgeo]

We have some good scissors that would likely do it. Where do you get kebabs sticks? Just at a grocery store?

[skatty]

Sausage rolls always go down well too 

[Mashi]

Sausage rolls always go down well too 

Ba doom boom!

We get kebab sticks at the grocery store!

[skatty]

Lol Mashi 

[georgeo]

Ha ha I was thinking sausage rolls too.

[creations]

I was going to say sandwiches, might seem boring but kids seem to love them!
Then I saw this
http://www.mummyslittledreams.com/2012/08/lego-themed-party.html
lots of lovely ideas, sandwiches cut into rectangles with small circles added on top to make them into lego blocks.  Individual rectangle pizza with sausage circles or peperoni on top for the lego look, crackers with cheese circles on top too, and I love the bright party bags.  A lot of the stuff is either too sugary or too time consuming for me to take as serious consideration but nice to look at.

Have a great party!

[Bex09]

We just did DD's party last week and the food went down a storm as they could keep coming back and picking then running off to play again after. We did ham/cheese/tuna sandwiches, veggies and cheese cut into sticks with hummus dip, crisps, fruit kebabs (on thin plastic drinking straws), chocolate finger biscuits and birthday cake. So a mixture of healthy but also party type foods. The kids (and the parents) loved it and we didn't have much left over, a good sign.