KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTY ETIQUETTE
While preparing for a kid’s birthday party, it is easy to get excited about food. Of course, you want to make sure that there are plenty of yummy treats at hand so you can keep everyone happy. But there is also something to be said about keeping a handle on your food supply.
Children are easily overwhelmed by how much they can eat when they attend parties, so planning well in advance of your gathering will help you keep things under control.
Here are some great tips for creating manageable snacks
- Encourage guests to bring their own treats from home, as a way of controlling portions and minimizing waste. Make sure each guest brings enough for several people; even if no one else shows up but one friend, she should have more than enough fun hanging out with her new BFF (and not worrying about how much cake she ate).
- Two or three friends means twice or thrice as many snacks! You’ll also be able to avoid serving so many extra calories by asking your child’s party pals to make treats at home before they arrive.
- You may also want to offer dessert alternatives, such as pretzels, veggies and dip, fruit skewers, etc., which will please parents who are concerned about all that sugar and limit kids from eating too much unhealthy food on top of all those cupcakes.
- If you want to get even more creative, see if you can find some handmade candy bars online or in stores, or try baking some of your own granola bars and cookies.
- Each homemade treat adds up quickly—in both numbers and flavor—which is great news for everyone involved. While preparing for a kid’s birthday party, it is easy to get excited about food.
- Of course, you want to make sure that there are plenty of yummy treats at hand so you can keep everyone happy.
