1 yo bday party/older kid activities

[changedname]

How many kids are we talking about? I mean, a petting zoo would be awesome but in my circles I think it would be unnecessary.

I threw a Christmas party and we had a ton of 2-6 year olds. I bought those huge coloring books from dollar tree and lots of crayons. They seems occupied the whole time. I also had frozen playing in the basement for those that wanted to go down there.

[lilles]

If you do the book don't show the film. Some people are anti tv for their kids and might not like them watching at a party.

[Deleted]

LOL, I'd put the movie showing on the invite and use it to weed out "friends" that judge me that hard.

No, I wouldn't buy $200 entertainment for a first birthday. After watching my kid and kids up to 10 years older than him pummel each other with pool noodles for a full hour, that is seriously my go-to in the future.

[Deleted]

There's only two things you need at a first birthday: booze and cake.

[sent]

At DD's party, I had the restaurant person put in a DVD one of the moms brought (The Incredibles, I think) and that was it. Besides DD and 2 other babies, there were about 10 kids from age 3 - 10.

And if there hadn't been access to a DVD player, I would have done nothing.