Yet another bday party ?

[nowa]

Party is 1030-1230. Are snacks and crack (auto correct trying to spell cake leaving it) acceptable? Pretzels, fruit, veggie platter, goldfish, juice, water, coffee for grown ups mini bagels and cream cheese or cream cheese sandwiches shapped like dinosaurs? It's a dino theme...

[cabbagecabbage]

I'd say you need lunch. Perhaps it's regional but that spans every known kids lunchtime to me.

[gennyu]

Because the party is during a meal time, I would serve lunch. I don't think it's horribly rude not to, but I do think it's the most considerate thing to do for your guests. Order some pizzas and call it a day!

[lala]

I would think bagels & cream cheese plus fruit & snacks is substantial enough for lunch. At least it would be for my kids. I do think you need something more than just fruit & crackers & cake, but what you said seems enough.

If you wanted to add more - what about those dino shaped chicken nuggets? Very typical party food.

[lexus]

Mar 30, 2015 14:48:18 GMT -5 cabbagecabbage said:

I'd say you need lunch. Perhaps it's regional but that spans every known kids lunchtime to me.

I agree. Replace the bagels and cream cheese with a sandwich platter and you will be fine.

[cabbagecabbage]

If you just add one more lunchy sandwich option to or in place of the bagels, I think you're fine.

[nowa]

Or maybe include other kinds of cheese and lunch meat for people to make sandwiches with the bagels? Around here bagels and cream cheese is a lunch.... Or at least it was in NY. The chix nuggets I thougt of but we won't be home and I won't have a way to keep them warm.

[Deleted]

Yeah full size bagels and cream cheese with fruit would be enough for an adult lunch I think. Maybe just bump up the bagel size and the rest sounds fine to me.

[lala]

Mar 30, 2015 15:00:01 GMT -5 nowa said:

Or maybe include other kinds of cheese and lunch meat for people to make sandwiches with the bagels? Around here bagels and cream cheese is a lunch.... Or at least it was in NY. The chix nuggets I thougt of but we won't be home and I won't have a way to keep them warm.

Platter w/ different bagels, different spreads and lox, whitefish? If people will eat the lox & whitefish. Here, they do. But I have 4 synagogues w/in walking distance.

You could do lunch meat instead. 

[auroraloo]

bagels, cream cheese, lunch meat, tomatoes and peppers and your bagels are now a sandwich bar. Done.

[Kcthepouchh8r]

Doesn't crack usually suppress the appetite? Don't think you need a lot of food if you have crack.

[andrewsgal]

I am in the serve lunch camp. Bagels are breakfast to me.

[expectantsteelerfan]

I would definitely serve lunch, but I agree with most that bagels with choice of cream cheese or lunch meat is plenty. Around here the thing I'd add to round it out would be pasta salad, if you're looking for another easy option that you don't need to keep warm!

[amynumbers]

Just order pizza! Everyone loves pizza, practically every kids party I go to has pizza, no matter what time of day.

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Mar 31, 2015 12:45:14 GMT -5 amynumbers said:

Just order pizza! Everyone loves pizza, practically every kids party I go to has pizza, no matter what time of day.

This is true! Maybe that's a better and easier option. Everyone loved the pizza at DS party last week

[lala]

I get so tired of pizza at parties! But I supposed the kids aren't. But that's more because I'm not picking where we are ordering from…


We'd be excited about bagels.

[Deleted]

Mar 31, 2015 13:02:25 GMT -5 lala said:

I get so tired of pizza at parties! But I supposed the kids aren't. But that's more because I'm not picking where we are ordering from…


We'd be excited about bagels.

I'm always excited about bagels