Birthday party food and drink questions

[zarapipe]

Many bday parties don't have pop- just bottled water. So it's up to you if you even have any.

Usually juice boxes/small bottles of water for kids

No- I wouldn't do anything other than cake.

[sjh722]

We are pop drinkers at home (oh, the shame) and have company often enough I don't mind keeping extra in the garage. I usually buy cans because cans on sale are cheaper than 2-liters that someone drinks 1 glass of, then you have to pour down the drain because it goes flat. I think I grabbed a 24-pack of coke and diet coke and a 12-pack of root beer and sprite for DD's party, a case of bottled water, and juice boxes. I assume there was plenty, because there were leftovers of everything.

One of my nephews can't eat dairy, so I usually have cookies or something he can eat in addition to cake. Other than something like that, I wouldn't bother. (And if it were an adult I probably wouldn't worry about it but I feel bad leaving kids out.)

[greycat]

I got juice boxes, milk (horizon - small likee a juice box) and small waters for the kids (ages 1-7).

We did pizza so I assumed 2 slice per adult, 1 per child and then rounded up. I also had salad and pasta with marina sauce. The party was earlier so I figured adults would eat on the lighter side and they did.

ETA - for some reason I thought you asked about food too - sorry. For about 20 adults we had soda (bought 6 bottles, had 2 unopened), iced tea (1 gallon that didnt get finished) and water (24 pack with lots leftover). I had cookies as favors but the only dessert was cupcakes.

[6fsn]

I usually do 2 liters, water, iced tea, Capri sun, then Make a pot of coffee after the meal. With the soda I just buy a few flavors- coke, diet something, and something caffeine free. We would use anything opened for mixers later.

[GotWine]

We usually grab a couple of 12pks of different flavored sodas and put them on ice along with a case of water. I get some juice pouches and milk boxes for the kids. I wouldn't think you need another dessert, but I usually put out another sweet item even if it's just a fruit dip so people have options.

[GotWine]

Oh and coffee with disposable cups with lids. Our guests tend to be big coffee drinkers and like it with cake so we go through a couple pots during the party.

[cobber06]

I've done coffee, water, and punch for birthday parties. I love pop, but punch was easier. I would probably pick up several 2 liters. My job used to entail lots of meeting planning, and groups of 20 would go thorough about 6 2 liters in 3-4 hours.

You don't need another dessert, but feel free to add more if that's your think. I love to bake, so I had a few different options.

[lilles]

We don't serve soda just water bottles. For DD2's last bday she really wanted juice boxes so I bought organic apple juice boxes which is what they had served at the other parties from her class.

[linz]

I would do about 10 2 liters of different kinds - regular, diet, and flavored (like dr pepper or mt dew). We'd drink anything that was extra so no issue on that. I would also have bottled water. I would be fine drinking water but would rather have pop then just water and lemonade.

I'm not a cake fan so would enjoy cookies. Or even something like rice krispie treats? For my twins baptism I didn't do cake. My mom and I made frosted cookies in the shape of a cross and mini cherry cheesecakes.  I plan to do cookies for their 1st birthday party too.

[jenn248]

Mar 10, 2015 7:28:57 GMT -5 GotWine said:

We usually grab a couple of 12pks of different flavored sodas and put them on ice along with a case of water. I get some juice pouches and milk boxes for the kids. I wouldn't think you need another dessert, but I usually put out another sweet item even if it's just a fruit dip so people have options.

Ditto all of this (minus the milk boxes, which didn't occur to me).  I would probably just do cake and fruit for dessert - although in the interest of full disclosure, I also served brown butter Rice Krispie treats at DD's last party, but that was because I wanted some for myself