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Rainy day party ideas & small flat

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alesl360 · 01/06/2019 22:41

Would really appreciate some ideas about what to do for my DD's birthday next weekend, she'll be turning 3. The original pan was to have a teddy bears picnic in the park. After checking weather forecasts it looks like it's going to rain though- we live in the NW so this is likely!

Last year we hired a hall, but money is tight this month and DD is set on a new bike so I'd like to spend a large chunk of our budget on that for her.

The problem is our flat, although lovely, is quite small, and there isn't enough space for all the people we want to invite. All together with friends and family included it would be about 20 people- there's just no room for this!

The only solution I can think of is to split the celebrations into two (between family & friends), and request that my mum friends don't bring their partners.

My concern is that my family might feel that DDs cousins haven't really been invited to the 'proper' party with all the friends. Also, a couple of my friends have already mentioned their partners will be coming, not sure if disinviting them might be a problem? (As I write this, I realise how ridiculous that sounds- it would probably make their day lol)

I'm sorry for the long post- I'd also just like to ask if anyone can think of any fun/easy to execute party themes that a bunch of 3-5 year olds would love!

Thank you for reading this :)

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LilyMumsnet · 02/06/2019 09:20

Just bumping this for you, OP. Flowers

InvisibleHamster · 02/06/2019 09:44

At age three, are her friends coming or just yours? I would have no problem splitting friends/family, I always did as had a relatively small house. Age 1 and 2 we got rained on and everyone sat inside but the kids were small and my son barely knew it was his birthday so just got on with playing with toys.

At age 3 I think they tend to expect a little bit more. What I'd do depends on how many 3-year-olds you have coming? You could still do a teddy bear's picnic with a blanket indoors. Print off pictures to colour in etc.

alesl360 · 02/06/2019 11:07

Thanks for the bump and the reply!

For the 'friends party' there will be 5 kids (they are her friends who she plays with regularly). So that's 6 kids all together including DD, and 5 adults (partners excluded) including myself and DH. I think it'll still be a tight squeeze but doable! The indoor picnic suggestion might be the way to go since our dining table only fits 4!

I guess we'll just repeat the whole process for cousins/family later in the day! 🤷🏻‍♀️ (4 kids including DD, and 6 adults including myself and DH)

It all feels a bit excessive to do so but really don't want kids in the family to feel excluded, who knew birthday party planning was so complicated?! (Please don't tell me it gets worse!)

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