Enough food for an 8 YO’s party- 18 kids?

[Motherofalegend]

Hi,

Trying to make sure I have enough food for DS’s upcoming party. 18 kids, includes 1 toddler and two 11 YOs, rest are 7/8. Three have dietary requirements. Is this enough food?

2 x 10 inch pepperoni pizza
2 x 10 inch Margherita pizza
2 x 20 kid’s’ sandwich platters
1 x small plate jam sandwiches
1 x platter veg crudites and dips
40 cocktail sausages
6 Vegetable samosa rolls
Share bag onion rings
Share bag cheese puffs

Also considering something sweet, like the mini boxes of rocky road/cornflake bites.

Thanks!!

Thanks for your pointers - really helpful!

Let us know how you get on

After doing probably 20 + kids parties since being a parent /sp

Pizza always lots of pizza. For 18,8 year olds id do 6 pizzas min.

Nuggets
Cocktails sausages

They always like the junk food. Party rings, chocolate fingers, cupcakes, popcorn.

Sandwiches always get left as do veg sticks.

Hi!

This is the final list of food bought for the party. Crudites/dips will leave near a parent table in the event any stay.

4 x 10 inch pepperoni pizza
4 x 10 inch Margherita pizza
4 x garlic bread
2 x 20 kid’s’ sandwich platters
1 x platter veg crudites and dips
3 x 40 cocktail sausages
1 x Vegetarian sausages
2 x Share bag onion rings
2 x Share bag cheese puffs
12 x hula hoops
40 x chocolate mini rolls
24 x party rings

Birthday cake will be taken home.

If anyone is coming back to this thread to see how our party ate the food…

We ended up with 15 not 28 kids on the day, so for 15 kids aged 8, this was too much food - I only cooked 4 pizzas, not the 8!

Sandwiches went down well. Adults didn’t touch the crudités.

My piece of advice, it is hard to judge! Just buy knowing that it may be an extra ‘tea’ or dinner the next day 🤣

We are having a family thing today, just mainly adults, so none of the food will be wasted.

Goodness am I the only one who thinks that's way too much? In my experience kids eat hardly anything at parties.