6th birthday party - marquee in the garden

[DucksOnThePond]

Thinking of having DC's party at home. Probably about 25 kids and parents. House has a big garden with a patio, and does have space inside if the weather turned but truth be told, I would prefer to have the kids outside there main body of the house if possible. Thinking a solution would be a marquee but as the house is substantial anyway I am wondering if it is just a showing off/dick thing to do. Thoughts?

Is there a reason you don’t want people in the house?
Could you not have a room eg kitchen/ conservatory/ dining room that people could go in. Will people have to go inside to use the loo? Or do you have facilities outside? (my parents have a shower room in their garage, as they’ve got guest bedroom and kitcheny bit in the upstairs sort of eves/ roofspace of the garage, and it’s always been a godsend if we are having bbqs or when I would play outside with kids or if little ones would get sleepy while we were all enjoying the rare sunshine!)

Is this soon or in the summer? Having a marquee erected now (assuming you are in the UK ) will probably trash your lawn twice over, first when it is erected, with all those workmen's boots over your lawn, and then when everyone congregates inside it, unless you add flooring. I don't know how much rain you've had, but it has hardly stopped here for weeks.
If it's in the summer, can't you just hope for a dry day so you could be outside anyway?

No reason but there is a lot of space outside too including play areas and a tree house.... and it will be summer so should be a nice day.. but i am thinking of a contingency and if it would be seen as just in your face or seen in a practical sense

Personally I think it's a show off thing for a 6 year olds party, different if it was a special event like a wedding or 18th birthday. Surely it's easier (and cheaper) to hire a hall for a couple of hours if you don't want everyone in the house.

That seems perfectly reasonable to me. Where I come from a lot of people own their own marquees (they can be picked up for very cheaply, less than fifty pounds) and they put them up for barbecues etc. Some people even take them to the beach (but they often blow away). I think that ultimately comes down to the type of marquee you have, some can be extravegant. But a modest marquee us in no way showing off. I don't think that I would even notice particularly.

I would rather have a kids party at my house than having to hire a hall

Good idea. Kids love a tent. It wouldn't occur that me to think someone was showing off if they had a marquee. So what?

We did for DDs 7th birthday in January. We borrowed it from a friend along with lights, heating etc. It was fabulous. Noise and mess outside. Lots of games, music and dancing in the marquee and then party tea.

It’s back to the ‘it’s all relative’ but of another thread. For some people, marquee in a garden for a 6 year old- completely out of reach and would think it way to OTT anyway. For some people, entirely normal.

I don’t see that it’s that different to hiring a hall, which is considered entirely fine. If you have the cash and don’t want your house trashed, go for it.

That’s a really good idea, I’ve used a marquee for my DC birthday party; it guarantees the use of outdoors in case the British weather turns against you! And you can decorate it beautifully too. If people think you’re showing off; I guess they won’t want to come to your DC’s lovely party! More fool them!

Sorry Ducks I didn’t actually answer your Q
No issue with having a marquee - I’m just lazy and tight.
Sounds lovely though!
When are you planning party? And are you in the north or south? (I’m thinking if proper summer you might be able to get away with all outside?)

You could have lovely decorations and balloons etc in marquee too and they’d not blow away!

Seems fine to me. It wouldn’t occur to me to think anything in particular about the host’s motives.

I’ve done this for my DD’s birthdays most years, as pp said, you can decorate them beautifully too.

Thanks all. Really appreciate the feedback. It just seems much easier - and yes I know it’s a nice problem to have