Party ideas for 18 five year olds

[Iamtheoneandonly2018]

Posting for traffic as party is next weekend.
Having party in village hall for 5yr old DD.
Trying to keep costs down so doing everything ourselves. Got 2 friends helping doing music games and pass the parcel. Aside from pinning the tail on the donkey ( am really bad at drawing ) what other ( cheap or free ) games can I do? TIA

Passing balloons between knees
Musical statues
Sleeping lions

Musical mats (same as musical chairs, but somehow safer!).

bubble machine, music and dance competition? stickers for doing well rather than being eliminated.

decorate your own crown? you can cut zig zag in paper and get stickers and pens etc. help stick to the right size when done (good for start of party when people arrive gradually)

Musical bumps?

Corners - took DS to a party last week where they played this and the kids loved it.

When I was younger, a friends mum did a game where she tied some string between two points and hung biscuits from it. You had to eat the biscuit without using your hands - I remember it being fun!

after doing one earlier this year... duck duck goose and lots of it

How many guests? In my experience, a large (10+) group of 5 year old don't respond too well to many party games. They are too hyped and get restless waiting for all the others to be eliminated.
What does go down well: tables of colouring-in (print colouring sheets off internet), decorate cupcakes / biscuits (but a pack of plain cakes or biscuits, have some simple icing and a few bowls of sweets / sprinkles).

One year I did an ice cream station for after the meal (our village hall has a freezer!). Serve a scoop of vanilla ice cream to each child then have a table with sauces and sprinkles for them to make their own sundaes. I bought little wooden ice cream spoons and paper pots on eBay.

Those big 'punch' balloons with rubber bands on the end were a hit too with the kids just tuning round bashing each other with them .

Grandmothers footsteps kept ours busy for ages (or What’s the time Mr Wolf)