To serve bread and butter sandwiches at a children’s party

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To clarify right away, it’s not just bread and butter. My DD is about to turn 4, and isn’t a fan of sandwiches. If we’re eating a cold lunch at home she’ll generally have bread and butter and then cold chicken/salad on the side. She doesn’t eat cheese/ham/tuna/any sandwich filling you might reasonably expect!

For her party I’m doing ham sandwiches, cheese sandwiches and cold pizza but she won’t eat those so am I going to look a bit odd having bread and butter sandwiches as well?! There will also be cucumber/carrot sticks, breadsticks, hummus, crisps etc but would you be wondering where on Earth the filling is if you had b&b on the platter too?! Her preference would be dry bread so trying to do a step up from that!

I’m planning to label them so no one bites in expecting a nice cheese one!

Then it’s a butter sandwich, isn’t it. If it was a bread and butter sandwich it would be bread and butter between two slices of bread

I was going to suggest Fairy Bread too. A classic must have at any children’s party in Australia, my kids love it.

We still do these. Classic Aussie recipe

I think everyone did back then, I think they’re great still for parties

That's assuming every child likes pizza - my DS doesn't, my DD doesn't like cheese & has friends who have dairy allergies or are vegan so pizza isn't the catch-all suits everyone food.

Sounds fine to me; perfect party food to be ignored in favour of multiple sweaty handfuls of iced gems and pilfered second helpings of party rings.

I'd just do buttered bread cut into triangles so it's obvious they aren't sandwiches

Same! A lot of kids won't eat the sandwiches either if there is more exciting food on offer so no need to overthink it

How many 3/4 year olds children can read the labels?

Most will just eat the pizza. You may find a lot of carrots and hummus left over.

When we first went to visit our relatives in Australia with our kids (7 and 8), the girls couldn't believe their eyes when they were offered fairy bread! It was clearly the most decadent thing in the world to them!😂

I chucked some Maryland cookies in because they were on offer, expecting no one to eat them and the kids were fighting over them!

Bugger. I've never heard of Fairy Sandwiches but my DD is 14.

Do you think she'll look at me weirdly if I serve these for tea tonight.

I'd love a Fairy Sandwich.

Yes! And tomato ketchup sandwiches!

Just do a basket of bread, surely that’s standard and won’t look odd at all? I’ve not been to a buffet where there isn’t a basket of bread?!

@MarshaBradyo Oh that makes sense! Aussie by birth, though we were in Scotland by the time I remember fairy bread at parties.

Pizza, sticks of carrot and cucumber, crisps and cake will be fine.

Loads of children don't eat pizza.

I honestly wouldnt have noticed but my DS who has always eaten well might have eaten her bread and butter as well as the sandwiches! I used to feed him before a party but oh my when there was party food ...

Maybe label it so it is kept for her?

I actually love the bread basket before a meal and slather it in butter 😆 nothing wrong with bread and butter - one of life’s simple pleasures

I've often said that I could exist for quite some time on French bread, good butter, and red wine. I love it.

I was once punished as a child by only being able to have bread and butter for my tea, while everyone else had a full, very nice meal. I enjoyed that bread and butter so much, and sat their smugly, knowing that what my mum had considered punishment was actually lovely!

My kids would have loved that at that age 😄

I'd just have some dry bread available if that's what she prefers, there will be other children who don't like butter so you could always put some ham etc at the side

Butter the bread, leave the fillings separate, like a pic'n'mix. The kids will enjoy making up their own sandwiches. (Obviously, only if there are other adults to help!)

Pizza not eaten here either!
4 year olds making their own sandwiches at a party. What could possibly go wrong with that? 😄

My 4yr old loves a butter sandwich too!
Though she’s happy to pick cheese out so I did cheese sandwiches for her birthday party.

Just do a few slices of bread and butter on a plate cut into triangles and she can make her own sandwiches from that. Then it won’t look weird.

Just do your daughter a separate plate of food she eats. X

Mine hated sandwiches at that age - I have no idea why. They are, and were, a very good eater. So perhaps more nibbly bits!