DD has her 4th birthday party next week - what to feed them?

[McDreamy]

I have 22 children coming. I will need to transport the food a small distance. What fool proof recipes and foods do you suggest?

I did food boxes for DD's 4th birthday and they were really easy to transport. I put in a sandwich, crisps, some veg sticks, some grapes, a shortbread mini man biscuit, a drink, etc.

Make it simple. Depends really if you are wanting to do 100% nutritious or will bend the rules cos its a party. I'd suggest sandwiches wrapped in cling film, ready cooked sausages, pieces of cucumber, cherry tomatoes, carrot sticks, crisps/hula hoops (but nothing a glowing orange colour). Sweet stuff - little buns (tesco do ready made cheap ones if you can't be bothered - could always ice them to make them look homemade!), chocolate animal biscuits and my DS2 always insists on having pink wafers! M and S also do some nice little plain animal biscuits. Wouldn't bother with jelly or ice cream - too messy! Squirty yoghurts are always popular tho.

Thanks for your suggestions forgot to add that I am in Cyprus so M&S and Tescos stuff not available but some good suggestions.

If you can be bothered individual gingerbread men with children's name iced on are always appreciated.

Agree with Hulababy, food boxes are a great idea. Have got those for DS1 and DS2's parties. Anything to make things easier - 3 children all with birthdays in a 3 week period

Organising a party with no M and S .

lol and at the number of birthdays in one week - good luck

OK, at DD1's birthday party tomorrow they are all getting (boxed up and taken over):

a jam sandwich
a cream cheese sandwich
a babybel cheese
a packet of hula hoops
a drink of juice
a few cherry tomatoes
a chocolate crispy cake.

Obviously they'll just eat the crispy cake and the hula hoops, and will throw the tomatoes at each other, but I've tried.

would second (third?!) lunch boxes
have used them a few times for birthday