Party for 4 year olds

[GlumyGloomer]

On Thursday dd is having her first ever birthday party. She's got 5 little friends coming (plus an indeterminate number of siblings), and the concept is Princess picnic in the garden. It's all a bit spontaneous and on a budget, so no bouncy castle etc.
How many games do I need for a 2 hour party? I've got crown making, pass the parcel, and obviously musical chairs/statues is easy. What else though? Not only have I never hosted a kids party but I've only been to 2 before (as an adult, I don't remember parties from when I was 4).

Two hours is a long time! Most organised parties have an hour of play, followed by 30 mins of food, blow out the candles and then party bags and hone time.

It if sunny I think I would do crown making on arrival (10 mins) playing until the garden (30 mins) party games (15 mins) party food, jelly and ice cream and then party bags for home time.

I did similar for my eldests 4th birthday, we had a princess visit who sang with them and played games, we also got one of those big cardboard castles which they decorated with felt tips, stickers etc then played in. We did like a catwalk up and down the hall to show off their princess dresses too saying like introducing princess rapunzel blah blah blah they loved that. Oh and a bubble disco at the end of the games - literally just princess songs playing and two bubble machines on the go. Hope your DD has fun

DDs 4th birthday party was in a hall with a bouncy castle so a bit different but there were no planned activities at all and they very happily entertained themselves running round, dancing to the music we put on and bouncing, they had to be dragged away at the end.

We've since done similar parties, including a garden party for DD and 5 friends this year for her 7th and didn't plan any activities for any of them. This year we put out bubbles, chalks, balloons, some balls and other little garden toys and just let them go for it.

We always do some kind of party food, usually sandwiches, biscuits, fruit and veg but they're never that interested in the food, they just sit still long enough to snarf some sugar then run away. This year we did cheese n tomato pizza followed by ice cream which they could put their own toppings on. That went down well.

At four I'd limit the organised activities and just let them play tbh.

Thanks for the replies, I've worked out a time plan and I'm feeling a bit more confident now.

Give them all a pot of bubbles when they arrive and let them play by themselves for a short while when everyone is arriving. 2 hours is like an eternity for a 4 year olds party!

We are having a party next week and my son asked for limbo as he loves that and it always goes down well at parties we've been to.
Also going to do the conga round before food to kill some time.
Pass the parcel, musical statues and penalty shoot out is also on the itinerary.