Hi, I am in a complete panic about DD's birthday party next Saturday. . In my head I'd thought we'd go bowling, but then spurred on by the nice weather we'd been having, I thought, woodland/fairy garden type party. The invites are not even out.
DD is going to be 8. Thinking 8 - 10 guests. We live in the country, on the edge of woodland. We're Scotland so it's more than likely to be raining!
Kids are quite outdoorsy, though one has some mobility issues (would struggle with very rough ground or a long yomp).
So, I was thinking, small scavenger/treasure hunt, then planting a fairy garden, then barbecue (not fancy, burgers in buns), then toasting marshmallows.
In my perfectionist head, I was imagining bunting, straw bales to sit on, etc etc but I have 10 days to organise. Am panicking.
If it's raining, girls are hardy enough to do scavenger hunt in the rain, as long as they can come in and dry out. We have big kitchen so I could just about manage planting fairy gardens in there, with a lot of hoovering afterwards. Decent size garage too (but quite full of crap) to barbecue in, if raining.
Do I sack off the scavenger hunt and just do fairy gardens? How do I do them without costing an arm and a leg? I think B&Q have decent value planters, compost, small plants. We've got stones/gravel, but fairy houses on amazon are £££, I think i don't have time to make 8 - 10 houses in clay before.
Gaahhh. What do I do - the least effort for max rustic but festive effect. Pinterest panics me.
Thanks so much for any help you can give! Sorry for novel-length post.