Tell me what to give 12 seven year olds to eat on Sat!

[Crotchety]

We are having an organised activity party in the local leisure centre for an hour or so and then they go to another room for the birthday tea. Twelve 7 yr old boys. I've got to take it all there, not make it on the premises. Never done this before so how many sandwiches etc? What would be a good mix of stuff? Don't want to have to clear tons of waste into a bin bag. Bit worried that they'll just rampage around and not eat, but on the other hand don't really want to have to think about any more party games etc...

you could always get some french bread and bring it out when needed and provide lots of fillings so they could make their own. pizzas always go well too

Do individual boxes with a mixture of cocktail sausages, 2 sandwiches, hulahoops/twiglets, fruit/veg, choc roll or fingers etc. Drinks in cartons and cups for water. Take along a few packs of each spare for any particularly peckish ones.

Pizza from takeaway,

Sorry didn't realise in a centre, I took sandwiches, crisps and chunks of cheese etc. MIL was quite happy to stay in the eating area to set out food while i supervised the games in the main hall.

I phoned ahead to see if I could put icecream in the fridge in the staff room. Took tubs of choc buttons sprinkles and sauces to do ice cream factory, ice cream was the block kind from the cash and carry and I used the smallest plastic bowls I could find to stop them getting carried away with toppings ( I put in ice cream).

Thanks for the ideas! All good!

I think I would arrange a pizza delivery.