please help a snivelling wreck

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have horrid cold

tomorrow must get up and go shopping for party for 2 year old

is informal tea type thing

cannot make list; am too ill. Have no inspiration. Nose sore from blowing

please post easy peasy party tea suggestions for four 2 year olds and two six year olds

also any ideas what we can do? was just going to blow up balloons in the playroom and ignore them. with this Do? low maintenance is where I'm at right now

thanks in advance

meant 'will this Do'.

can't type for blowing

Can you do a Tesco online shop and have it delivered tomorrow? Or Ocado? They may have slots left.

Do traditional party food - sandwiches (I usually do ham, cheese, egg mayo - which you can buy ready made); little sausage rolls, cocktail sausages, crisps, grapes, chunks of cucumber, cherry tomatoes, cheese. Maybe a couple of cheese and toamto pizzas cut into thin wedges.

Buy a ready made cake - and some Jaffa cakes and Cadbury's Mini Rolls.

You can blow up balloons and chuck them in the playroom and ignore them - but I predict tears in less than 10 minutes . Two year olds are a bit little for party games - but with enough supervision you can do pass the parcel, musical statues etc. My top tip for parties is to have a sheet of smiley face stickers and stick them on children who are 'out' as a 'prize' for not kicking up a fuss when they lose

Good luck...

Ready-made cake
Ready made pizza, crisps, crudites and dips etc
Tangerines, grapes
Something fancy to get their attention, eg buy meringue nests, fill with custard, make fruit faces (they can do it)

If you don't mind spending the money, a kids' party CD or DVD? Twister?

Instant treasure hunt - buy bag of wrapped choclates, count them, throw them all over the room, they have to find them all before they can eat any.

2 year olds can't play party games - so ignoring them in the playroom sounds good to me! One thing they can do is jump - so if you have any bubblewrap you could play the race to squash all the bubbles game - the 6 yr olds could be team leaders of 2 teams. Could do dancing, and maybe musical bumps - no effort required there.

For party tea - how about pizza (less effort than sandwiches) cherry tomatoes, carrot batons and cucumber sticks, cubes of cheese, a few crisps. Then grapes, apple, banana pieces, icecream and chocolate fingers/small bought cakes. Remember a bottle of wine or 2 for the parents, and some nice biscuits or crisps too!

hope you feel better soon!

(and I just entered that tip to try and win the Wii - so no pinching it )

wow about the bubble wrap

have my shopping list all sorted now - you're all so good

wish you could come

thanks, thanks, thanks