4 yr olds party

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Hi ladies
It's ds's 4th birthday next month. What did you do? Party at home? Soft play area? Hired church hall? What went well? What went badly? Any advice appreciated as I am starting to stress about it.
Thanks

We went to a local petting farm where they had a separate room where I provided the tea after they had played (in tractor shaped boxes - bridge roll, bag of cheddars, satsuma, petit filous). Obviously we supervised handwashing after touching animals and before eating!

Ds 4th I hired a tiny town type place (where they pretend to be different things: supermarket, postman, chef etc) and then got Jessie and buzz from toy story to turn up with the cake.

I chucked money st the problem so I didn't have to stress basically! Other parties have been in church halls with disco / magician man and they have gone down really well.

DS is 4 in two weeks, I am doing the same as last year, soft play at the garden centre, turn up, let kids loose, get fed and they clean up after. I will make a cake though. If we had a garden I would consider doing something at home but we have a postage stamp and can fit DS and a sand pit in it so that's not happening.

Soft play. Paid a fee to walk in and walk out 2 hours later. No hassle.

Thank you ladies :)

Make sure everyone knows not to drop child and run off for two hours as happened to me yesterday. 4 yr old left by parent despite having ever met me before and child doesn't know me. I had to insist on a contact number and check about allergies etc but he couldn't be persuaded to stay. Luckily child didn't need the toilet as that would have involved being accompanied by a total stranger.

Oh and he was late B's only arrived when I rang and said his child was anxious they weren't there

Typo's galore!