Party for 7 year olds

[KarenM262]

I am organising a party for my son who will be 7, I think about 25 kids we have a bouncy slide (my son's request) and a hall and we are going to do a few games. Do you think I should hire a bouncy castle as well? My son will happily go on the slide but I understand that not all will or shall I just get some craft bits and have a craft table set up? I am thinking for ease I am just going to order them all pizza and maybe some snacks but how many pizzas do you think I would need? Would you think a couple of slices each? They'll be mainly 6/7 years olds. Thank you X

Well, I think the pizza will end up costing a fortune. I'd say a 12" between 3 so 9ish pizzas?
Are you planning on offering a slice to parents if they stay at the party?
What about the ones who don't like pizza?
More work involved but I'd be looking at a buffet.

I think a bouncy castle with that many children is a must as they can't all hog the slide.

A craft table is a good idea although I can imagine there will only be a few who would use it.

I had my DDs 7th birthday party in a hall on Sunday. We had a DJ and a load of balloons (helium and normal). The kids had a whale of a time. We did a few games but to be honest I don't think they were needed.

What food did you do? X

Sandwiches (jam/cheese/ham)
Chicken nuggets
Pizza
Cocktail sausages
Sausage rolls
Biscuits (choc fingers/party rings/Jammy dodgers)
We also made up a couple of jugs of squash.
We were going to do veg sticks but they never ever get eaten! It seemed to go down well!