| UK children's' parties aren't what they used to be.
Not too long ago boys wore their best smart short trousers
and bow tie (not to get confused with a Chippendale's
Party). Girls wore frilly party dresses and bonnet.
Mum's laboured over sandwiches, fairy cakes, jelly,
trifle and something called blancmange. Nostalgia just
isn't what it used to be either!
We're more relaxed now, if someone wants to come
as Spiderman, great! (Dad's will try anything to get
in). It isn't unusual for someone to pop into the
local burger restaurant and pick up Kids Meals and
drinks for £1.99 including a free toy.
The important thing now is the theme. Let's say you're
having a Girl's Christening and choose pink. Have
you ever tried to co-ordinate a pink theme …
how many shades of pink are there? It's a nightmare!
I've got two girls, Lucy 10, and Molly 8. We've been
through all the fads and now we are debating over;
Fairy Princess Party, Flitterbyes, a Fluttering Butterflies
Party, Glamour Girl Party, Rock Star Party, Scooby
Doo Bones Party, Twinkle Toes Ballet Party or and
Under Sea Party which could easily end up as a Finding
Nemo Party.
Boy's might have been that much easier; Spiderman
2 Party, a Pirate Skull & Crossbones Party, Power
Rangers Ninja or Football theme party.
Until I discovered buying party supplies online,
I would have nightmares wondering where on earth I'd
buy Rock Star Party supplies. We're not talking about
shredded foil for wigs, no not that simple, we're
looking for Rock Star Party Invitations, Rock Star
Party Hats, Rock Star Party Napkins, Rock Star Party
Cups, and Rock Star Party Plates. That covers the
bare bones, now we want to decorate the room with
Rock Star Party Banners, one of those nice Rock Star
Party Blowouts and a nice Rock Star Party Centrepiece.
If you are new to kids parties, you learn that we
party throwers now give a gift bag to each guest,
so add Rock Star Party Bags onto the list. What will
we put in them? It's a good idea to stick with your
online one stop party supplies shop and get all themed
stuff because when it arrives you can decide what
to use as part of the them and what put in the Rock
Star Party Bag, in the Rock Star Party range, there's
headsets, microphones, sunglasses, jewellery and even
sunglasses…all rock stars have to have sunglasses.
Finally there are the 'Thank You' cards. The good
thing with having this kind of party is that you can
make it into a junior 'Stars in their eyes' theme.
Believe it or not, all this can be bought online,
delivered all in one go and you don't have to slog
around town from shop to shop. The same or similar
products can be bought for Fairy Princess Party, Flitterbyes,
a Fluttering Butterflies Party, Glamour Girl Party,
Scooby Doo Bones Party, Twinkle Toes Ballet Party
or and Under Sea Party which could easily end up as
a Finding Nemo Party, Spiderman 2 Party, a Pirate
Skull & Crossbones Party, Power Rangers Ninja
or Football theme party.
I'll give you my logic in buying party goods online,
apart from convenience; you can save a small fortune
because there's excellent cost control by not shopping
with the party host. " I want this, I want that"
… nope, just you and your mouse!
I would suggest you order well in advance, not just
because the job is done quicker but if your online
party goods supplier is out of stock on a certain
item, it gives them chance to order new stock. We
don't want to upset the host or indeed be forced into
a wrong replacement.
Theme parties can save money because you create a
self-entertaining environment, rather than forking
out for an expensive entertainer. Anyway, we never
had entertainers in our day! How come everyone always
won something at Pass The Parcel?
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