https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:31:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birthday-party-newbie-questions#post-2030880 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:15:38 +0000 irene 2030880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you everyone - this is so helpful!</p> <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: @MamaCate: Oh you know, I kinda need to know if they are coming or not because I need to invite more people, and if I invite more people and end up more than 25 people came, I have to pay out of pocket for them to get into the museum :( But if I don't invite people to take their places and they didn't come, My party would be smaller when I have already paid for admissions for that many headcounts. Ahhh!</p> <p>I did ask the director to forward them the RSVP reminder, but I have not heard back still. Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birthday-party-newbie-questions#post-2029137 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:29:40 +0000 Mae 2029137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. Not sure there is much you can do about non-rsvp'ers... </p> <p>2. I'd order 6 pizzas. Always better to have too much food rather than too little. Especially because you may have more than 25 people show. </p> <p>3. I'd order 3-4 dozen small cupcakes. I think it would look weird to have both big and small, and I think kids should definitely have small. Plus some adults may not want a huge cupcake but would want a small one. Then the people who want more could have 2 or 3 small cupcakes rather than 1 huge one. And 4 dozen small would be the same cost as 2 dozen large. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birthday-party-newbie-questions#post-2029130 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:15:22 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2029130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As for the person that didn't RSVP, I'd assume they're not coming, but have extra food just in case. </p> <p>Sounds like a fun party! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birthday-party-newbie-questions#post-2029129 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:13:41 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2029129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If 1 large pizzas serves 4 adults (2 slices each), then we'll say roughly 3.5 pizzas should cover the adults, plus 1.5 of a pizza should cover the toddlers = 5 pizzas. But I'd buy an extra, just in case. So <b>6 pizzas</b>.</p> <p>As for the cupcakes, I'd buy the small ones. I find that most people prefer bite sized versions, especially at parties. I'd buy at least <b>3 dozen small cupcakes</b>. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birthday-party-newbie-questions#post-2029094 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 08:38:12 +0000 regberadaisy 2029094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you leave a note with your cell in their cubbies? </p> <p>Personally for 6 adults and 3 kids we order a sheet and that's barely enough to get full. So for that many people I would do a minimum of 6 large pies.<br /> What time is the party? That will affect my answer. </p> <p>I would do half mini and half regular cupcakes! I think you can arrange them so they can still look cute. :)</p> <p>ETA lemon lime had a good idea of supplementing with other baked goods! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birthday-party-newbie-questions#post-2029078 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 08:13:38 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2029078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Party crunch time is stressful!</p> <p>1. RSVP- if they haven't contacted you yet and are just your LO's daycare friend/ classmate I would not count them. Invite the your back up people.</p> <p>2. PIZZA- 5 large pizzas at 8 slices in the box will comes out to 1.6 slices a person. Kids will likely just eat one slice, some adults may want 2. Five large pizzas sounds like enough. To economically stretch your dollar can you also bring POP CORN or TRAIL MIX? This way folks that have something to munch on that is not the main party food.</p> <p>3. CUP CAKES- I checked out Camicakes site and the full size look great, I could not find pics of the mini ones. I would get 2.5 dozen of the mini cup cakes, which will definitely cover the number of your expected guests and leave you with a few extra. After a quick Google search of mini cupcake display, whether on a tiered stand or single tray the displays look great. To economically supplement the cupcakes you can always buy a box of Entemann's COOKIES. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birthday-party-newbie-questions#post-2028941 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:51:49 +0000 Greentea 2028941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would get 6 pizzas! I like pizza though :) :goodluck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birthday-party-newbie-questions#post-2028938 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:48:33 +0000 MamaCate 2028938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: Parties can be stressful, huh? Here are my thoughts:<br /> 1. We had a ton of kids from daycare not RSVP. None of them came. Is there a place you can leave a note for them at school? I am not sure the director is allowed to share parent info. We gave out invites through the sign in/out logs so that parents got them, so maybe a follow up note? I think you are safe to assume they are not coming and move on. </p> <p>2. For that many people, I think 5 pizzas sounds about right. Some of the pizza places have online "calculators' for that kind of thing. We had about 10 kids and 15 adults, had I think 4 or 5 pizzas (DH was in charge of this part) plus fruit and veggie trays, and all the pizza was gone. Will you eat leftover pizza? If so, get more than you think you will need. Also, the venue may have ideas since they host parties all the time. </p> <p>3. Will your LO finish a cupcake? Mine will not, so small cupcakes I think would be fine for kids. Then, how many adults are going to eat a cupcake? We did not have a lot of takers. We got 24 cupcakes for our group and had a bunch leftover. If I were you, I would get 24 small cupcakes. The parents might be more likely to eat a baby cupcake?</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/birthday-party-newbie-questions#post-2028924 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:36:09 +0000 irene 2028924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need help!</p> <p>So, our party is at the end of January, with 25 people max (kids and adults included) at a children's museum. Our invites stated "free full day admission for 1 kid + 1 adult". So would be roughly 10-11 kids + their guardian. I have 3 questions for you party experts:</p> <p>1. RSVPs: we are inviting friends from daycare. We have heard back from most people on RSVPs except two. The problem is, I do not have their parents' contact information at all! I have emailed our daycare director and I have asked her to forward my RSVP reminder message out to these two families on Friday, but I still haven't heard back. The thing is, I do need to hear back because if they are not going, I want to send invites to other people! </p> <p>So my question is: What do you do when someone doesn't RSVP, and that you do not have their contact information to check with them?</p> <p>2. How much pizza should we order? For 25 people at first we thought about 5 pizzas, but then today we just came back from a friend's party and they only had 3 medium pizzas and each person got barely 1 tiny slice. We got home and eat instant noodles. But is 5 pizzas too much? How mufh food should we order for approx 25 people? (There is a possibility siblings and spouses may come. Possibility)</p> <p>3. How much cake do we order????? This is making me scratching my head! We are planning to order from this very delicious cupcake place, but their regular cupcakes are gigantic. $35 @ dozen. They do have a mini version, $18 @ dozen, but they are quite small... maybe 2.5 of the minis = 1 regular size cupcake. They would be OK with little 3 year olds though. The regular ones are really too big for small kids. At first I thought about doing just 2 dozens of the regular (around $75-80 total?), but after we got back from a friend's party, their cake, which was shared for the whole room, was probably about a dozen of the big cupcakes. But then you can't ask people to "share" cupcakes! Now I am thinking we should do 1 dozen regular and 1 dozen small ($60 total). But when there is a lot of small cakes it would look weird visually.</p> <p>How much should I order? </p> <p>(This is the place we are going to be ordering from: camicakes.com - in case you are curious to know what they look like)</p> <p>Thanks! </p>