Need Help with Menu for 1 Year Old Birthday Party

I just had a huge bday party for my 4 and 2 year old it ended up at our house cause of rain. anyways i just ordered pizzas(not to messy) cake and some chips. since you have mostly adults in Dec you could make a big pot of chilli with small corn muffins and set up all the fixings so they can help themselves. set up a cooler with drinks and buy the small water bottles for kids(i skip the juice boxes they are messy and kids dont care if they dont have a choice)this menu should keep you free to have fun and get heavy duty plastic stuff so there wont be a huge clean up.Get balloons and a cute cake and your set.

i think sloppy joes are good with maybe pasta or potato salad.have maybe some taco dip or chips around too.

For my son's first birthday we had about 10 people (not as many as you), mostly adults, and I made lasagna. It was easy to make ahead, put in the oven and my son loves pasta so it worked great for him too. You could easily make 2 the day before and then bake them for the party.

All you need to go with it is salad and bread, which are also easy to get ahead or make ahead if you are a baker :)

J.

There is a guy in Mineral Point who does fantastic barbeque pork for like $3/pound. We used him for my son's first birthday and then again for my daughter's baptism when we had a house full of people.

This is something my family loves. chicken ceasar pasta salad. Just cook some chicken breast and pasta and add some ceasar dressing and mix in some romaine and croutons before you serve. We keep a little pasta and chicken seperate for the really picky eaters. It is easy and every one loves it.

We have done tacos the last couple of bday parties for my kids the parents love it and so do the kids. I make the meat and put it in the crockpot and then you just need lettuce which you can buy shredded already, cheese, tomatoes and then I usually buy soft and hard shells and then just some doritoes and tortilla chips. Its easy and people love it the kids can have tacos if they like them or my kids usually just it the cheese and the shells together. The last party we just had we had over 40 family and friends it was for a bdayparty and house warming party since we just moved it was great.

hi, i have three kids and i usually go with the simple sloppy joes. you get 10lbs of hamburger 2 bottles of ketchup and 1 1/2 bottles of sweet baby rays bbq sauce, then brown the hanburger and mix it all together. then just get some chips and dip, maybe some cheese and crackers and your set. don't forget the b-day cake

Order Pizza, Pick up Kentucky Fried Chicken, Make Spaghetti, Make Lasagna, Grill burgers.....Whenever I have little one's over at our house I stock up on juice boxes also they're easy, cheap and usually don't make messes.

Usually every year on my daughter's birthday we grill burgers but her birthday is also in August. But it's inexspensive, and usually a crowd pleaser.

Do hotdogs for the kids and chili or BBQ's for the adults. I would cataer it more for the adults since you have far more adults and only a couple of children.

This might not be your thing, but doing a simple Sloppy Joes, baked beans, and potato chips thing always seems like a crowd favorite. It is really simple, inexpensive, and pretty good. I hope this helps.

we do the same for my son's birthday for a party. and i always make sloppy joes. it goes far, easy to make and kids love them too. and for the kids to you could do a fruit plate to go with the sloppy joes!!

Congrats on making it a whole year!!! It can be tough!! For my sons 1st birthday party, we also bought a deli sampler with meats and cheeses. I made some warm cheese dip in the small crock pot and potato salad. THey biggest hit with the kids and adults were fruit kabobs that I made..I put a piece of stawberry, kiwi 1 red grape and a cheese cube on wooden skewers. I set vanilla yogurt out for dipping as well. I didn't have enough by the end of the day!!!
Have a great time!!!

For my sons first birthday, we had the same problem. It was cold out, but not snowy, so my mom went out alone and grilled hot dogs and hamburgers. She just went out to put them on, then came back in until they needed to be moved around. It realy wasn't bad grilling, you had the heat of the grill to keep you warm. It was pretty easy to serve to the toddlers, but did have to be cut up first. I had rented a party room at my friends apartment, and had around 30 adults, and 2 kids (my cousins daughter is the same age as my son), so we had lots of people to feed too. I also put out some veggies and dip, some chips and dip, and my mom offered to bring salads for me. It worked out well, and was really easy. Good luck with the party!

J.

For my son's 1st B-Day I had about 15 people aver and I made lasagne and masticolli. I found a great crock-pot lasagne recipe. All I had to do was brown the meat then assemble in the crock-pot. The masticolli took a little more work (plus I made a Blue's Clues cake)...but it seemed to work good feeding everyone.

I've been through this 3 times before I would just make age appropriate you could do hotdogs, pork and beans, chips,or something like that.Good luck with the party and God Bless A..

We have a large family and so we have done a "buffet" for my daughter's Birthdays. Pizza breads, veggie pizza, dips, chips, mini hot-dogs, shrimp, taco salad; and whatever anyone offers to bring. Everything go's out on the table at once and everyone serves themselves throughout the afternoon / evening.

My son just turned a year and for his party we did sloppy joe. We just fed him the meat so there wouldn't be a huge mess. Throw in some chips, pretzels, and for my 3 year old's birthday we had root beer floats :) If some one was brave enough to man the grill yes that is also a wonderful idea.

I don't know if anyone suggested spaghetti but I think it works well - you can offer sauce with or without meat and it is easy to make in large quantities. (I buy Byerly's spaghetti sauce and keep it warm in the crock pot and I don't always admit it's not my own recipe!) Add a couple of loaves of bread and a salad. Plus it makes for some fun photos!