We only had it at home and our house is tiny so it was rammed, with just 8 kids and their parents. We had to be mean and have a no grandparent rule, as they would have had to have sat in the bathroom for lack of any more space!
We kept it simple. I bought the plates and cups etc, with all the Charlie and Lola motif on and then made a few bits to go with it.
I made her party invitation by adapting the front cover of a Charlie and Lola book. I made extras to put together into bunting along side jammy dodgers and party rings.
We made a giant table to sit the kids around and I made felt crowns for each child to wear.
Felt crowns
I'm not a fan of junk food, so I tried to keep it all as healthy and tasty as possible.
I made Lola's favourite drink, pink milk using milk wizzed up strawberries and a tiny bit of sugar to taste.
The kids and grownups lapped it up, much better than any fizzy drinks or squash, that my daughter doesn't like anyway.
I made a load of pizzas and cut them out with a star cutter, got pom bear crisps and crudites, I made biscuits using whizzed strawberries and icing sugar frosting, which tasted amazing.
The party food
Strawberry biscuits with Charlie and Lola rice paper pictures stuck ontop.
Home made jelly.
I don't like all of the e numbers that goes into packet jelly and making your own is so easy. Here I used a new, sand free sandcastle bucket and made jelly with fruit juice and gelatin Surprisingly the adults ate way more of this than the kids! I should have added more gelatin as one of the turrets fell off just after taking this shot!
The birthday girl munching away.
Cool, party-going dude in his cowboy shirt!
Rice crispie squares, simple and scrummy, with edible stars thrown on top!
Party bags made out of brown paper with a home made colouring book attached.
Inside was a celophane-covered home made strawberry biscuit, a felt wand, pencil crayons, bubbles and balloons.
The party table.
