Hi everyone,
my (30f) 3 yo daughter is turning 4 soon. We've always done a big birthday party since we have a large family. We have a min of 60-70 guests per birthday, and food (since we eat halal) can cost us up to $300. Plus renting a shelter costs $75 to $100.
Also it's so exhausting. I love the chance for my and my husband's family to all see each other though.
This year though I really don't want to do a birthday so I'm taking her and some of her cousins on a ferry to a nearby island and going to a park for a picnic.
Kids ride free on the ferry, and it's a fun 30 min adventure, so I thought the experience would be a blast for them.
What are some easy and frugal picnic foods? She doesn't like cake and is celiac so we're doing ice cream for dessert.
Any gluten free, frugal, and healthy picnic food ideas would be much appreciated!
Frugal Birthday Picnic instead of big party
byu/walkingwillow16 inFrugal
Posted by walkingwillow16
5 Comments
Popcorn!!
Snack plate type thing: cut up fruits and veggies, hard boiled eggs, cheese, popcorn, gf crackers, gf pretzels, deli meat, etc.
One of my favourite party snacks as a kid was jello orange slices. Cut an orange in half, squeeze out the juice and use it to mix in to jello powder. Scoop all the mushy parts out of the orange skin and fill it up with the liquid jelly and allow it to set before slicing it up.
Also, cubed cheese and sliced up hot dogs on toothpicks always made me feel fancy af, if you have a good brand of gf sausages.
Fruit or string cheese
Fun fruit kabobs.