My son is four years old now and we’re having his birthday party today. I am getting pretty good at planning parties now. I keep a list of things I will need for a typical party, and then I add to the list any additional items that might be needed. We’re having brisket sandwiches from a local barbecue place, and I am making homemade potato salad and baked beans to go along with it.
The great thing about the potato salad and baked beans is that the ingredients are relatively inexpensive, but will feed a lot of people. I didn’t think about this fact until I was preparing the potato salad and thinking about the price of the ingredients. I used potatoes, eggs, mayonnaise, sour cream, butter, mustard, relish, salt, and pepper. The price for about ten cups of potato salad cost me well under $5.00 to make and would have cost considerably more if I had purchased this pre-made at the store or from the barbecue place. It was really easy to make, and can be made the day before which was a plus for me since I’ll be doing other things before the party.
The rest of the party is simple, cake and ice cream. I made the cake the day before so that it would be ready and my daughters decorated it for me. They were able to free hand decorate with colored sugar, which we colored with food dye. I have gift bags for all the kids and filled it with things that I’ve purchased either free or next to nothing throughout the year.