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Fairybread, lolly bags, tears and hysteria

by Richard Marles

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Filed under: Birthday, Children, Parenting, Parties, Society

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A four year old kid’s party is the organisational equivalent of climbing Everest.

Argghhhhhh!

There are issues such as the theme, the venue and the cake. For the invitation alone thought must be given to colour, graphic, envelope size and font. And who to send the invitation to?

Organising D-Day could hardly have been more difficult.

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Diana says:

07:03pm | 01/08/11

“But the problem is that much of birthdays is about letting your beloved child know that this is particularly his special day. And with games comes the certainty that your child will not win many or any of them, denying him his birthday entitlement. I well remember attending one party… Read more »
Celia says:

12:38pm | 01/08/11

SImple is magic! Our most fun birthday party was paper mache-ing a heap of balloons, popping lollies inside and painting them speckled like dino eggs. We had the party in the bush, and the parents took their children into the scrub to get big sticks to build a dinosaur nest.… Read more »

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