Before we get started, I’d like to point out that I don’t consider myself to be a lazy mum. More like an exhausted mum who hasn’t been well lately, but I couldn’t fit all of that into the title, so feel free to replace the word LAZY with whatever word best describes your current situation as a mum.
Busy, exhausted, unwell, overwhelmed, hung over are all excellent examples of words you might like to use instead of lazy.
A Lazy Mum’s Guide To Birthday Parties
1. The Invitations
It is perfectly acceptable to send the invitations to the parents via text message.
Not only does it save time faffing around with buying or making invitations but you’re also doing your bit for the environment by not using any paper, which, if you start eating kale, almost makes you a borderline environmentalist.
You are not a lazy mum. You are a time-saving greenie mum!
2. The Decorations
The lazy mum likes to keep the decorations simple but colourful. That way the guests are tricked into thinking there are lots of cool things happening, when really, all you’ve done is raced through the party section of Kmart, grabbed a few packets of $2 pom poms and thrown them on the table along with a few jars of lollies!
FYI: pom poms are not the lazy mum’s friend. Putting them together is a form of combined origami/macrame torture, designed solely to give the lazy mum a migraine with a Tourette’s syndrome chaser. Do not, under any circumstances, think you can beat the pom-pom. You can not. The pom-pom will win every time. Please somebody, pass the wine.
3. The Cake
You might think a lazy mum would order a cake, but that would require having to pick the cake up.
No, a true lazy mum gets someone else to make the cake! In this case, it was Guns and he used this recipe: Delicious Chocolate Cake Recipe
Sophie and Guns then iced the cake and I decorated it.
Obviously I went in hard with the sugar because everybody knows a lazy mum loves nothing more than a sugar high!
You’ll note than in true lazy mum style, the cake was big on impact and low on effort.
The lollies were randomly stuck onto the top of the cake and the two massive lollipops gave things a bit of a wow factor without even trying.
Oversized candles added to the drama of it all and the birthday girl and her guests were suitably impressed with this lazy mum’s cake making efforts.
4. The Games
The lazy mum endorses old school games that keeps the kids entertained for as long as possible.
Think colouring in sticker sheets (purchased from Kmart), pass the parcel (with only one winner!) and the chocolate game (kids sit in a circle and take turns to throw a dice. When a six is thrown, that child races over to a dress up box and puts on whatever is in there as quickly as possible. They then sit down to a block of chocolate and cut it with a knife and fork. They can eat as much as possible before another six is thrown. The girls LOVED this game!)
5. The Party Favours
Just because you’re a lazy mum, doesn’t mean you’re a rude mum. Sending the party guests home with a little something that says ‘thanks for coming’ is a polite gesture and one that is easy to do.
Mason Jars that cost $1.50 are a good option because the mums can fill them with vodka later the kids can use them for milkshakes etc at home and you can fill them up with all sorts of goodies that won’t cost a fortune.
If you can be bothered clicking on the link, you’ll find more info about the party favours I put together for Sophie’s party right here.
And there we have it! A lazy mum’s guide to birthday parties. Got any other tips you’d like to add?
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