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Helping to make your parties more sustainable by hiring all the tableware, decorations and games you need in Frome, Somerset.

24/10/2025

THE BEST PARTY HACK EVER
This is without doubt, the best most useful party hack I've ever used. Founder of Party Kit Network, Isobel put me on to this. Labelling all the cups so that the kids know which is theres. So simple, but so effective. It does require a bit of prior planning but it doesn't take too long (and enhanced if you take the opportunity to watch your favourite programme or listen to an audiobook) and means you're not having to wash up cups during the party because kids can only remember that theirs was blue but not where they've put it.
Simply, use masking tape (this doesn't leave a residue) and a pen. Take it with you in case you've missed anyone so you can make it up on the fly.

22/10/2025

This year, we signed The Kids Party Pact with , a promise to throw parties that are less wasteful, more meaningful.
This party was hands down, the best yet. Here’s what we did (and why I’m never going back).

💰 It was a “Pocket Money Party.”
Convincing my daughter to skip presents wasn’t easy… until I explained she’d get to pool all the cash from friends and buy something she really wanted, something that would last, not just 30 bits of well-meant clutter. It also saved other parents the stress of shopping, wrapping, and guessing what she might like. Total win-win.

📱 Digital invites only.
I made them on Canva and sent them via WhatsApp. Zero paper, instant RSVPs, and I could easily message everyone the day before to remind them about road closures and parking.

🎭 Entertainment outsourced
We hired the brilliant at their Awesome Studio in Frome. They filled the room with toys, dens, storytelling, and games, ending with disco dance-off. I asked them not to use balloons, which they happily respected. The result? Non-stop fun without the plastic.

🚸 Drop-off only.
32 kids, no parents. I adore a good chat, but let’s be honest, it’s hard to host and socialise when the decibel level rivals Glastonbury. Fewer grown-ups meant less food waste, less stress, and much more space for dancing.

🎂 Party bags — reimagined.
I’ve sold sustainable party bag fillers before, but even “eco” stuff still adds up to more stuff. This year, we swapped bags for a slice of cake and a mini paper activity book — small, useful, recyclable.

🍽️ Frome Eco Party Kit for the win.
Reusable plates and cups meant our total waste amounted to a single small bag — mainly kebab sticks (burned later in the log burner) and food wrappers (straight into our recycling).

The best part? My daughter was so proud of her “Pocket Money Party.” Her friends were generous, she got to thoughtfully choose a few long-lasting treasures, and she’s played with them every day since.

We’ve had so many parents message to say they loved the idea and plan to do it too because once you see how easy and joyful a “no crap” party can be, it just makes sense.

20/10/2025

FANCY DRESS WANTED
It's time for us to refresh our fancy dress suitcases, so if you are having a clear out of costumes, get in touch and we can give them another life.

23/09/2025

I've been very quiet haven't I? Frome Eco Party Kit is still going strong, life has just got in the way of posting. Luckily, I've got some amazing customers who have been booking in as usual (Sept and Oct have been particularly busy).
For those who haven't yet come across us, we provide a one-box solution for kids parties (and adult ones) that has all the plates, cups, serving platters and bowls and jugs that you need for a party so that you don't have to have black bags full of single-use versions. Plus, its cheaper than disposable ones too!

For every kit booked, £1 is donated to a local school PTA, they save a minimum of 57 single use versions from going to landfill and supports a female-owned, local company....yey!

To book, head to my website www.fromeecoparty.com

30/06/2025

19th and 20th July is a busy party weekend apparently, all our fancy dress suitcases are booked out!
If you've got a party coming up, get your booking in at the same time as you book your hall or venue to avoid disappointment.

Only a £5 deposit to book.

www.fromeecoparty.com

17/06/2025

Let’s face it, while gift-giving can be heart-warming and wholesome, kids' parties are often where it all unravels. As the grown-up of a small party guest, you're suddenly faced with the challenge of choosing a present for a child you’ve never met, in a panic-buy dash between work and dinner. Cue: overspending, second-guessing, and the inevitable question, “Do they even like dinosaurs?”

Not everyone can afford to buy a gift for every invite. And honestly, no child should miss out on jelly and bouncy castles because a grown-up’s bank balance says no.

Then there’s the environmental kicker, every gift, whether loved or left to gather dust, has a footprint: made, packaged, posted, and possibly forgotten.

I reckon it’s time we gave kids’ parties a much-needed glow-up. The pressure to gift has become a weird unspoken rule, and it’s time to break it, for our sanity, our wallets, and the planet.

This year, my daughter has asked for a party, her first for 4 years. I explained that we can but it will be a 'Pocket Money Party'. Instead of gifts, if people do still wish to give something they can add some money to a card or into a piggy bank we will have on the table. That way she can put the money toward an item she's had her eye on or an experience she would like to do, instead of receiving duplicates she already has or things she isn't really in to. We also will then steer her to buying any toys second-hand with the money.

What are your thoughts on this?

If you're up for it, feel free to check out .crap.parties Kids Party Pact for more helpful tips.

14/06/2025

Happy birthday to all those celebrating this weekend!

12/06/2025

I always recommend having a few activities for those children that don't want to get involved in group games or with an entertainer and our most popular is our Duplo kits. For £5 you get three boxes of Duplo, several base plates and soft jigsaw matting.
Its such a simple asset to set up but can be super effective.

10/06/2025

27,300
That is the number of single-use party items we have collectively prevented from being sent to landfill in the 6 years that Frome Eco Party Kit has been running.

That is huge! Thank you all so much for your support and eagerness to change the script on how we run our children's parties. It really is helping the planet.

08/06/2025

Well, that's up to you! A standard hire requires you do wash up and dry, or for £5 you can get me to do it. So all you'd have to do is scrape the food off the tableware, shove it back in the box and then drop back so you can go and have a cuppa (or glass of something) whilst you're little one opens their gifts.

www.fromeecoparty.com

06/06/2025

Of all the birthday parties you've organised or had when you were small, what was your favourite and why?

I have two, my 5th was a fancy dress party with fish and chips for the meal.
And when I was 8 I had a sleepover and my mum did a treasure hunt around the house which ended in us finding tickets to go to a local cinema in our PJ's!

04/06/2025

Talking to parents, the biggest barrier for them from hiring an Eco Party Kit is that they have decided on a theme so wanted to get plates and cups that have the pictures of their child's favourite characters etc.
I get this, but in all honesty, none of us adults talk about our birthday parties from when we were a kid and talk about how great it was to have Sooty and Sweep pictures on their plates. We talk about the entertainment, the cake and maybe a few stand-out presents but really they remember how they felt during their celebration.

Our kits come in two colours which go with most children's characters/themes. If you did want to theme the table at all, character napkins or printed pictures on stands would do the job just as well.

Plus, it will absolutely cost you less money than buying the character ones.
You'll see from the second picture there is a set currently being sold on a well known online retailer for £14.99 but for that you get:
20 plates but only 10 cups (not sure why only half the cups!)
20 napkins
1 disposable tablecloth (20 children will definitely use more than one table)

So, you're not getting the full amount you need per child (based on 20 guests) so you'd need to buy 2 lots. So that's £30 before you've even got jug and platters to actually serve the food.

Our kits for 20 guests are £10 including:
20 plates
20 cups
2 jugs
4 platters
10 snack bowls as well as the plates and cups.
1 birthday bunting

Within that price, £1 is also donated to a local school PTA and you are supporting a local family run business than that Jeff bloke.

If you've never hired from us, let us know in the comments what would encourage you to do so.

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http://www.fromeecoparty.com/

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