how does this sound for a 3 year old b day party

I really don't understand what you mean by motorcycle and custom car club. Are you inviting people from those places or are you going to those places?

If you're inviting people from these clubs and you're having 49ish people round that doesn't sound like a party for a three year old to me.
 

Can you explain a bit more what you mean. What does Motorcycle Club 16 mean? That's how many you're inviting from there, or you are taking 16 kids there? And then 'plus 25-30 guests'. Sorry, I know you said you're foggy today but so am I 

I also do not know what you mean by the motorcycle club and car club.

If the guest list is more than family I'd cut it to just family. A 3 year old is not going to remember this. I'd also not serve food/meal. Cake and beverages (coffee for adults, milk and juice for kids) sing happy birthday and be done with it.

Save the themed parties and destination parties with guests beyond families for the years he is old enough to remember the party.

I think the pain meds got the better part of your post.

If this means you're somehow going to include a car/motorcycle club in the party then I would say bad idea. Three year olds want to touch and explore. People with show cars generally don't appreciate lots of hands on their cars. It sounds like this is something you would enjoy more than a 3 yo.

I hope you come back after your pain meds wear off cuz this makes absolutely no sense. And I love themed birthday parties even if they're just small family affairs but I'm confused as heck right now.

150!!! Was that an 18th or 21st? I wasn't brave enough to have ever had parties for anything like that number, even for the 'big' birthdays.

Are you planning to feed the bike/car people if they're only 'stopping by'?

It's not what I would do either, but I'm pretty sure her question was how to feed a crowd inexpensively. I must have missed the part where she asked us to pass judgement on her party plans.

My advice on the food is a taco bar. Everything can be prepared ahead of time and none of it is very pricey.

So you're looking to feed about 50 people inexpensively? How many kids? Adults? I could consider 2 four foot heroes, pizzas (some cut into 16 slices for the kids), a tray of salad and fruit salad. I would get sheet cake or probably 1/2 a sheet cake would be plenty...it's probably less expensive than individual cupcakes.

I was thinking the same thing, on both comments.

Taco bar is easy. How many 3 year Olds are you planning for? As long as each has an adult to help them, they can have taco salad, or nachos with crushed chips.

A pasta bar would be easy as well. Have 2 or 3 types of pasta, and 2 or 3 sauces, garlic bread, and a green salad.

If most of the groups will only be there 30 minutes, I would only have snacks type food for them. How many will be there longer, what are the ages, and what time is the party? That info will help to give better ideas.

ETA...we were posting at the same time...

I'll warn you that while toddlers may like the looks of the cars and motorcycles, they might freak (screaming crying) at the sounds.

My DH and I ride. We drive down my bosses street, they were outside with their toddler son, who loved the bike and even sat on it. It was not being accelerated while he was there--we coasted in and stopped. A week later same toddler was at work with us, we were outside having lunch and a motorcycle was coming up to a stop sign--toddler was okay, but as soon as the rider accelerated forward, the sound was so loud it terrified his son, shook him to his core and he flew off of his seat, screaming and crying and months later he is still terrified of them.

Tacos are pretty messy for little kids. If you can grill, I would do mini burgers on the grill on those small round dinner rolls for the kids and regular burgers or brats for the adults. Get a couple tubs of potato salad and some big bags of chips from Costco and maybe a bowl of cut up fruit. Or if you really want to go inexpensive, just hold the party between meals and serve cake and punch for everybody.

When our kid was younger, her parties were more for us than for her. Our friends are her extended family and we invited pretty much everybody. We would have crowds of maybe 35 people for her birthdays so we would just host a BBQ at home. Now that she's a little older it's getting easier. This year we hosted her party at a venue and just invited some of her school friends. Two hours and done, everybody goes home and I didn't have to cook or clean.

ETA: I see your party is in the afternoon, so I would go with cake and punch plus maybe some other small non-messy snacks like chips, pretzels, etc.

I would do fruit, veggies and dip, mini bagels (Costco) and cream cheese, chips and cake.