Can anyone help me find a cheap place for a 5yr old girl's birthday party?!
Answers: My daughter is turning 6 in February, (i know im early). I want her to have a party with her friends. I was never allowed to have friends at my party until i was 16 so i want her to have her friends with her. Unfortunatly, there's 25 kids in her class, and then include parents, cuz im not watching all of them. Plus we have a large family with roughly 25 adults and another additional 13 kids or so. This is going to be a mess. I don't have a ton of money but I really want everyone to have a good time. My apartment is too small and my parents don't want it at their house. I've looked at Chuck-E-Cheese, Gymnastics places, Museums, Bowling Alleys, Zoo, Jeepers, Blow-Up Bouncing places, YMCA, pavilion at the Beach, CJ Barrymores, Arcades, the Movies, Lasertag. Can anyone think of anything else? I live in Mt Clemens, MI and my family is from Harper Woods to Waterford to China Township. We are spread so that is good but I still can't find anything $10per person or under would be ideal.
Partymon, I empathize with you. I do not think it is too early to begin planning at all, especially if you are going to reserve a place because some of these party places fill their calendars quickly.
I think that if you want to invite the whole list then go for it. You want to allow your daughter to have a full and memorable party because you weren't allowed to. There is nothing wrong with that.
To invite this many people will require extra planning though. Lists are going to be your friends in this situation.
1st list: what you can spend and what you want to put the money towards. (food, entertainment, decorations, etc.)
2nd list: every name of every person you are inviting.
3rd list: who you have sent invitations to and who has rsvp'd. definitely count on some people not coming. For a large party you must must follow up with phone calls to every person on your list until they have all rsvp'd. Or else how can you know how many items, food etc. you need to purchase?
4th list: names of anyone who is willing to help you. make sure you use this list. this is a big undertaking.
5th list: notes to yourself, things you don't want to forget. receipts, costs, etc.
I have a suggestion that isn't on your list: the park.
My family has their annual Easter celebration at the same park each time and we are about 70 people all together. You can rent the areas with picnic tables and bar-b-ques under the overhangs, through your community's recreation and park districts website. It is affordable and the kids basically entertain themselves. Make sure the parents stay though! They need to each watch their own kid.
The food: hot dogs, chips, cake and punch. Kids will be happy and it's cheap. Gift bags: buckets and shovels, a few other sand type toys thrown in, done. Easy and cheap. Maybe a pinata. Don't really need decorations, but if you want, maybe a few balloons, ribbons, get bright tablecloths though.
It is possible that it could rain being the party is in Feb. so have a back-up ready. If you are concerned about rain, the same community recreation and park district websites offer rec halls that you can rent for parties.
Good luck!
How about only inviting a few friends and having the party at home?
My neice at about 5 had her birthday at build-a-bear.
They had a great time. It is about $10 each
http://www.buildabear.com/party/default....
the cheapest option is your home.
I think you need to cut down on the guest list. When I was little I NEVER invited my whole class to my birthday. I got to pick a few friends to invite (like 8 girls!) and that was it. Why don't you have a separate party for family and her friends, you might be giving her the wrong idea of birthdays by having extravagant parties she may expect them every year. Why not just have the immediate family over for cake and ice cream one night during the week and have her birthday someplace fun for her and a FEW friends like ChuckEcheese or McDonalds that weekend.
Build a bear is fine for boys too... McDonalds is a good place too.. my cousins had one there a few years ago. <3 have a gr8 time.
slumber party for 3 or 4 girls in sleeping bags. popcorn and hannah montana and phil of the future.
Frist you need to make a list of all the people that you would like to come invite those people only and if anybody would like to bring extra over. Just tell them that can't and that will be the end of that