What's an inexpensive birthday idea for a 7 year old boy. We've spent too much in the?

Question

past on birthday parties and toys they never play with 2 days later. We take them to ''Chucky Cheese'' and then they cry all the way home because they didn't want to go yet. I need an idea of something that will still be fun for him .......without spending every penny we have.

Answer 1

Take him to a professional sports game. He will always remember his first time or his 7th birthday in a professional stadium/arena.

Answer 2

Boy do I know the feeling... I have four kids and we have done it all too. I know that Chucky Cheese can hurt the wallet. Not sure what climate you live in but, if it is warm enough you could through a pirate party and "bury a treasure" and give the kids a map to find it. You can purchase great skeletons and stuff like that at the Dollar Stores now because of it being Halloween time. I know that you can even make a great cake that looks like a treasure box or a pirate ship. I have learned to be very creative over the years. For my younger boys we have even got the bounce rides at a local rent place and the cotton candy machine like a carnival type party and everyone enjoys it. I really think party's at home turn out best because you don't spend high dollars at restaurants. Not only that I think my kids are appreciative that I spend time making things like the cake etc...

Answer 3

Chucky Cheese is WAY too expensive and at that age - they DO get tired more like EXHAUSTED and take it out on you ALL THE WAY HOME!! Not a good plan, I agree! Been there - done that! I would suggest going to a warehouse (we have US TOYS in Kansas) that sells fun stuff in bundles for parties CHEAP and make a GREAT one at home. Find paper around the house that you can recycle (draw on back) and use to post up his birthday outside on the house, the door, the windows and inside as well). Make up games to play (hide&seek, puppets, clowning around, etc.) and though you would have a 'winner' from a game - at that age EVERYONE is a winner - so you give out little gifts (balloons, plastic toys, etc.) Yes, they'll only play with them a little while, but you got them for 12 for a $1.00..so who cares!!! Good luck!

Answer 4

Throw an old fashion b-day party. 2 - 3 hours, kids only, and play organized games... pin the tale on the donkey, pinata, tag, hide and seek etc. A bounce house is not too expensive and normally will keep all the kids busy for the 2 - 3 hours. As for gifts, dont get him anything because the other kids will arrive with gifts and he might not even notice that your name was not on one of the cards. At seven playing is more fun, Oh, another is to have a puppet stage and let the kids make sock puppets and make their own show to put on for the parents as they arrive to pick the kids up.

Answer 5

have you tried a roller skating party. my granddaughter just went to one for a 7 yr old boy in her class and everyone seems to be having a good time. if the parents want to skate or bring siblings they bear the additional costs, you don't have to worry about skill level, everyone can participate,

you didn't give the child's birthday so I'm guessing in the near future or what area you live in so i don't know if you can do an outside party at your local park. if you can, the play equipment is already there for all ages, you can stay as long as the park is opened unless you're having a really large party where you need to reserve an area where they may limit your time in the picnic area.

it seems nothing is inexpensive for children these days even when your not" trying to keep up with the Joneses".

Answer 6

For my son's 8th birthday we had a 'Spaceship' party. Made a cake like a rocketship, had 'pin the cone on the rocket' (like pin the tail on the donkey), 'Moon crater throw' (cut holes in a cardboard box, made it look rocky with home-made flour-dough and painted it grey, they had them throw balled up (new) grey sock to try to hit a specific hole, different holes were different prizes) The prizes were things like little pen-lights from the $1 store and matchbox type cars (also from $1 store, 8 to a package!), Candy (of course). Then Astropops (popsicles)
The big project was we bought the little Estes model rocket sets ($1-3 each depending on if you get multipacks) and some finger paints and let the kids paint their own then went across the street to the park and shot them up. (Let them know that sometimes you can't recover them so they can decide to keep theirs if they want to) Lunch was pizza and we got dry ice for 'Martian punch' Get a big punch bowl and invert a strainer over the dry-ice so that no-one touches it or accidently drinks any. Then we poured Sprite over a few scoops of rainbow sherbet (Not too many, just enough to make it foamy) and poured that into the puch bowl. At the end when we were waiting for parents to return we put on Star Wars movie and waited for the clean-up to begin.
I think we spend a total of $80 dollars on 9 kids. (Food, prizes, game supplies, party hats, goodie bags, everything) Just remember, at this age you CAN get away with doing things on a budget. Once he hits 12....there will be no appealing to him.
Good luck!

Answer 7

Before his birthday, have him select about ten toys to give to charity. Let him know that other children aren't so blessed and if he's not going to play with his toys, he needs to give them away.

Then get him something educational, like a Leapster, or a computer game. Even word finds and mazes that come in book form can be a great gift for a 7 y/o boy.

Or...you could get him a pile of dirt and some dump trucks!!!

Answer 8

I live in Germany and what's popular among the boys here is Hotwheels. You can purchase them in a 5 pack. Also the Ninjago is popular and the Beyblade is also a popular one. Also Leggo sells small kits that will build 3 different things...kind of like a 3 in 1 box. My son loves those.

Answer 9

Let him have a small home party 5-7 kids, Order pizza in and have normal child birthday games. Give out little prizes with the games. If the weather is good where you live have out door games. Bag race, three legged race all the funny things we did. I know from my grandsons party that they still enjoy these things. make a cake and enjoy

Answer 10

It's not really inexpensive but it's not overly expensive either, a bowling birthday party. My nephew and his friends had a BLAST. As far as presents go, I would just go with one or two small things like an action figure or something. Like you said, they don't play with their presents for more than a day or two and two months later he probably wouldn't even be able to tell you what he got.

Answer 11

My twins are 7 and we had a birthday party at home and i had a game hooked up to every TV and the kids that wasn't playing the games played computer games of learning and they enjoyed it.