My house is small and I don't have much room for people. I don't know really how to celebrate her birthday. I was told the best options would be to move it in September when it's warmer. I could do outdoor activities. The Chuck E Cheese in my area is very ghetto most of them really have became ghetto. Are there any alternatives to Chuck E Cheese.
2006-10-31 03:46:41 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
She will be 2 by the way this december
2006-10-31 03:50:01 · update #1
Do you attend a church or participate in any activities that involve a large space? If you do attend a church I'm sure you could have the party there. The church people might even help with activities.
Or I don't know where you live, but you could take all the kids sledding or tubing. That is really fun. Then you could go to a hall (or maybe the location has an indoor space), have hot cocoa, eat cake, and then open presents. Sounds like fun to me!
2006-10-31 03:52:15 · answer #1 · answered by Sherry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do some research in your area. We have an old house that wasn't built with a dinning room and the living room and kitchen are small. We have to hold our parties elsewhere too. Where we live the Dairy Queen let's you party for free. McDonald's parties are actually much cheaper than you would think. My daughter had hers there this year. It was $54 for 10 children. They did the set up and the clean up. They provided the cake, balloons, hats, goody bags, place mats, utensils, plates, drinks, and happy meals. The kids got to play on the play ground too. If your daughter is in to tea parties, check the phone book. My other daughter had a tea party at a real Tea House complete with finger sandwiches, tea cookies, and tea and everyone dressed up for $10.00 per child. (Same as Chuck E Cheese)You might be surprised by how many restaurants will let you use areas for parties too. Good luck!
2006-10-31 12:31:17 · answer #2 · answered by soccermomw3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IMO it is better to save the "big" parties for when kids are old enough to really enjoy them and remember them.
When my kids were turning to, we always just had a small family/friend get together. We had some food, opened presents and let the kids play with their cousins. We had quite a small house as well. (about 900 square feet and we managed to squeeze in 2 sets of grandparents, great gramma, 1 aunt and her 2 kids, 2 uncles with 1 kid each, my godmother and her daughter, and a few other people. Plus me, hubby and our 4 kids)
If you are looking to go somewhere, try looking into indoor activity areas. Or family recreation places. You can do a google search for some in your area, or check the local phone book. You should have some other places like chuck e cheese. We have a few indoor playground areas around me here in CO.
You can also do Mcdonald's parties as well.
2006-10-31 14:09:00 · answer #3 · answered by totsandtwins04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You didn't say how old your daughter is....but there are lots of options..we've done the McDonald's thing, which worked out better than I thought it would, Ive heard build a bear workshop does birthday parties, though I'm sure that could get expensive...the skating rink is pretty inexpensive and fun to watch the kids learn to skate ...you could always do a sleepover for a couple friends with movies and dress up if she is young, or take her and a couple friends to a movie, those are the kinds of things I enjoyed doing when I was little, I would ask her what she wants to do and work from there, she can have just as much fun with fewer people if that's what it takes
2006-10-31 11:57:23 · answer #4 · answered by Laney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How old is she? Alof of people around my area rent out a skating rink and let the kids skate around for a few hours and have cake and what not afterwards. I think that kids are just happy to be together at those times and it really doesn't matter where it is or what they do. Most of the times the kids find something to do on their own. There are other alternatives as well. They also started building "fun zones" for kids that you can take them to and let them run wild. Its like a Chuckee Cheese without the food. You could being in your own food and still have the kids have a lot of things to do.
2006-10-31 11:48:37 · answer #5 · answered by daveypa22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At age two it doesn't matter too much how many people you invite to a party. Your little girl will feel loved if it is only the three of you. When she gets older and has some small friends, then you can think about more elaboate parties. You have years to love your child. She definitely will not be picky. Get a lot of baloons, You may be able to rent a cannister of helium to make them float. String up some colorful Twisted Crepe paper from corner to corner across your living room. I assure you that you can do very well. When your child gets to be about 4, then she will start communicating about her birthday. Be Happy.
2006-10-31 12:09:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about a bowling party at the local bowling alley?
How about seeing if your church has a small room you could use, or if you don't have a church, see if a neighborhood church will let you use one of their rooms. Most churches, during the week, have rooms available.
Phone you local restaurants and ask them if they have any rooms available for a party.
Do you have an indoor swimming pool in your area, check to see if they will host a party.
Check with your local Chamber of Commerce. They might know of someone who will host it.
Do you have a friend that lives in a large apartment complex? Maybe they have a clubhouse where you could have the party.
Good luck.
2006-10-31 12:28:32 · answer #7 · answered by sonorarat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the same problem. Here's a few alternatives:
-See if a local church rents their fellowship hall/basement. There's a church in our area that rents their space for $40 per event. There's plenty of space for any size event. I'm not that denomination but I'm considering it for my kids.
-My cousin's son has an early December birthday. She actually brings everyone to the Breakfast with Santa celebration that her area high school does. It's cheap (I think she pays $2 per person) and the kids love to get the pictures with santa and play allof the games. We all get tables near each other and she brings in a cake.
-I decided to have three small parties this year. One with my DH's family, one with my family and one with our friends. Our twins are turning one so everyone wants to celebrate with them but they're too little to really appreciate a big party somewhere. Since our house is small we're justing having three mini celebrations. This has the added benefit of not overwhelming them or causing "fights" about who gets to hold the babies!
2006-10-31 11:55:35 · answer #8 · answered by Ali D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's okay to celebrate your daughter's birthday a couple weeks early, but not a couple months. She is born in December, not September. Ask around to see if you can borrow someone's house for a day to have a birthday party. As for food, you can serve chocolate and/or cheese fondue, mini sandwiches, soup, and hot finger foods. She is so young, even if you don't celebrate her 2nd birthday, she will not even remember.
2006-10-31 12:01:04 · answer #9 · answered by Mrs Apple 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on your budget and your daughters age but here is an idea:
Call your local hotels. In my area the nicer hotels have started doing "party packages" Example: $150.00 gets you a room for the night (1 parent 3 kids) pizza and ice cream, use of the indoor pool, spa etc and a movie. My nephew loves this. He and his 2 best buddys have a "mans day" (They are only 11)
Best of luck!
2006-10-31 11:52:09 · answer #10 · answered by buggerhead 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋