Comments on: Inexpensive Ideas for Kids’ Birthday Parties

By: Jessica Whittenberg

Jessica Whittenberg — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:21:11 +0000

I must say I really liked your post and you really helped me throwing a party for my six yours old kid. So thanks for the tips. You might want to take a look on one of my ideas – I wrote it in my blog on the post over here:
http://kitchentandt.blogspot.com/2009/10/beautifully-cheese-sandwiches-for-your.html
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By: Greeting Card Printing

Greeting Card Printing — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:48:46 +0000

These are great ideas! Food is probably one of the most expensive items to take care of in the party. Finger foods are great in the afternoons. Or have one during cocktail time so you won’t have to serve a heavy meal.

By: karen

karen — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:26:06 +0000

I love this subject. When our 3 grown children were little we did the bounce house, clowns, carnivals and all the other birthday adventures. Well, as I said our children are adults,with lives, educations and all. Yet, my soon to be 25 year old was visiting me today and wanted to know if I would host a party for him here in his childhood home with his closest friends, girlfriend and family. I would like to have an old fashioned party with lemonaide, hotdogs, corn on the cob, watermelon, chips, cookie platter, popcorn and cake & icecream. I plan to make all of the food and maybe organize games. Even though these individual’s are adults, I think they are all longing for simplicity and familiarity. I had better go and dust off the icecream maker.

By: Frugal Trenches

Frugal Trenches — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:53:55 +0000

Really sensible advice!! Great post! Frugal Trenches´s last blog post..Perhaps the longest post in history!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:01:53 +0000

That was an awesome and inexpensive birthday idea for your kid. He's a big boy now, and it's normal that he would want to have a birthday party, it might be elegant or simple yet very memorable for him. I also love giving party favors, in fact, I used a candy bar wrapper as party favor for my baby's birthday http://www.perfectpartiesplus.com/20/candy-bar-wrappers. That was really cute and nice. Happy birthday to your big boy!

By: Lissa

Lissa — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:34:42 +0000

My daughter has a winter birthday. It is tricky to plan with the weather. One year I was in a local craft store and saw they had a party going on. I was able to reserve a party room and work with an associate to plan a project the kids could make. On the invitations I said we would have cake and juice. The girls had a great time making their picture frames. So no mess to clean at home, no goodie bags because each person kept their project, and in the end I spent less than $80.

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:40:09 +0000

You could easily involve kids in sending out invites and thank you cards online and make the entire activity a learning experience. http://www.purpletrail.com is a free online invite service . Check it out for great looking invites. Also upload party photos and videos post the event and send thank you cards all from the same place.

By: Vintage Mommy

Vintage Mommy — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:47:39 +0000

Vintage Girl and I went to a good, "old-fashioned" bday party yesterday and it was very fun! there were about 7 guests, and they played the traditional party games (musical chairs, etc) and there was no rented clown, or bouncy house or gourmet cooking lessons . . . it was very refreshing! Vintage Mommy´s last blog post..Show and Tell: A New Look

By: Emma @ baby-log.com

Emma @ baby-log.com — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:08:57 +0000

My own birthday and my kid’s are 2 days away so we have one celebration for both of us. How’s that for a frugal birthday party!

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By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:02:23 +0000

Something we’ve done with both my sons’ parties is to tie-dye or paint t-shirts as the take home favor. It fills some of the activity time–we have the supplies and shirts ready when kids start arriving–and it’s an icebreaker for the kids who don’t already know each other. And that way we’re not buying cheap junk that will just get thrown away. The kids can wear their shirts again and my boys get a kick out of seeing the shirts from their parties over and over again. One year we had a bowling party and to keep our group easily identifiable at the large bowling alley we purchased green shirts from the local goodwill-type store and pre-painted the backs with a bowling ball and a motto. As the guests arrived at the bowling alley we had them put on a shirt.