Birthday Party Ideas - Rocky River, OH

my whole family takes Karate, and they do Karate b-day parties there. They are fun, and the kids love it. especially at that age. email me and i will get you the info if you are interested. I make cakes, so I could help you out there too if you needed!

My kids at that age liked bowling parties or I always loved the Little Gym if there's one near you. They do everything for you. The bowling party you would have to be in charge of. Or a party at Chucke Cheese was always a winner at that age.

S.

Check out the website "amazingmoms.com" and go to the party section. Parties DO NOT have to be difficult or labor intensive to be fun! This website has a ton of different themes, game ideas and decoration suggestions. I plan bday parties for kids ages 4 - 9 at my job so if you need any additional help or ideas feel free to email me :)

I was 9 months pregnant durng my dons last birthday and I had no desire to do anything that caused me a lot of work, so I found this great place in Gahanna! Here is the contact info Mad Science of Central Ohio
800 Cross Pointe Rd Ste B
Gahanna, OH 43230View Map
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They have a website, but I cant remember it. Anyhow, it was wonderful!!!! THey sent a mad scientist out to my house and for 2 hours!! She entertained all the kids. THey made slime and made these weird science stuff. Then at the end they launched rockets. My son's birthday was in the summer, but they can do everything except the rockets launch, in your house. You can also choose from a ton of different endings other than the launch... like I think one was all the kids could make cotton candy or whatnot. Anyhow, it was a huge hit for my son and all his friends. And I didnt have to do any entertaining at all except provide a few snacks and cake. It was great! I think that I paid 150.00 for the whole thing. Not bad for a birthday party.

Hi - just a thought, have you checked into having a party at a bowling alley, or Chuck E. Cheese's - they do most of the work and clean up. It is great.

We just had a party for our son at Fort Rapids indoor waterpark at 70 and Hamilton Road. All I can say is that they made it so nice - we didn't even need to bring anything. It may seem pricey - but there are coupons that go out in the mail quite frequently for 25% off a birthday package that really help. The cake and pizza and drinks are all included along with arcade tokens and a pass or two for the waterpark. Add'l waterpark passes can be purchased. Check it out. They have a website. It's considered a Holiday Inn. You should be able to find it by searching under Fort Rapids Columbus Ohio.

All the kids AND parents had blast!

I had a pool party at the YMCA for my son. It cost 60 for 1 hour and you could have 25 people in the pool. They charged an extra 10 to have up to 25 more. The kids had a lot of fun. Who really gets to swim in the winter up here?
Good luck,
J.

Hi S.. I too have a February child. Birthday parties can be a bit of a challenge but we always manage to have fun with them. Now that my son is older, he'll be 11 this year, we are going bowling, skating, playing basketball, or indoor soccer for parties. I've transformed my garage and living room into theme spaces since my kids were very young. There's so much you can do when you put your mind to it. We've had a Willy Wonka Party, Blues Clues, Dino Party, Cow Boy Party, and many more in our home and it hasn't been too much trouble. A great website for games and ideas is www.boardmanweb.com I've used that site for ages! Just find an interest of your son's and go with it. If he likes Willy Wonka for instance, you could send invitations that look like golden tickets, you can even put them in Wonka Bars. I found wall paper border with fruit on it for $1 a roll and then melted jolly rancher candy and painted the fruits for lickable paper for the kids treat bags. The cake was on a platform, simply a home made cake covered in various kinds of candy and then the platform sat in a bowl of chocolate milk for the chocolate river. We even had a little toy boat floating in the milk. The kids played games, trying to find the bad goose eggs (paper mache eggs spray painted gold and filled with goodies... one was filled with just paper and marbles but every child had a goodie filled one as a goodie bag) We had fizzy lifting drink (7 up) and the kids made bubbles to take home (glycerin, dish soap, and water)Just have fun with it, there's a million things you could do. The most important thing is to have fun. The kids seem to do that on their own regardless of what we put on for them. :)I think we're planning an NFL party this year... The Bengals of course.

Johnny's Toys in Covington, KY has an indoor play gym with tunnels and tubes and all sorts of stuff, and they do parties. It's called Totter's Otterville (part of Johnny's Toys, inside it), and it is for kids under 10. You can buy a birthday package that includes the food-two packages available, both per person. The parties are 2 hours long- one hour of play time, and an hour for food. You supply the cake, they will supply the pizza/drinks, for 8-30 people. The website is johnnystoys.com. Prices are listed on the website. I haven't been inside the play area, but when I looked through the plexiglass, all the kids were having a great time, and I wished I was a kid again so I could join them! Hope this helps!

Hello, my son is 8 and this next birthday we are planning to have a big party for him also. I don't know how close you are to Springfield, Ohio, but there is a guy called "The Wizard" and he is awesome. I went to a birthday party over the summer last year and he was there, he does magic and alot of other stuff....all the kids loved it...so this is my plan for my son's party in May....I don't have a phone number for him yet, but i'm sure it's in the phonebook, try him out...HE'S GREAT!!!

Hi S.,
My 5 yr old daughter was just invited to a b-day party at the bowling alley. I of course came with her and even I had fun. My daughter wants to have her 6th b-day there. Not only do they decorate for you (table,balloons, plates, forks, spoons)but they clean up as well. They also provide pizza and drinks for the kids. each kid got their own personal pizza. You only bring the cake The b-day kid also got a bowling pin that all of the attendees signed. It's in Brookville called Timberlanes on rt.49. Of course, you'll have to check with your local bowling alley on prices. I noticed the kids all had a blast and we will definitely be there in Oct. for my daughter. Who can beat the no cleaning argument. Anyways, Have Fun. Just remember they all seem stressful till they're over. Aren't our babies worth it though?
C.

S.,
We had a pirate party. The invitations suggested that guests dress as pirates, even the adults. They all got necklaces, bandannas and pirate gold. We made a treasure hunt, and a pinata. We used pound cake to create a pirate ship. Everyone had a good time.
Best wishes,
K.

I do not know if this is something that your son would like but when my daughter was that age we did her 7th party at the bowling alley. You can use bumpers or not and it is not real expensive and you do not have to decorate other than the table to eat and bring a cake. The bowling alley we used gave our daughter a colored bowling pin to keep and I think they provided 1 pizza(??). If it is something that sounds good, call Victory lanes in Springfield or other bowling alleys may do it if you are located somewhere else, and ask about a childs birthday party there.

I'm doing a gymnastics party at a place in Fairfield Ohio where my daughter takes lessons called Flip-N-Twist. They are supervised for the first hour and the last half hour is cupcakes and presents. The food is on you but they entertain and let them run around the hour.

One of my children's favorite parties was a pirate party. Each of the guests got a simple pirate costume (that they took home with them afterward) and my son, the birthday boy, got a more elaborate costume. We served a lunch of day old bath water punch, worm burgers, brain cell salad and other disgustingly edible foods. Before lunch, everyone sat down and listened to a story about how the pirates had been out to see so long they had eaten all their stores and had to find things to eat and drink until they could make it to shore. We had two cakes made. One looked like a parrot and the other... goodness, can't remember now. The kids had fun picking the parts they wanted to eat. After that, we had a treasure hunt and a water balloon canon ball toss. The water balloon canon ball toss is out unless you set it up in your bathroom, but with the costumes, the kids will entertain themselves after the treasure hunt with pretend play. Although the preparations were not quick and easy, the party itself went smoothly and took little out of us.

Infinite Blessings!

Hi S.,

My son's birthday is also in Feb., although he's only turning 3. I like to come up with a theme that I know that he'll love. Last year we did Elmo. This year he has choosen Cars. I decorate the table and cake with this theme and then find activities to go along with it. For his older cousins we are going to paint wooden cars, and the little ones are getting match box cars to play with. I normally make goody bags for all the kids keeping with the theme. You can normally find things at the dollar store to fill them. Then we do a pinata and this year we are going to watch the movie with popcorn and juice. Just remeber to keep to a theme that he likes. Ask him what he wants! I hope that he has a great party!!!

S.

My daughter is turning 3 in february also and we ented the local armory and were doing jojo's circus theme and we bought her a popcorn maker and bought big red gift boxes to fill with goodies which im going to the dollor tree to get. Were going to have circus tickets which im making and they each have a raffle number on the back where the kids are going to be winning prizes. Were leaving the gift boxes plain b/c im going to bring lil doo dads and some glue sticks so they can decorate them. It should be alot of fun just to give you a new idea :)