Children Birthday Parties

[ozzy]

This is a question for all the parents out there.

Where do you guys celebrate your kids birthday parties?

My daugther has done at Chuck E Cheese, but to be honest we don't like that place much, we always have bad service and really bad attitute from the manager.

My dauther wants to have her party at the movies, but is it possible? Do they host birthday parties there?

My boy wants to have his birthday party at LaserTag, that place seems like a lot of fun.

I am just looking for any ideas,

Thanks

Ozzy

[macker]

Originally Posted by ozzy

This is a question for all the parents out there.

Where do you guys celebrate your kids birthday parties?

My daugther has done at Chuck E Cheese, but to be honest we don't like that place much, we always have bad service and really bad attitute from the manager.

My dauther wants to have her party at the movies, but is it possible? Do they host birthday parties there?

My boy wants to have his birthday party at LaserTag, that place seems like a lot of fun.

I am just looking for any ideas,

Thanks

Ozzy

Shakers.....Lasertag, climbing wall, "lets play type area", go carts, video games and chucky cheese type area, mini golf, free wi-fi all in one spot Can get crazy on weekends though!

[sec304]

Yes movie theatres do kids birthday parties

[photon]

The do birthday parties at the theater in Chinook I think, others may as well.

The leisure centers do birthday parties as well, those can work well.

The Science Centre does birthday parties, we've had one there.

There's a ceramics/pottery place in the SE that does birthday parties as well, kids go there and make and paint their own piece of art, we've done that before too.

[Pilsner12]

I had a friend who just did a birthday type outing at Shakers and they said they had a ton of fun. Also my brother did his sons at the bowling alley out in Cochrane and they did a decent job hosting it. They were able to bring all of there own supplies and birthday cake. They supplied the pizza that wasn't the greatest but the kids don't notice the difference and they had a blast bowling.

[CaptainCrunch]

Pennywise: BEEP BEEP Richie! They ALL float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too!

[ozzy]

Thanks guys, I will try Shakers. I also like the idea of having it at the Space Science Centre.

Hey Photon, do you know the name of the ceramics/pottery place in the SE?
My daughter likes to do art things...

Thanks Guys

[photon]

Originally Posted by ozzy

Thanks guys, I will try Shakers. I also like the idea of having it at the Space Science Centre.

Hey Photon, do you know the name of the ceramics/pottery place in the SE?
My daughter likes to do art things...

Thanks Guys

I'll try looking at google streetview to find it.

[photon]

Clay for Kids Studio

http://www.clayforkids.com/

[Dentoman]

Originally Posted by photon

There's a ceramics/pottery place in the SE that does birthday parties as well, kids go there and make and paint their own piece of art, we've done that before too.

There is one in Bowness as well

[photon]

The other thing we've done is there's a couple of organizations where they will come in and do the birthday party for you, they bring almost everything, all the kids get to dress up, works pretty well:

http://www.annabellsattic.com/kids_parties_calgary.html
(Warning, this will start playing music)

http://www.enchantedevents.ca/index.html

http://www.madscience.org/locations/calgary/

There's a whole list here:

http://www.calgaryschild.com/activit...ay-party-guide

My kid would like the reptile one, mad science one, and the petland one.

[You Need a Thneed]

There's no science centre open to have a party at until the end of October, when the new one opens up.

[Locke]

These all sound like hell.

[troutman]

I know where you can get a good deal on a cake. The name might be wrong, but the price is right.

[photon]

Originally Posted by Locke

These all sound like hell.

That's pretty much the definition of a kids birthday party.

Except those theme ones, I think the one we did was the anabellsattic one, though I can't remember for sure, and they were GREAT. The only thing we did was make the food and cake, and they did everything else; setup, entertained the kids for a few hours, fed them, cleaned up, everything!

They aren't cheap, so not sure if I'd do it again, but they certainly made it about the most stress free one we've done.

[troutman]

One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. “Oh, no,” I said. “Disneyland burned down.” He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late. - Jack Handey

[North East Goon]

What happened to the days of having all your kids buddies over to terrorize your home? Feed them pillsbury wiener wraps,chips and pop!

[troutman]

Originally Posted by North East Goon

What happened to the days of having all your kids buddies over to terrorize your home? Feed them pillsbury wiener wraps,chips and pop!

And Mom can hide quarters wrapped in wax paper, in the birthday cake.

[Mccree]

We have had a few at Little Gym in Airdire

http://www.thelittlegym.com/Pages/Lo...1&param=t3k5c6

Good times. Last time they set up a wipe out course for the kids (and parents)

[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by troutman

And Mom can hide quarters wrapped in wax paper, in the birthday cake.

And one button... hope the kid you didn't really want to invite but your parents made you gets that slice.