Birthday party $ question...
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I'm thinking about DS birthday super early because I'm worried I may not have much time to dedicate to it when the time comes (baby will be 6 months old and we will likely be returning to our RE for IF treatments).
I'm wondering how much you would reasonably spend on a child's birthday party?
There's an indoor play house in our area. Think of it like Little Gym or Gymboree but they also have healthy natural food and TONS of toys. We could rent out the whole place for $200 for 2 hours. We would probably have around 10-12 kids at the party. They also charge $12/child which includes food, drink, and balloons. Food includes each kids choice of grilled cheese, turkey roll up, pb&j, or quesadilla plus sides and a drink per kid. Food for the adults would be about $65 for paninis and chips with dip, fruits, and veggies. They have vegetarian options too (some of our friends are veggies). I don't know if that includes any decorations. That adds up to about $400. I can't imagine spending that much on a 4 year olds birthday party! But I'm kind of cheap so who knows... It would be awesome not to have to do any cooking, prep, or clean up though.
Re: Birthday party $ question...
$400 is a steal in my opinion. That being said where I am from, birthday parties are a big deal and we go all out. I wish I only spent $400. Everything in my town is super expensive.
AND not having to do any of the work?? Priceless. Go for it!
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We are spending $160 for a party room and admission for up to 33 people at our children's museum. We're members, otherwise it would be $200. We have to provide our own food, and we're doing a 10 AM party, so I'll probably spend about $100 on food and packaging, and another $100 on decorations and favors, maybe a more. I'll probably spend another $20 on supplies for the invitations.
So just under $400, but only because of our member discount. We live in a MCOL city.
$400 sounds reasonable. We're spending $175 for a karate party. It includes 15 kids for an hour of karate. We'll then have to spend the money for food for the party room, which gives us another 1/2 hour. It's $10 per kid if we go over $15 (which will be waved for us because my brother works there; it's not impossible that his boss won't accept any of my money).
$400 including all the food doesn't sound crazy to me.