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5LittleBears

My not-so-litttle guy is going to be 9 in 2 months (which makes me want to cry that he'll be in double digits next year)! Ah, I'm such a baby Anyway, not the purpose of this post... the purpose is, what to do for a 9 year olds birthday? We have done birthday parties with the works for the past however long. I wanted to do something new for him this year. Any ideas for something cool to do for a 9 year old boy? I've asked him what he wants to do and his auto-reponse is "I don't know".
Oh, and his interests include everything football. That's about it.

Ms5586

Do you have an amusement park nearby?  Tickets for there with a friend would be great.

What about some type of sport camp for this summer?  Or look to see if a major city near you has a place like this (this one's in Pittsburgh)

https://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/exhibits/highmark-sportsworks-exhibits/

MesmrEwe

Flag football??? 

I believe my nephew went bowling for his...

5LittleBears

We live in San Diego so we have SeaWorld... but we went there last year for one of my DD's birthdays. Which actually, it would still be fun to go again. I should ask him if he would like to do that...

A big flag football game would be awesome! I can get all his little buddies together and whatnot. Hmm. Thanks for the feedback ladies.

jlw2505

I would try to come up with something for him and 1-3 friends - do guys do sleepover parties?  A movie and dinner, amusement park.  Something along those lines vs a traditional birthday party.  I know my niece who turned 11 this year has had sleepover parties the last 2 years and just did something small with a few friends the year before.

lollitots

laser tag for him and a couple of buddies, the build-a-car place, bowling, rent a game truck party, go to a ball game, amusement park with BFF. Pretty much going anywhere with just one or a couple of friends. Sleepover if you are up to it. The big parties seem to die off at this age. So much easier!

surprise3rd

we have a company here that brings a mobile Laser tag set up as well as an arcade to your house.  A friend did it for her 10 year old and the boys had a ball.  I am not sure what to tell you to even google to find something like that, but it could be a cool idea.

joyfullyfound

I don't know where you live, but if it's warm you could do a massive water fight. A friend of mine just did that for her son who turned 10. They put sprayers on their hoses, filled hundreds and hundreds of water ballons, provided a faucet with buckets, etc. They also rented a trampoline and covered it with soap and put a sprinker underneath it. Then they did a BBQ and movie night. It was a blast.

Or what about a beach bonfire night? Roast hot dogs and marshmallows, sandcastle buidling contest, soccer (or football!) match.... Once my friends from youth group figured out how to drag a TV down to the beach and watch a movie there in beach chairs.... it's a great idea if you can figure out how to do it  

clineak

Go karting or laser tag!

MrsSR

Laser tag

Mini Golf

Go Kart

Amusement park

Swimming

Paintball

Water park

Bowling

Jump zone type place

 

MNgirl326

Do you have a Pump it Up in your area?  My nephew had a birthday party there a couple years ago and he is sounded like he had a blast.

 

lexusolsen

I live in SD too! What about a beach party at La Jolla shores? You can play flag football in the grass or the sand. Then the kids could swim or boogie board. BBQ-ing would be easy to do there too! If you did in the late afternoon/ evening you could wind up with a bonfire and marshmallows. Have fun!

mattsgirl515

paint ball, laser tag, go-carts, arcade, or billiards.

missmolly511

Football is good, lol. How about a backyard bbq party, "tailgate style," with some balls for the boys to play with, or maybe even get some little cones and set up a flag-football game?

 

FTR When I was nine I had a Star Wars themed birthday party. It was awesome.