Looking for Kid’s Birthday Party Venues? Five Reasons Why Indoor Play Centres are the Perfect Option

Posted on February 22, 2012 by mike

Article by Donna Lyon









When you’ve got kids, every year is another birthday year and choosing the right birthday venue can be a tough gig! The style of birthday party or birthday venue your child chooses is often reflective of their personality – their passions, interests and hobbies. Indoor Play Centres are a perfect option for kid’s parties because they cater to a wide range of ages and personality types. Play Centres guarantee fun for both adults and kids alike! Here are five reasons why indoor play centres are the perfect option when looking for kid’s birthday party venues!

1. You don’t have to worry about the cooking or the mess! The friendly staff will take care of the food, along with setting up the venue and cleaning it all up once everyone has gone. There’s only one thing you have to take home at the end of the day… that’s right! Your kids.

2. Indoor Play Centres are contained so you don’t have to stress about keeping tabs on the kids all the time. Toddler areas are caged and the kids can make as much noise as they want without worrying about disturbing the neighbours!

3. You don’t need to invent party games or entertain the kid’s, that’s what all the play equipment is for! You can kick back and relax in the café, enjoying a quiet cup of coffee and catch up with friends whilst the kids run around and burn off energy.

4. Indoor Play Centres are perfect kids birthday party venues because kids can celebrate their party in themed party rooms. Check that the venue you are booking has a costumed party host and see if they can come and wish your child a happy birthday. Let’s not forget the savings you make by not buying decorations, hiring party entertainers and cleaning up the mess afterwards!

5. Most venues let you bring your own birthday cake and lolly bags to hand out to the kids once the party is over. If you want a totally hands off event, then check with the play centre as to what yummy cakes they can supply!

Kids birthday party ideas can start out simple but turn into huge out of control events if you don’t plan wisely. Indoor Play Centres are a great option for kids birthday party venues because you can wipe your hands clean of almost all responsibility and actually have a stress free day out of the house too!



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An exciting medieval indoor play centre for children where they encourage fun, fantasy & fitness is Dizzy’s Indoor Castle in Maribyrnong, Melbourne. They offer great options for casual play and specialise in children’s birthday parties, private functions and school holiday programs with weekly activities for all ages. You can have a party event for under a head (most venues are over per person). Plus kids can entertain themselves with a 3 Storey climbing structure, 7 slides, ball pits, balancing ropes & obstacle course, kiddie maze, safety spring free trampolines, basketball & soccer nets, glow in the dark mini gold, secure toddler area with jumping castle & 5 amazing party rooms! Their gourmet cafe features great coffee & healthy food options designed by Dizzy’s own dietician. Visit http://www.dizzyscastle.com.au for more information.










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Best Birthday Party Songs And Ideas

Posted on February 22, 2012 by mike

Article by Maru Jam









It’s party time again as the birthday of your little one is right round the corner! It’s just that this time the party’s gonna be a bigger affair. Because your child is entering a new phase of life! While every birthday party of your child is important, but when he/she enters the teenage world, you have plenty of reasons to celebrate and rejoice over. The thirteenth birthday of your child gives you a golden opportunity to become a kid again. For when your child turns one, he/she is too small to enjoy and by the time he/she celebrates his/her eighteenth birthday, he/she has grown up into an adult. As such, the ideal age and time to spend and create memories with your child is his/her 13th birthday. It is during this time that a child starts narrowing down to a group of friends with whom he/she would stand for the rest of his/her life. And after this, birthday parties will no longer be limited to just bursting of balloons or spraying snow all around (with a wink and a smile). Celebrate your kid’s transformation from a child into an adolescent with a big whistle. To add to your celebrations, we present you some full-on birthday party ideas for your soon-to-turn 13 year old kid.Birthday Party IdeasThemesPick up a theme that will not embarrass your child in front his/her friends. The best would be to choose a theme that suits his/her interest and personality. Say for boys, you can plan a sports theme on his favorite sport or team. Alternatively, you can have an activity theme, such as hiking, camping, or conquering the wilderness. On the other hand, girls will find spa parties, mall parties, dive or princess themes, and candy themes exciting and fascinating. If you have a yard, you can host a luau or camp-out. If it is a coed party, a carnival theme will suit the occasion perfectly.LocationWhile the home seems to be the least expensive location to host any party, you can opt for other locations to give the teens more freedom to feel grown-up or mature. For boys, you can organize an overnight party, such as video game marathons or backyard camp-outs. For this purpose, you can either rent a hall or visit the beach, amusement park, or camping site. Bowling alley, local arcade, or skating rink are other options to opt for, for the location of the birthday party. Girls, on the other hand, can be picked up in a limousine, cruised in it around the town, finally settling down in a fancy restaurant. You can plan an all-day party at the amusement park or water park. These locations can equally work for coed parties as well.ActivitiesKids when enter their teens are highly energetic and attracted towards the opposite sex. Let them use this quality in an activity-based party wherein they exhibit their high energy levels and interact well with the opposite gender, in case of a coed party. For a boy’s birthday party, you can include paintball, laser tag, or variations of capture-the-flag to test the guys’ power. If your child is always into video games, you can organize a video game marathon for him and his friends. A small sports tournament or any game related to the particular sports theme can be other options. For girls, you can throw a slumber party at home or a hotel and include activities, like doing each other’s hair, makeup, facials, manicures, and pedicures. If your daughter is an active, outdoor girl, then take all the girls for hiking or rafting. Fashion shows, creating a music video, hosting a talent show, or dancing and singing contests are other options to choose from. Carnival games, like pie-eating contests and dunking booth can be included in a carnival party.MenuAs kids, everyone loves indulging in all sorts of junk and unhealthy food. Let them enjoy this phase by including your child’s favorites in the menu. Pizzas, hamburgers, and hot dogs are preferred by most teens. To accompany them, you can incorporate soft drinks, nachos, chips, pretzels, snow cones, cotton candy, popcorn, and other snacks. Depending upon the theme you have chosen for the party, prepare the meal menu and serve it accordingly. Say, for instance, if it is a sports party, set up concession stands, or include a barbeque for a camping party. For a fancy dance or spa party, chocolate fondue fountain with fresh fruit, marshmallows, and other goodies would be ideal.With the theme, location, activities, and menu ready on the list, get ready to rock and roll your child’s 13th birthday party. These unique ideas will help you create special memories that will last for a lifetime!



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10 LEGO Party Birthday Party Games

Posted on February 22, 2012 by mike

Article by Leslie B. Lyons









Great LEGO themed birthday party games for your LEGO party aren’t so easy to find. There’s lots of LEGO themed items to spend your money on and LEGO party decoration ideas, but not as many good game ideas that you can tweak to work well with the LEGO theme. Your party needs structure through organized games to keep those preschoolers focused and engaged. Turning a dozen little kids loose at a LEGO table won’t work nearly as well as games.

Here are 10 games all age appropriate for preschool and early elementary school age kids. Each game has been massaged to fit seamlessly with your LEGO birthday party theme.

#1: A LEGO variation of the jar full of jelly beans. Fill a transparent container with various shapes, sizes and colors of LEGOS and have each party guest guess how many are in the jar as they arrive. Arriving parents can help get the guesses down on little pieces of paper with the child’s name before they leave. At the end of your party, award the LEGO jar to the child with the closest guess.

#2: Give each child 3-5 LEGOS of different sizes to drop into a container from their nose either while standing or kneeling over the back of a chair. Younger children need a wider container to drop into. If you have them kneel on a chair be sure to have an adult hold onto the chair so there aren’t any tip-overs.

#3: Gather up a variety of containers of different shapes and heights; things like cut down milk cartons, bowls, and boxes. Place them at varying distances from a line on the floor that the kids need to stay behind (duct or masking tape works great for the line). Mark the targets with different point counts- the further away the higher the point count. Give each child 5 LEGOs of different sizes and see how many they can pitch into the containers from behind the line. Score as per the point counts on the containers. This can be played either individually or in teams.

#4: Instead of Game #3 above, you can play a LEGO ring toss. Build a narrow tower out of LEGOs on a LEGO base that can be taped to the floor or rug for stability. Make rings out of plastic plates by cutting out the centers. Use plastic instead of paper as they are more rigid and will toss better. Give each child 3 to 5 ‘rings’. From behind the line on your floor, have the kids try to get their rings onto the LEGO tower. If you use different color plates, the different color rings can have different scoring values. Scoring can be individually or by teams.

#5: Calm everybody down when needed with a game of LEGO bingo. You can print out everything you need here: http://bpsrobotics.wikispaces.com/file/detail/lego+bingo.pdf

#6: Hide enough LEGO’s either inside or out for a good old-fashioned scavenger hunt. Preschool kids can get points for each LEGO they find. Older children can be sent off with a key card showing the point value for different color and shaped LEGOs.

#7: With either a small batch of LEGOs for each child or a big communal bowl of LEGOs, challenge the kids to lift out as many LEGOs as they each can in 1 minute with chopsticks. Give them time to practice before you start the competition. Increase the difficulty for older kids by putting other small objects in with the LEGOs that they then have to avoid picking up.

#8: Put a bowl or bucket full of LEGOs a good distance away from your ‘stand behind’ line. With the kids divided into two teams, give the first one on each team either a big cooking spoon or spatula. (Make sure each team has the same type, either spoons or spatulas, or you’ll be accused of not making the game fair. Spoons are easier than spatulas because of the slightly sloped sides.) On ‘GO’, one child from each team races down to the LEGOs, picks up as many as they can on their spoon or spatula without using any hands and takes them back to the starting line. After dropping the LEGOs into a team container or just onto the floor, the spoon or spatula gets handed off to the next in line to repeat the process until all the LEGOs have been removed from the container. The team with the most LEGOs is the winner.

#9: Following directly on Game #8, challenge each team to build the tallest tower with the LEGOs they brought back in the previous game. This will require cooperation, which is usually a challenge.

#10: Challenge the kids either in pairs of individually to build a pyramid (for the younger ones) or a bridge (for the older ones) out of a pile of LEGOs that you provide. Make each group of LEGO’s you give them as similar as you can. Set a time limit like 10 minutes. Building in pairs increases the challenge.

It’s likely you will need to increase your LEGO collection to have enough for some of these games. But then again, if you’re having a LEGO themed birthday party, you’ve got a LEGO lover who will be delighted to have his or her LEGO stash increased as part of the birthday.

Use these 10 LEGO birthday party games, add in a few LEGO party decorations and a LEGO birthday cake that you can easily find on the web, and you’ve got a complete party plan. Kids parties that keep all the children fully engaged and having fun is the specialty of the Birthday Party Games Lady, aka Leslie B. Lyons. Check the website out for both completekids birthday party games packages for kids age 6 to 13+ or for all the free kids birthday party ideas for games, decorations, favors, invitations, food, crafts and even birthday party gifts.



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