is 50 degrees too cold for an outdoor bday party?

[Anonymous]

Wondering if we should get a bounce house and other inflatables for the backyard for a mid-March bday. The cold weather/rain plan would be to watch a movie instead. The cake and some activities would be inside but would 50 degrees be too cold for some outdoor activities? These are 7 year old boys.

[Anonymous]

50 degrees is not too cold for kids to bounce outside. I'd still expect all eating and general hanging out to happen inside your house though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:50 degrees is not too cold for kids to bounce outside. I'd still expect all eating and general hanging out to happen inside your house though.

+1. Fine for going out in the bouncy house but not pleasant for a full outdoor party.

[Anonymous]

Just alert your quests to dress for the weather.

[Anonymous]

7 year old boys would have fun in 10 degree weather so 50 is no big deal for them as long as the parents have access to the indoors.

[Anonymous]

The problem is that you don’t know the temperature in mid March. Long range forecasts are making guesses and you are fine if it is 50 and you tell your guests there will be a bounce house. 2-3 week’s ago we didn’t know it was going to snow last Saturday or that it would be in the 70s tomorrow. You are fine as long as you have a back up plan.

[Anonymous]

Just be clear in the invitation if the bulk of activity will be outside. Recommend layers since bouncing makes you warm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that you don’t know the temperature in mid March. Long range forecasts are making guesses and you are fine if it is 50 and you tell your guests there will be a bounce house. 2-3 week’s ago we didn’t know it was going to snow last Saturday or that it would be in the 70s tomorrow. You are fine as long as you have a back up plan.

the bounce house rental will let me cancel up to the day before if it's going to be below 50 or rain, so I think a movie could be the back up plan.

[Anonymous]

March is way too unpredictable to plan for outdoors, in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that you don’t know the temperature in mid March. Long range forecasts are making guesses and you are fine if it is 50 and you tell your guests there will be a bounce house. 2-3 week’s ago we didn’t know it was going to snow last Saturday or that it would be in the 70s tomorrow. You are fine as long as you have a back up plan.

the bounce house rental will let me cancel up to the day before if it's going to be below 50 or rain, so I think a movie could be the back up plan.

Then you are fine. Do you have space inside and other activities? DD is 7 and had a couple friends over this weekend. They were bored 30 min into a movie and started running around. Older DS and his friends would tear up my house if we tried an indoor party but my kids are both high energy. Maybe have nerf guns inside or something as a back up plan as well?

[Anonymous]

Try living in Minnesota for a while and then ask that question. You get used to seeing people outside in summer clothing while there is still snow on the ground.

[Anonymous]

Depends on if you expect parents to hang outside too. If I were bouncing, I'd feel warmer. If I were standing around, not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:March is way too unpredictable to plan for outdoors, in my opinion.

I agree.

[Anonymous]

We did an outdoor party in February. I told the parents to send warm clothes. We did the food inside, but the kids were outside for much of the rest of the party. They had a great time and weren't at all bothered by the cold.

[Anonymous]

I actually think the kids might enjoy the change of pace to have an outside activity at a time of year when many things are inside. I am wondering about windy weather though. Could it be too windy to set up a bounce house? I'd double check with the rental company. They might not be able to set up.