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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We spent about that for whole class preschool party at a playspace, once you include food (just simple pizza etc) and favors etc.

All the ppl saying house or playground parties - I love those too but weather is a big question mark. Both my kids have winter bdays so we are basically stuck with party venues. We could host at home if kids could be outside for part of the time but seasonally it's unlikely.

I will say my DS loved his party - it was exactly what he wanted. So that made it worthwhile.[/quote]

Winter parties are harder.  For my winter child, we’ve never done a whole class party.  It’s always been under 6 friends at a venue of some kind: bowling, gymnastics, escape room, trampoline, pottery, climbing wall. I don’t think we’ve every paid more than 500 at the most.  Not bc we can’t afford it, but principle. [/quote]$500 for under 6 kids is a lot![/quote]

It was a high estimate.  Some activities are more expensive than others, with $500 being the most we’ve spent.  Sometimes it adds up.  Even something like bowling, once you pay for the shoe rental, bowling lanes, then they want to go to are arcade a bit and do a game of laser tag.  Then parents come early to hang out before pickup and we’ll tell them the tab is open and to order a drink or food if they want.  Canvas painting is also one of the more expensive winter parties we’ve done that gets close to $500, since it is around $40-50 per kid, plus the food, cake, etc. Sure you can have a home party for less and we sometimes do.  But I don’t think $500 is over the top at all.  Have you read some of the other responses ? [/quote]

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