See if you can hire your local librarian who does the storytime program. Or go to a few and try to emulate what they do.

I just went to a quaint party like you described. The mom bought some plastic things on a necklace and the kids filled them with sand out of squeeze bottles. That was a big hit. They also had paper plates to decorate with stamps, stickers, that kind of thing. And plain balloons everywhere, the non-helium kind.

I didn't mind any of that, I was bothered by the fact that they didn't bring out the cake until 2.5 hours after the party started.

We did one of these when my DD turned 4. Brought in dresses and costumes for dress up, had a few craft stations (cereal necklaces, crown decorating, and something else I can't remember), and had a snacks table. Also had a face painter come in, but honestly most of the kids didn't do that! Without the face painter, it was about $150 all together (including venue and food). And I probably went overboard on crafts. Kids had a blast.

Cotton balls could be good "snowballs". You could to a relay race where kids have to carry a cotton ball in a plastic spoon to a set point and return. Alternatively, you could give each kid a spoon, provide each team a supply of cotton balls and a bowl set some distance away. See which team can get the most cotton balls in their bowl. You could also use wadded up paper as snowballs.

+1 for pinata and pin the nose on Olaf

You could get white paper doilies to let the kids decorate as snowflakes.

OP here. Thanks for some of the suggestions. There is an onsite playground but it's going to be in mid December so I am guessing it's a no go.

Games: freeze dance to the Frozen soundtrack, stomp the (Frozen themed) balloons, relay race with a stuffed Olaf on your head (or whatever variation), a tiara ring toss into the bucket for a prize,..possibilities are endless

Crafts - endless ideas on the internet

Pinata

Is there an onsite playground? You'll need something to get their wiggles out

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Anonymous wrote:I have not been to one and can you tell me what do people typically do for games and entertainment? This would be for my daughter's 4 year old party and half of her friends are 3 years old. We are thinking of a Frozen theme party as she loves Frozen. But I don't want to do about entertainment. I tried to google this and it seems like some of the games are too difficult for this age group. Thanks.

Can you hire an Elsa for the party? They’ll do games and face painting

Or you can do a craft project with the kids?

OP here. Where do you find that person? Sorry if the answer is obvious but I am new at this.
No to the bounce house because my daughter doesn't care for those. Also, am trying to keep the cost low and that would definitely bring up the cost.

Your DD might not care for a bounce house (most rental places have Frozen themed bounce houses by the way), but it is an easy and cheap way to please and to entertain the masses. If you are inviting boys, I can assure you they will not sit still or tolerate having to color, for example, and Elsa coloring sheet or gluing gems onto a jewelry box (or whatever craft you're considering).

It will smell like socks. If there are workout classes that are held there, the room won't be pleasant, enough. Community centers ruin the space which could be used for nice events, when they also allow use for zumba, aerobics.

An entertainer and a bounce house are going to cost the same give or take $50. If you want to do things on the cheap, you will have to put in a little sweat equity and come up with some games that you facilitate, otherwise you will just have a bunch of 3 years olds running around an empty room or doing a craft station- which they may be fine with, but parents will not really enjoy, so it is not being the greatest host to do that.

My kid had a Frozen themed birthday party a few years ago. We played pin the nose on Olaf, had a snowball toss (I made large white pom poms with yarn and they tried to toss them into buckets), and did a craft.

Gte some of the $1 wooden frames from Michaels. Have the kids decorate them in a Frozen theme, get stickers and whatever else you want them to put on frame. This will be an activity and double as the tthing to take home in lieu of a goody bag.

You could also print out Frozen coloring pages and have a coloring table

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Anonymous wrote:I have not been to one and can you tell me what do people typically do for games and entertainment? This would be for my daughter's 4 year old party and half of her friends are 3 years old. We are thinking of a Frozen theme party as she loves Frozen. But I don't want to do about entertainment. I tried to google this and it seems like some of the games are too difficult for this age group. Thanks.

Can you hire an Elsa for the party? They’ll do games and face painting

Or you can do a craft project with the kids?

OP here. Where do you find that person? Sorry if the answer is obvious but I am new at this.

No to the bounce house because my daughter doesn't care for those. Also, am trying to keep the cost low and that would definitely bring up the cost.

I would rent a bounce house.

Anonymous wrote:I have not been to one and can you tell me what do people typically do for games and entertainment? This would be for my daughter's 4 year old party and half of her friends are 3 years old. We are thinking of a Frozen theme party as she loves Frozen. But I don't want to do about entertainment. I tried to google this and it seems like some of the games are too difficult for this age group. Thanks.

Can you hire an Elsa for the party? They’ll do games and face painting

Or you can do a craft project with the kids?

I have not been to one and can you tell me what do people typically do for games and entertainment? This would be for my daughter's 4 year old party and half of her friends are 3 years old. We are thinking of a Frozen theme party as she loves Frozen. But I don't want to do about entertainment. I tried to google this and it seems like some of the games are too difficult for this age group. Thanks.