Anonymous wrote:We did one birthday party at a bouncy house place. DS shares a birthday with a good friend of his so we had a joint party. It was about $800, thankfully split between the familes. After that year both the families decided that parties at the house or some other place was a far better idea. A party at the house ran about $250 (cake, taco stuff, pinata, filling pinata, drinks for kids, drinks for adults, water balloons, prizes and the like). This past year we went to the pool and only had to pay for pizza and cake. DS is allowed to invite up to 10 kids so the pool didn't charge us, it is our family pool and half the kids were members already.
Good Luck OP. The party places are super expensive. I am glad that we have a summer birthday so we have some good outdoor options that are not stupid expensive. I feel for late fall/winter birthdays because you almost have to find an indoor location and a lot of those are pricey.
Yep! DD has an October birthday and after dealing with a bee infestation a couple of years ago at a farm, I swore off outdoor parties. I'm glad we did an indoor place this year because it was pouring rain on the day of the party.