Anonymous
Post 10/23/2019 09:49     Subject: Best, reasonably priced kids party location?

We just did a roller skating party at Thomas Jefferson Community Center in Arlington. You might have to be an Arlington resident. The cost to reserve a party room plus admission and skate rental was $70 for my child and 9 friends. (You add on any additional guests.) They even provided basic plates, cups and forks. We ordered in pizza and brought cupcakes and it was super easy.

Given that it costs $2 to skate and $3 to rent skates on a normal night, this is a huge bargain.
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2019 09:25     Subject: Re:Best, reasonably priced kids party location?

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.
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2019 09:22     Subject: Best, reasonably priced kids party location?

Pump it up was about $500 with pizza. Jumping joeys might be a bit less, and is the perfect age for that.
Scramble is a good option.
What area are you in?
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2019 09:18     Subject: Re:Best, reasonably priced kids party location?

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.