Screaming brats and pressies (Children's Parties)

Member Name: sympatic

Product:	Children's Parties
Date:	08/03/09 (98 review reads)
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Advantages: Fun time for the little ones

Disadvantages: Costs can mount up

My little niece had her birthday a few weeks ago and it was a real eye opener compared with the ones I remember from my own childhood. Maybe there are some Americanisms creeping in but this whole birthday party was run along a theme and there were things like party bags which all addede up over the whole party to make it a rather expensive event, having said that she had a wonderful smile on her face the whole time which I guess made it all worth while for my sister and brother in law.

The theme she wanted was Disney and in particular the Little Mermaid so there were lots of decorations along that theme and also the music was from the sound track for some of the time, to save on the DVD my sister had loaded a lot of music onto an i-pod and then played this through some speakers.

The cake also fitted in with the theme as it was a replica of Ariel and decorated with some of the other characters. Even the party bags were on the same theme.

They did hire an entertainer in the form of a magician who also did a party games as well as this entertainment really made a difference however at £120 for two hours it is not a bad gig however he does include all the invites and party bags in that cost so it is not too bad and takes some of teh hassle out of the whole event however if you add in hiring the village hall and the catering it would have cost at least £200 and that is before any presents are puchased so not a cheap event. Thankfully it is only once a year.

Summary: Parties can be fun