Comments on: What Is A Simple & “free” Birthday Party To Host For Our 9 Year Old Son?

By: Cristina

Cristina — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:22:43 +0000

Bring them to your house and let them play the wii. (I’m guessing you have one). Buy him a drawing set for his present.

By: My two cents

My two cents — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:22:43 +0000

Hate to break it to you, but simple and free are opposites. If you want to save money, than it takes a bit more effort (packages cost money because of the convenience factor)
How about a “gammer” party? Have everyone come dressed as their favorite game character (a Mario costume can be as simple as a pair of overalls, a clean plunger, and a fake paper mustache)
Put out the Wii and other bored games (ask parents or friends to loan some if you don’t have many) and the Wii becomes a tournament and the other board games, entertainment.
A cake is real easy! bake a 9×11 rectangular cake and decorate it as a game controller: you could go classic Nintendo w/ two red buttons and a + sign; you could do X-box type by simply carving out some of the cake to get the handle-bar effect; or cut it in half to make a long, Wii controller (use white chocolate chips to make the buttons)
For a group game go to the dollar store and buy a small gift box and one or two white/ light colored shower curtain liner. Make these into a die and game board (dots in a circle are fine). You and your son can come up with lots of trivia questions, each kid becomes their own game piece. Roll the die and if they answer the question right, they move up a space(spaces).

By: Spencer

Spencer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:22:42 +0000

I think that if you just got a bunch of kids together… baked a cake or bought a cake, whatever is cheaper… Rented some games for the Wii the kids would have a blast. Kids from four to forty love Wii. Everyone loves Wii. I think that that would suffice perfectly. Kids would have fun and be contained and amused, and your budget wouldn’t have to suffer but $6-$20 for the cake depending on if you buy it or bake it your self and $20ish bucks if you rent 2 or 3 games, although Wii sports is the most entertaining game for the Wii and I’m sure you already have it since it comes with the Wii. Wii bowling would occupy 6 or 7 kids for hours.

By: ~~~~~

~~~~~ — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:22:42 +0000

Just have an at home pizza party sleep over.
buy some chips, drinks, soda, and ice cream/cake,
pinata if they’re into it.
Get a few new games for the kids to play, and if its warm out, pick up a slip n slide [unless you have a pool!] and let the fun begin!
Have a drawing contest, a blindfolded “Guess the smell” contest [go pick out some weird smelling items, and let the kids go crazy]
have prizes for the winners. [usually a goody bag filled with cheap stuff from target or the party store will do it, or even a football or soccer ball]
then have some rented movies and popcorn for the kids to watch and do at night!
those were always my favorite parties!
**tips**
Buy the liter soda bottles, not cans. They’re waay cheaper, and usually on sale!
Rent anything you can. Rent games, and rent movies.
Little Ceasers has a $5 pizza deal. Dominos usually has sales.
When i was little, my mother had a “make your own pizza” thing. It was alot of fun.
We all had mini pizzas made for ourselves, and it was pretty cheap.
$4.00 For bread flour, a few bucks for eggs, some baking soda, and packet of pepperoni.
The cheese was the most expensive part!
She bought veggies at a local farmers market[AND WERE IN LA!!! she was the head thrify mom!! and we never noticed a difference!] and she probably only spent 25 bucks all together to feed us all. Thats waaay cheaper than ordering from a pizza place.
pinata is 15 bucks plus candy
For the “guess the smell game”
You need
*blindfold
*brown paper bags
* random smelly items
ideas
dried seaweed
vanilla extract
curry powder
pepper
dirty socks[lol this was always funny]
grape juice
lemons
hair spray
random other things around the house. Let the kids rummage through your spice cabinet!
have a few things out at a time so the last boy to go wont know what everything is. [make sure you have at least 3 different things for each child]
whoever gets the most right gets a prize
[football or soccer ball costs 6 bucks?]
lay out a bunch of blankets at nightime and pop some popcorn, put on a movie, and let them stay up as late as they want!
Additional items
*popcorn* 4 bucks
*plastic cups* 5 bucks
napkins *3 bucks*
icecream *8 bucks*
You can do everything above for under 100 dollars. Id say thats pretty good for a 6 or 7 kid birthday party!

By: Romantic Gift Ideas

Romantic Gift Ideas — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:22:42 +0000

Invite his friends to spend the night and let them have some junk food. Maybe let them stay up later than usual. They can play wii and just hang out. But for the drawing part, I wouldnt do it because if his friends arent good at it, its just not fun for them.