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• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings

Have you ever thrown a birthday party and knew it would cost you a pretty penny? Were you scared to return to the kids' party site as a result? Fear not - you can have a fabulous kiddie party for little money and still keep your kid in awe. By organizing for a small number of people, choosing a fun theme and providing snacks, cake, and a variety of games, you can have a memorable party without spending a lot of money.

Steps

1. 1 Don't throw a big party. Usually 5-10 invited children are enough. Some adhere to this rule: as many children as the age of the child whose birthday is being celebrated.
2. 2 Choose a topic. Having a theme can help you plan your party. Although not strictly necessary, it adds fun and you can create creative party decorations, choose games, treats. Here are some ideas:
   • Pink Party: Recommended for girls. All jewelry, food, drinks, etc. should be pink. The guests are dressed in pink.
   • Pizza Party: Making our own pizza. Games may include pin-mushroom-to-pizza (a variation on pin-the-donkey-tail). Turn your house into a pizzeria and play Italian music.
   • Pool Party: Great for active kids and generally enjoyed by everyone. All guests receive a beach ball.
   • Spa Day: Great for older teenage girls, guests can bring bathrobes. Play soft New Age music. Prepare facial scrubs, pedicure and paint each other's nails.From food, you can choose light cuisine, for example, fruits, salad, sushi. Use Asian-inspired decorations such as bamboo.
   • Overseas regions. Choosing exotic locations: Texas, Japan, Paris, Ancient Egypt, Hawaii, Hollywood, New York, New Orleans ... to all this, pick up a special menu, games and activities.
3. 3 Choose an inexpensive place to party. You will save a significant amount of money by choosing a cheap or free place to party. For example:
   • Own home or home of a friend or relative.
   • Library (many have rooms that are cheap)
   • Religious place. Many churches, temples have a meeting place that is suitable for a party.
   • Local park. Sometimes you will have to pay to use the awnings, picnic area, beach, or just pay the entrance fee. However, this is usually cheaper than other places and there, in addition, you can still use amenities such as tennis, swimming and relaxation areas, etc. Just don't forget to agree in advance!
4. 4 Think about the food. The biggest waste of your party will be food and drinks. It's also easy to underestimate them, since you should also think about napkins, cups, plastic dishes, and more. Here are some things to consider:
   • Dessert party: cake or pastries, ice cream, milk, juice or sweet water. As for the birthday party, usually the kids are looking forward to the cake.
   • Clearance: all guests bring their favorite dish. This is a great money saver and can help you avoid dietary problems.
   • Economy Menu: Some food (like spaghetti) is inexpensive, although everyone likes it anyway. Sandwiches, pizza, chili, hamburgers, hot dogs, and stews also don't cost you a pretty penny if you make them all at home.
   • Do everything from scratch. Buying pizza can add to your expenses. But you can save money by cooking it yourself if you cook well.
5. 5 Prepare a cake (or decorate one bought in advance in the store). If your child likes a cartoon or movie character, go to a cheap store and buy a small toy to add to the cake. Or use your creativity and create something fun at the top. You can use food coloring to change the color of the frosting. A few examples:
   • Monster truck themed cake. Color the watering green and use the Broken Chocolate Chip Cookie to create a path at the top. Buy a small pack of cheap cars and smash them with a hammer, put them on top of the cake and place a monster truck on top to make it look like it broke them.
   • Princess Cake: Use pink frosting and decorate the cake with small princess figurines and roses.
   • Rainbow cake: Prepare the cake in layers of different colors, cover with white frosting, decorate with colored candies.
6. 6 Use your handicraft skills! Instead of buying all the party decorations, try making it yourself. If you have children, chances are you already have some manual skills.
   • Small, inexpensive packages of colored cardboard or foam sheets can be turned into paper chains, banners, signs of any color combination. In addition, your child can help you do all of this, and will supervise the preparations for his party himself.
   • Make newspaper hats and let the kids decorate them at the party.
   • Make a banner from a large sheet of paper and write letters on it with paint. Use this as a guestbook for arriving guests. Or just take a piece of paper and a marker. All of your child's friends will be able to draw something on it.
   • Autographs on a pillowcase. Using fabric markers or permanent markers and placing a piece of cardboard in the pillowcase, ask guests to sign on the pillowcase.
7. 7 Balloons are inexpensive and fun. In cheap stores, you can find inexpensive helium balloons. Ordinary balloons will not fly up, but are very suitable for simple colored decoration.
   • Put confetti in balloons.
   • Place one balloon on the ceiling and put the candy there, write the names so that by the end of the party it will be a prize for someone. Or let everyone receive such a ball as a gift bag.
   • You can use a permanent marker to write messages with your guests.
   • The balls are also great for games such as relay races or volleyball (for younger children) and water ball fights.
8. 8 Create gift bags. Buy knickknacks at a cheap store. Also find gift bags and toys like stickers, cars, candy, etc.
9. 9 …Or not. Very often, gift bags are converted into a collection of cheap plastic toys and candy. Be creative! Perhaps your guests will walk home wearing a bandana from a cowboy party. Or they can bring flowers from a garden party with them.
10. 10 Pick up games. If necessary, create games yourself. Even half of a cricket set can be used for mini golf, which is a cross between golf and racing (give points for someone knocking out a ball and remove points if a ball is missed that the kids were trying to knock out). There are many more great ideas, such as Pass to Another, Musical Chairs, drawing the shape of someone's body on a large sheet of paper, and more. Pick up books on organizing parties at the library.
    Dont forget to clean up the mess

Tips

• Inexpensive items can be bought at cheap stores.
• Find interesting ideas and recipes on the Internet.
• Stick to a budget.
• Go through the thrift store and buy items that can be reused or redone.
• If you know someone who bakes cakes or provides pony rides, try bartering. For example, Katya Ivanova in the neighborhood is famous for delicious cakes, ask her if she would agree to bake you a cake for some kind of service. You never know until you ask. And you can also make friends in this way.
• Ask family or friends if they have anything interesting from previous parties.
• Ask your friends if they can give you some of this for free.

Warnings

• Some themes are difficult to implement, try expanding the theme, for example, throw a space hero party instead of Star Wars.
• Party is often a lot of work. Know when to save and when to buy. Running around two thrift stores and 3 cheap stores looking for balloons is pointless if you know you can buy them in the balloon department. You can save a couple of dozen cents, but your time is not worth it.
• Sometimes you won't find what you want.