by Hope
The kids frugal birthday party was last week. If you were watching the weather almost anywhere in the country, you could probably guess that my super frugal pool party which would have cost me less than $100 for 18 kids plus those parents that stayed did not quite happen as planned. THE RAIN!
The night before the party, I was still holding out hope that we could still squeeze in a pool party in between down pours, but when I woke at 5am…the weather just didn’t seem to want to agree with me. Luckily, I was prepared. I had spent a little time the day before checking out last minute alternatives and settled on bowling.
So we met at the apartment office to complete the SURPRISE part, and boy were Princess and Little Gymnast shocked. It was AWESOME and worth all the worry and work! We then trooped over to our tiny apartment and ate pizza (supplied at a discount by History Buff and his job) and drank water bottles ($3.48 for a case of 24.)
Then thankfully, all the parents who stayed helped me carpool all the kiddos over to the local bowling alley where we bowled for 2 hours and had the cookie cakes (supplied by Sea Cadet and his employer who let us use his employee discount.) Hands down the best party yet and despite having to pay for bowling was still one of my most cost effective parties I’ve ever thrown and for two kiddos at that!
Little Gymnast – Ready to Bowl
Princess with her Cookie Cake
Total for the Party = $211.97 which again included lunch, bowling and cookie cake for 18 kids and 5 parents. So even though I had to spend a little more than planned. I am very happy with the results and the kiddos were too.
Hope is a creative, solutions-focused business manager helping clients grow their business and work more efficiently by leveraging expertise in project management, digital marketing, & tech solutions. She’s recently become an empty nester as her 5 foster/adoptive kids have spread their wings. She lives with her 5 dogs in a small town in NE Georgia and prefers the mountains to the beaches any day. She struggles with the travel bug and is doing her best to help each of her kids as their finish schooling and become independent (but it’s hard!) She has run her own consulting company for almost twenty years! Hope began sharing her journey with the BAD community in the Spring of 2015 and feels like she has finally in a place to really focus on making wise financial decisions.
Cute cakes and lovely smiles! Glad you had a back up plan and that they were surprised.
Looks like you had a wonderful time!!!!
Love the cookie cakes! Glad it turned out well in the end.