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Where are some of the great places that you have had your kids birthday parties at in IF? We have had them at the zoo, Leo's, parks, bowling alley. Does anyone have any further suggestions?

We go to Blast Off for our children's birthday parties. They are great rates and the kids have a blast, not matter what age they are.

Does a kid need a B-day party every single year? My kids are nearly 14 and 9 and they have each only had 1 big party apiece. We did a party at the house with submarine sandwiches and instructed guests to bring canned food donations rather than gifts. They were great parties that my kids have never forgotten.   Both of my kids were younger when we had these parties. They are content to invite one or two friends out to a nice dinner and a movie at the theater or at home.

Pinkpintopony said:

Does a kid need a B-day party every single year? My kids are nearly 14 and 9 and they have each only had 1 big party apiece. We did a party at the house with submarine sandwiches and instructed guests to bring canned food donations rather than gifts. They were great parties that my kids have never forgotten.   Both of my kids were younger when we had these parties. They are content to invite one or two friends out to a nice dinner and a movie at the theater or at home.

This is such an awesome idea!  You'd be teaching your kids to donate and they'd have a fun part at the same time!  Great post Pink and thanks for sharing the great idea!

Here's another place that I would like to take my kids… I just found it not too long ago after moving out west of town last year.  It's a little place just north of Idaho Falls.  It's a county run boat ramp/park and it would be a great place to have a birthday party with fishing for the kids.  Provided there aren't too many of them to keep an eye on with the river.  There's hardly ever anyone there and it's very relaxing…  Here's a map…

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Idaho+Falls,+ID&daddr=43.584444,+-112.057784&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=43.584992,-112.056529&sspn=0.001869,0.004807&ie=UTF8&ll=43.540336,-112.047501&spn=0.119707,0.307617&z=12

We've done birthday parties at the aquatic center, and the kids loved them, I'd definitely do it again.

Pinkpintopony said:

Does a kid need a B-day party every single year? My kids are nearly 14 and 9 and they have each only had 1 big party apiece. We did a party at the house with submarine sandwiches and instructed guests to bring canned food donations rather than gifts. They were great parties that my kids have never forgotten.   Both of my kids were younger when we had these parties. They are content to invite one or two friends out to a nice dinner and a movie at the theater or at home.

I think that's an awesome idea to have all the kids bring something for charity!  I think my son would really enjoy that.  Kids sometimes surprise you if you give them the opportunity to help others–they love it!  I am all for inviting one or two friends over for birthdays, because I worry about making kids feel left out if they don't get invited to the “big parties”.   But to each their own.  I know my son has really enjoyed the birthday parties he has been invited to recently and I'm sure we'll have a few, but definitely not every year.  Thanks for sharing such a neat idea for the “big parties”. 

anon said:

There is a gymnastics building located just down the street from the Sky View drive inn.

We attended a b-day party there a couple of months ago, and it was fantastic. For one price they provide an hour and a half of play time, pizza, drinks and a cake.

My sons had a blast, and so did the parents.

This is the type of place I am looking for.  Could someone tell me the name of the place for tumbling and gymanistics for kids.  I was told there was a place here and one in Pocatello that if full of trampolines and tumbling equipmemt.  Please someone help me out here.

Susan