Celebrating winter birthdays can be a challenge. It is
expensive to rent a place if you do not want to have a party in your home. And
if you do host a party in your home to save money, it can be extra work to
clean and create kid friendly activities. At least in the summer months you can
toss the kids outside and let them run wild through the sprinklers.
I am not a good party planner. I get overwhelmed by
themes and run out of time to finish all my DIY ideas. This year when my kids
requested a party at popular build your own stuffed animal store I was tempted
to say yes because it felt like less planning. Except the price tag and the
fact that our guests would have to travel 45 minutes to meet us made that
option unlikely. Until….
I heard about the Creation Station through The Character Closet. The Character Closet rents out popular costumed character
actors for parties and special occasions. They also have a bunch of additional
party add-ons like a build your own stuffed animal party, custom invitations,
cookies, cakes and goody bags (they stuff them all for you). The creation station was an easy and
affordable option for us. And the beauty of it all is that they traveled to my
location!
Courtney was our party contact and when she arrived, she
brought everything our guests needed to stuff their own lovable furever friend.
She did all the work setting up and cleaning up, showing kids how to stuff
their pets and even provided an adoption certificate, a color your own t-shirt
for each pet and a drawstring back pack to take it all home in.
I know how much my kids love animals, so I added a couple of
extra stations for fun. Our guests enjoyed grooming their pets, dressing them with a new name
collar and posing for a photo op. We spent the first hour of the
party as a group stuffing and creating our pets. Then each kid moved on to the
station of their choice. Courtney had a second adoption station where the kids
named their pets and received their adoption passports.
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I am impressed by the selection of pets, the quality of the
materials and how much is included in the price per child. Courtney also
provides individual attention and is a natural with kids. We had a variety of animals to choose from:
cats, dogs, a unicorn, a sloth, reindeer and more. But you can easily create a
theme around a specific animal or type of animals like dinosaurs, zoo animals,
or sea creatures. Whatever your kids’ favorite animal is you can have a party for
it.
The kids had a blast and the parents were thankful to not be overwhelmed by a store full of
merchandise. I was impressed because I didn’t have to do too much planning and
the party came to me. The kids spent most of the party being creative and
having fun with a project they could be proud of.
The Whatever Mom is a full-time wife and twin mama living on coffee and wine. She enjoys the pure rush of cleaning the BIG potty between loads of laundry. It is her dream that moms everywhere accept and embrace the Whatever Mom philosophy which can be found here. You can also find her musings and popular shares on Facebook and Twitter. Stay up to date with her creative ideas and outings on Pinterest.
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