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2 year old Birthday Party for CHEAP- Ninja Mom Style

Ok Ninja moms, it's time to be real... your soon to be 2 year old will NOT remember this birthday! Sorry I am being so real...  harsh, I know.   Go ask the older siblings right now "Where did you go for your 2nd birthday?"     So why are you willing to slave over the Cricut and spend tons of money on goodie bags, decorations, food, and entertainment??

 My husband and I did this last week for Sebastian's 2nd birthday and it was so cheap & easy we committed to doing again for his 3rd Birthday!

**They are 2 years old-- they only should invite 2 buddies to this event.    We invited 1 friend from daycare who has 2 other siblings, the 2 cousins, and my best friends 2 kids.   Total of 9 kids!

1) You work the local area kids places to your advantage--  hello TODDLER (6 yr UNDER) TIME!
           -Find the nearest Pump it up, Skywalk, Trampoline Park, bounce house fun arena place.
           -Get on the calendar and find when the Todder time is.   All places have a small kids time.   No big tween/teen kids allowed.    This means a safer environment for the littles!
         
3)  INVITE your guests to meet and play during the toddler time!   

We did Skywalk Fresno (Trampoline fun) at 10am on his actual Birthday 7/11.  We had all the 9 kids w/parents meet us there.     We paid the $6 per kid - total of $54, and parents jumped free!      (Skywalk was great, I gave the front desk the list, she highlighted as they all showed up and I paid at the end!  They were so accommodating- I mean come on, who doesn't like a cute 2 year old).

See how this is becoming fun and CHEAP!



4) All the kids (especially the OLDER siblings who are 5) had a BLAST!
    -it's a low key time, no crazy kids jumping and hurting one other.
5) After, we headed to Chik-fil-A for lunch.   I provided cupcakes while everyone paid for their own meals (feel free to pay for lunch).     They kids got more play time in another safe environment.
6) Nap time.... "party" is over.

Why we absolutely loved it and will do it again:
-no decorations
-no organized party
-no expensive anything
-no planning other than a text to the friends parents.
-$6 per kid- and they all got to jump during Toddler time for 1 hour!  
-parents jumped for free with a paying toddler.
-lunch and more play at a fast food chain w/great food!
-brought in our own cupcakes (mini's) and we even had enough to pass out to every kid in Chic-fil-A.   (that's our Pay it Forward thing we do- started on our wedding night, we gave out cake to everyone we saw walking near our wedding venue).
-EASY and stress-free!

Total Bill:   $75    Skywalk + Cupcakes (which grandma actually paid for).

Don't forget the cute shirt showing off it's their birthday (got mine on Etsy, I do the SAME exact shirt for the first 5 birthdays for both my boys-    I will make a quilt one day w/them.   LittleOneBoutique is the Etsy shop).  

Don't forget the camera.  and play w/your little.

Have Ninja Mom fun,
Auggie






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