Usually for my youngest two (13 months apart), I have a small dinner for them with immediate family at either my house or a restaurant. They’ve never actually had a big birthday party with friends and extended family. I always feel guilty asking people to come to two separate parties and giving gifts, so I’ve always just done it this way.<\/p>\n
I’ve been feeling bad lately though because my oldest had always had big parties\u00a0for her birthdays. So, this year I wanted to do something different. I decided to do a joint birthday party at Chuck E Cheese.<\/p>\n
The set up was relatively easy. I chose a Sunday because my oldest had a softball tournament that weekend. I was pleasantly surprised that Sunday birthday parties get an extra 100 tokens. That was nice. I also got an extra 20 tokens for using their hotline to call and arrange the party. I only booked a week in advance and was still given\u00a0a time that was good for me. I was able to get a crown and a cape for each of the birthday girls, along with a cardboard cutout of a Princess with a place to put your face in for pictures, (I will post a pic of that). To have 2 birthday “stars” was only $4.99 extra. That was another pleasant surprise. I paid $14.99 each for 12 kids. This gave each kid pizza, a drink, a souvenir cup, and 30 tokens. I could’ve had a cake, but chose to bring my own cupcakes instead.<\/p>\n
I also ordered 2 large pizzas and soft drinks for the adults. I should’ve ordered more because I ran out and had no idea, I wish the host would’ve let me know. My only real complaint was it was the host’s last day and I think she was saying a lot of goodbyes because she wasn’t around enough. We had to wait in line at the register multiple times for drinks, food, extra tokens, etc.<\/p>\n
All total the cost was around $270 when you include the extra trips to the register for drinks and tokens. It was not bad at all and the kids had a great time. The birthday girls got to go in the ticket blaster machine and the videos from that were priceless. They also got to meet and dance with Chuck E Cheese which they enjoyed.<\/p>\n
Would I book a party at Chuck E Cheese again? Probably. Not having to worry about cleaning up after 12 kids was wonderful! I really feel the service was only off because it was the host’s last day and I don’t blame Chuck E Cheese for that.<\/p>\n
Here’s a video of my poor girls being lost in the Fun Tank (Ticket Blaster Machine). They had no idea what to do!<\/p>\n