15 amazing ideas for children’s birthday parties in and around Cardiff
If you’re wondering what to do for your child’s birthday party, here’s a host of ideas from local children’s birthday party providers in and around Cardiff who can help your little one celebrate with everything from outdoor exploring, football and photography, to cookery classes, fancy dress and karaoke, as well as some more traditional party entertainment.
A number of the parties advertised below are also offering some brilliant discounts or special offers for Cardiff Mummy Says readers, so be sure to mention you saw it here when booking and do pass on to anyone else you think may appreciate it too.
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All discounts are valid on new party bookings taking place before the end of 2016 and are subject to availability.
Music Bus parties
A party that includes fun and exciting musical activities is the perfect choice for babies, toddlers and young children from birth to five.
Music Bus parties include lively action songs, lovable puppets, percussion, scarves, dancing, musical games and parachute play. If it’s a birthday we’ll include a special musical gift and card for the birthday boy or girl. If you have a particular theme in mind, we are happy to tailor your party to your requirements. Music Bus is run by Yvette Hollister who runs weekly pre-school Music Bus classes in Cardiff.
Prices start at £100 for a 1 hour session or £85 for 45 minutes.
*Mention Cardiff Mummy Says at the time of booking and get a 10% discount.
For more information, call Yvette on 07425161825, email yvette.hollister@musicbus.com, or visit https://www.facebook.com/MusicBusCardiffNorth/ or www.musicbus.com
The Kids Construction Company
Kids love Lego and they also love birthday parties – so you can imagine how much fun it is to combine the two. The Kids Construction Company does just that with its parties – they will bring along loads of Lego and guide guests through fun and creative Lego-themed games such as Lego egg and spoon, Lego bingo and speed building, plus plenty of free-building time where their imaginations can run wild. The party hosts will work with you to put together an appropriate running order filled with games and activities that will best suit your child and their friends.
Prices are £135 for up to 16 children for 1.5 hours of Lego fun and are suitable for ages 5-10. Most bookings last two hours, with 1.5 hours of entertainment and half an hour for food (not provided by TKCC).
*Mention Cardiff Mummy Says at the time of booking and get a 10% discount.
For more information, contact Emma on 07881 295650, email emma@kidsconstruction.co.uk or visit http://kidsconstruction.co.uk orhttps://www.facebook.com/Kidsconstruction
Dotty Sweets
“Dotty Sweets creates gorgeous sweet treats, including sweet cones, sweet bags, sweet cubes and chocolate tray boxes which all go down really well with children to take home as party bags, all at affordable prices. We can work with you to create a memorable favour to match the party theme/colour and all items can be personalised with a free sticker and coloured ribbon of the birthday child’s choice. All our sweets are sourced from a reputable supplier to ensure long expiry dates and freshness and we hold a 5* Food Hygiene Rating.
Sweet bags start at just £0.85p each, with no minimum order and can be posted to you at an additional cost or local pick-up and delivery is available. Orders must be placed at least one week in advance.
Please visit http://www.dottysweets.com or http://www.facebook.com/dottysweets to view the array of treats which make the perfect party bag for the birthday child’s guests. For more information or to place an order, please contact Faye on 07846 916829 or email dottysweets@gmail.com
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Bushcraft Birthdays
Forget keeping off the grass and staying out of the mud! At a Bushcraft party, we expect kids to be kids and to get stuck in! Our unique parties are a mix of traditional fun, adventure, fresh air, excitement and mouth-watering campfire food, and our bushcraft shelter allows us to keep calm and carry on bushcrafting, whatever the weather!
At a Bushcraft Birthdays party your child will learn to light a fire using different methods, make shelters, take part in our birthday bushtucker trials, and get outside in the great outdoors getting their hands dirty, learning something new – and most of all they’ll have fun! And new for 2016, we have introduced archery parties.
For groups of up to 12 children aged 7+ and teens.
Three hour party including food £175 (*some external sites charge a small fee to use their land).
Make your next celebration wild – get in touch to find out more!
For more information visit www.bushcraftbirthdays.co.uk or www.facebook.com/BushcraftBirthdays
For adults looking for a unique birthday party, celebration event or team building day visit www.bushcraftbash.co.uk
TJ’s Roller Skating Limited Parties
TJ’s roller skating parties recreate the vibe of old-school roller discos for a fun and fabulous party experience your child will never forget. Your party host will bring skates for guests to wear – from toddler size 6 to adult size 12. Private parties can be arranged in venues in Cardiff, Newport, Caerleon, Torfaen, Caerphilly, RCT, Merthyr, Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend and Vale of Glamorgan. Prices start at £220. Skate hire must be booked in advance. The party host is a qualified roller skating coach for Cardiff City Rollers Artistic RSC. Parties are suitable for all ages and
occasions and come with full public liability insurance.
For more information about TJ’s family public roller skating sessions, roller discos and parties, contact Tara on 07739 557 474, email info@tjsrollerskating.co.uk or visit www.tjsrollerskating.co.uk or
https://www.facebook.com/tjsrollerskating
Discotots
Netmums Winner of the best Party Entertainer category in Wales! (1-8 years)
Just like their preschool classes, Discotots parties are exciting, contemporary and upbeat! Guests will enjoy disco lights, bubbles, funky action songs, fun dances, musical games and exciting props (parachute, puppets, pompoms, scarves, to name but a few). Children will play fantastic original musical games, as well as a few traditional favourites. Each party is based on an award winning formula, but at the same time tailored to your child’s age, interests and favourite tunes. The parties will keep the little ones entertained throughout so parents can sit back, relax and enjoy.
Prices start at £140 for a 2-hour party for up to 40 children (depending on age and venue size), and are suitable for ages 1 to 8.
For more details contact Zoe on 029 2132 0089 or 07870 626318, email info@discotots.com or visit www.discotots.com or www.facebook.com/Discotots
The Wonderful Wardrobe
The Wonderful Wardrobe provides enchanting dressing up parties for children aged 0-6.The children arrive and choose a costume from The Wonderful Wardrobe – which has an extensive range including princesses, super heroes, monsters, pirates and animals. Then, using fairy and pirate puppets, the children are taken on an adventure, telling a special story all about the birthday child. This is not a sit down and listen type of story; it’s a join in, sing and move type of story, using instruments, pom poms, fairy dust, parchutes and more.
The Wonderful Wardrobe provides the party invitations,party prizes a gift for the birthday child and even the thank you notes. Plus each guest receives a colouring sheets a sticker and a sprinkling of fairy dust at the end of the party.You provide the venue, and the food and they will do the rest.
Prices range from £100 for a 1-hour party to £150 for a 2-hour package for up to 35 children.
*Mention Cardiff Mummy Says when making your booking and get 10% off a two-hour party
For more information, contact Joanne on 07972 115096 or joanne@thewonderfulwardrobe.co.uk or visit www.thewonderfulwardrobe.co.uk or facebook.com/TheWonderfulWardrobe
The Creation Station Cardiff
Keep the children entertained for up to two hours with an Arty Party from The Creation Station Cardiff. The Arty Party is the ultimate hassle-free, affordable solution for special celebrations and themed party entertainment. Parties are tailored around your child and great fun for you too, giving you less to do.
Give your child a fun, creative experience to enjoy with their friends. All the children are inspired to create at least two original art pieces to take home; arty parties can include everything from painting, modelling, making, sculpting, and crafting. Music, dancing and games are provided too, if there’s time after all the ‘making’!
Parents can relax; as well as setting up and providing all the fun party activities, The Creation Station also provide invitations and party bags.
Parties are suitable for children ages 1 to 11. Prices start from £100 for 10 children. An additional hour can be added from £3 per child.
For more information, see the website
Gôl Football Centre Cardiff
If you’ve got football-mad children then a birthday party at Gôl Football Centre in Cardiff is ideal. As well as having your own 4G all-weather football pitch, you also get exclusive use of the party room that overlooks it so that you can keep an eye on the children playing while having a cuppa. The helpful staff will sort your choice of party food out, whether that be hotdogs or pizza, ready for when they come in and the Centre can even provide a football coach to run the party too! A great way for your son/daughter to try out that football kit they got for their birthday!
Parties start at £100 for two hours of pitch and party room hire, including food, for up to 10 children. £5 per extra child.
*Mention Cardiff Mummy Says at the time of booking and get a 10% discount.
For more information, call 029 2037 5760, email cardiff@golcentres.co.uk or visit www.golcentres.co.uk/childrens-partiesor www.facebook.com/golfootballcentrecardiff
The Boiler House Graffiti Parties
Graffiti parties are a great birthday idea for older children looking for a fun and creative activity. Suitable for ages 10 and above, the parties take place at The Boiler House on Papermill Road, Cardiff, under the guidance of a professional Graffiti Artist. The Boiler House is a unique Graffiti Gallery space showcasing inspiring work by artists from around the UK. Party-goers will learn about marking out and working to scale, filling in and colour schemes. Then they will work together to create their own large scale piece using spray paints. The birthday boy or girl also gets to paint a piece to take away for their bedroom.
Parties start from £150 for a two-hour party for up to 8 guests, with additional participants priced at £25 per head.
For more information, email info@boilerhousegraffiti.com, call 07977 138 587 or 07738 092 524 or visit www.boilerhousegraffiti.com
Cook Stars
Cook Stars birthday parties see young guests getting creative with their culinary skills. Depending on which party option you choose, your budding chefs could be baking and decorating delicious cupcakes or cookies and being treated to afternoon tea, or creating pizzas from scratch followed by DIY ice cream sundaes. Parties can take place in your own home or at a chosen venue. Cook Stars make the party experience less stressful for parents by taking care of everything from invitations to party plates as well as all party food, entertainment and games. Cook Stars can also provide a birthday cake for guests to decorate and ‘thank you’ cookie baking bags!
Prices start at £150 for eight children, offering excellent value as this includes ALL party food as well as ingredients and entertainment for two hours. Parties are suitable for children from age 4.
*Mention Cardiff Mummy Says when booking and receive a free gift baking bag.
For more information, contact Cathy on 07805 080208, email enquiries@cookstars.co.uk or visit www.cookstars.co.uk and https://www.facebook.com/cookstars
Tizzy Wizzy Party Company
It was while organising her own daughter’s birthday party that Jo realised how time consuming and hard work it could be to track down all the party supplies, find a venue, sort the entertainment, prepare the food, set up the venue, clean up afterwards, satisfy your little angel’s demands – not to mention trying to impress all your mummy friends. That’s when Tizzy Wizzy Party Co was born. The children’s party-planning company can cater, decorate and plan your party, or tailor it to you, just using what you need. Let Tizzy Wizzy Party take the stress away being as stylish and cost effective as possible.
Prices start at £4 a head. New for this year is Party In a Box! You choose the theme, they will send you the decorations and ready-made party bags, straight to your door.
*Mention Cardiff Mummy Says when booking and get 10% off.
For more information, contact Jo on 07581 022917, email tizzywizzypartyco@outlook.com or visit the Tizzy Wizzy Facebook page or www.tizzywizzyparty.co.uk
Photo Junior parties
Budding photographers will love birthday parties from Photo Junior, Guests will take photos, play games and have the chance to get snapped in the fun, interactive camera photo booth! Themes include Miss Make-over, Super Hero and Wildlife Adventures – or the host can choose their own theme. Parties include fun camera/photography tutorials and lots of picture taking on cameras, iPads and iPhones. You can tailor make your party to include make-a-frame, badge making, t-shirt and bag printing. Children go home with all their fabulous creations. All party hosts are DRB checked.
Parties can be held at home or a pre-booked venue and are 1.5 hours (for up to 30 children).
Prices start at £10 per child, with a minimum of eight children – or £8 per head for over 20 children.
For more information, call Natasha Jenkins on 07908 581881, email info@photojunior.com, visit www.photojunior.com or https://www.facebook.com/Photographyjnr
Karaoke Junior
Karaoke Junior, powered by Lucky Voice, is the ultimate singing experience for children’s parties. Parties are hosted by a team of trained singing and choreography coaches who guide the children through fun, music-related, party games and choreographed dance routines – all backed by the best in children’s party and chart karaoke music.
Karaoke Junior coaches are carefully handpicked, providing you with really talented individuals who can successfully deliver children’s karaoke parties and entertainment at the highest level. Book a party with Karaoke Junior and all you have to do is relax! All coaches are DBS checked.
Prices start at £150 for 15 guests. Suitable for ages 5 and above.
For more information, contact 07908 581881 or 029 2051 3322 or visit www.facebook.com/karaokejunior/
All discounts and special offers are valid on new party bookings taking place before the end of 2016 and are subject to availability. You must mention Cardiff Mummy Says when making your booking for the discount/offer to apply.
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