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05-01-2008, 12:39 AM
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*Birthday Ideas for 2 yr Old?
My daughter is turning 2 this June. Last year grilled/ had cake by the community pool - which was nice- but this yr. looking for something more fun in the Cary or Raleigh area. Will probably be just a few kids ages 4-7y. Any ideas?
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05-01-2008, 06:44 AM
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Some of the recent birthday parties we went to were:
Little Gym
Apex gymnastics
Pump it up
Museum of Life and Science
I bet the Marbles museum has birthday packages as well
Have fun
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05-01-2008, 05:46 PM
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My son just had 2. They don't know whats going on at that age- we had a nice party at home with his little friends and family, let the kids run around the backyard and play and kick the ball and eat cake and ice cream!  |
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05-01-2008, 06:45 PM
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I'm with musicalzoo on this. A 2 year old does not care where he is for his b-day. He gets nothing "more" out of some expensive staged thing than he would get at home with some family friends. Save those things for 4+ (if at all. I'm a big fan of parties where people do the old fashioned games which kids never get to do any more...pin the tail on the donkey, a good old pinata, maybe the peanut push with the nose...)
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05-01-2008, 06:51 PM
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The barefoot babe
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When my daughter was that age, we invited her friends and we went to a Mcdonalds that had a HUGE playground. We brought a cake and ordered food for the kids we brought along. It was great and a place where the kids were contained in a child safe environment.
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05-01-2008, 08:32 PM
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I agree with the make it simple approach, especially at this age. We had a party at home for my daughter who turned 2 in December. We bought some jungle themed balloons, a few decorations, a cake and invited some friends over and it worked out great. If you are set on going somewhere else, another simple place that we attended for a party was Jumpin Beans in Cary. The kids bounced for 30 minutes, we ate cake and ice-cream and it was over in an hour-just enough, not too much.
Good Luck!
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05-01-2008, 09:24 PM
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thanks all! Guess I'll plan again by the pool and save our $!!!
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05-02-2008, 11:53 AM
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we had our Son's 2nd birthday party at Marbles. We do the 1st one at home  |
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05-02-2008, 05:03 PM
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Coming right out and saying it.
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A friend had their daughter's party at a Raleigh fire station. The station hosted it all, set everything up, and cleaned up afterward. And it didn't cost her a dime! She just brought the cake, ice cream, party gifts, and decorations.
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