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ONLY € 11.95 per child Mon-Fri. € 13.95 Sat & Sun.
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(Add a second activity for € 1 extra per child)
JULY & AUGUST BIRTHDAY PARTY OFFER (Thursdays only) - 11 KIDS - HOT FOOD + COSMO'S - € 100 - RING FOR DETAILS.
Hot food with all parties!!
We specialise in Birthday Parties at The Planet Entertainment Centre and your Children will have a day to remember. We have 3 party options:
PARTY 1: Cosmo's Fun World and Party Menu
PARTY 2: Bowling and Party Menu
PARTY 3: Bowling plus Cosmo's Funworld and Party Menu (2 activities - only € 1 extra per child)
Each party takes approximately 2 hours and the choice of party largely depends on the age of the children.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT ON THE DAY
Your Birthday Party Host will greet all the children as they arrive and take their food order for the party. The children will then be taken to various activities where the fun will begin.
BIRTHDAY PARTY FOOD MENU
When all your activities are completed enter the party area where you will be given a feast of food and drinks. There is a choice of Nuggets or Sausages and they are served with Chips and a choice of Drinks.
EACH PACKAGE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
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A choice from the delicious Cosmo's Party Menu
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Free party invitations for all your friends
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A special Birthday present from Cosmo to the Birthday child
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A free return voucher for the Birthday Child
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Tea & Coffee for Mum and Dad
Call The Party Hotline on 021 4300 700
Play Centre Parties - No Hassle, No Stress
Written by Yvonne KerrWhy not go for a stress-free party at your local play centre instead?
Your child’s birthday party comes but once a year – thankfully say parents everywhere. This occasion has the potential to send the most relaxed mum and dad into balls of stress as they frantically scour shops for party hats and balloons and supermarkets for cup cake icing and chocolate sprinkles. As well as the expense and time of the whole exercise, there’s the ugly clean up to deal with afterwards and your carpet has never quite recovered from that hot marsh mallow attack last year.
Well, there’s an alternative out there. Local play centres under the umbrella of the Irish Play Centre Association are springing up around the country offering a safe, affordable and hassle-free birthday party option that could save you and your loved ones quite a few grey hairs this year.
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Mum of three, Ger Keely from Newbridge, Kildare couldn’t agree more.
Ger has held six parties at her local play centre, including her eldest son Mark’s eighth birthday, and she couldn’t rate the experience highly enough.
“It ticks all the boxes for me,” Ger says.
“It’s brilliant because the kids experience is so much better. There’s so much preparation and pressure involved in having parties at home. You’re always trying to make sure that everything is ok and you’re planning weeks in advance.”
Ger would have invited up to 15 kids to her children’s birthday parties at home and says she felt “huge pressure” minding those kids whose parents she may not have known that well.
“The minding involved with a child is very stressful,” she says.
Ger remembers one children’s birthday party at her house a few years ago. One set of parents dropped their kid off, only to tell Ger they were going shopping for the day. “All I could think was, how do I contact you if anything happens?” she looks back. This is typical of home parties Ger says, as parents leave kids at your house for much longer than they would at an event or play centre.
“Parties in a play centre are usually two hours long. Parents know the boundaries and there’s a definite pick-up time,” Ger explains. “If other kids stay longer at your house, the responsibility lies on your shoulders to mind them. You’re worried if they’re running out into the back garden that they’ll trip or hurt themselves. I always had savlon, plasters and calpol at the ready just in case.”
Adult supervision in play centres means parents can relax and enjoy a chat while their kids run around. “You’d feel negligent if you did that at a party in your house,” Ger says. “It’s very relaxing. You can be sure your kids are happy and you’re not living in fear. “
In comparison, Ger says play centre parties are safe, clean, there’s no planning or clean-up (“it’s great because your toilet isn’t really messy afterwards!”) and there’s no entertaining required on your part. Home parties require leadership, Ger tells, as kids expect you to be involved.
Then there’s the cost. Ger believes a lot of parents are in denial about the costs attached to hosting children’s birthday parties at home. “It’s like Christmas,” she tells. “You’re prepping for two weeks beforehand.”
While some people baulk that play centres charge an average of €10.95 - € 13.95 per child for a party, Ger says that if you sat down and added up all the hidden extras like plates, party bags, hats, toys, gifts, cakes, buns and sandwiches – you’d be surprised at the total amount spent.
“In my opinion, the cost is more or less the same,” Ger says. “You don’t save much having a party at home, if at all. I probably spent €200-250 for my son’s Marks party at home. It would have cost €200 in a play centre.”
Aside from keeping the parents happy, play centre parties are also fun for the kids. Ger’s son Mark was delighted with his day out in the play centre, and still talks about it to his Mum. There were no tears from him and no hard work for her.
“Mark felt like a king that day,” Ger explains. “The focus was all on him.”
