Don’t just offer Pass the Parcel and Musical Statues followed by fizzy pop and fairy cakes. Hang the expense! Call in the party experts.
Creepy Creatures Jungle Dave
At the risk of falling foul of militant feminists, this one is especially brilliant for little boys. The impressively hirsute Jungle Dave, an authentically wild hiberno-version of the late Steve Irwin, will travel to your home complete with an exotic menagerie from his marvellous pet emporium in Tullow. Fearless kids are draped in 16-foot-long snakes as tarantulas nestle in their hair and scorpions scurry up and down their arms. Other intrepid infants interact happily with iguanas, giant millipedes, snapping turtles, water dragons, monitor lizards and chatty cockatoos. The whole experience is entirely safe as the animals are impeccably trained and at ease around humans – which is more than can be said for the kids. 059 9180569, davesjungle.com
Healthy Options Junior Chef Cookery School
If you want to avoid the sugar high associated with your traditional birthday party – and teach the kids a few useful life skills – book a party in the Junior Chef Cookery School on Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock. The fiendishly cunning bit is that the kids are actually conned into cooking their own party food before tucking in and washing the whole lot down with some fruity mocktails – ingenious! And they all have a wonderful time doing it. The main kitchen has 12 cooking stations, each containing a sink, cooker, worktop, hob and all the necessary utensils to create a culinary extravaganza. Birthday parties last approximately two-and-a-half hours and include all ingredients, expert instruction, a fabulous birthday cake and a gift for every invitee. 278 0382, juniorchef.ie
Creative Chaos Artzone
Pablo Picasso once said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” Given his astonishing lack of lyricism it’s fortuitous that Pablo stuck with the painting – but he was right all the same. Every child loves to don an apron and get messy with the glitter-glue – and the Artzone team is happy to facilitate such creative chaos. They’ll bring their art supplies round your place or, if you don’t fancy washing paint out of the shag pile, they’ll host the party in a neutral venue. The theme du jour is High School Musical: mini-cheerleaders sing along to the soundtrack whilst creating a blinging HSM Door Plaque and VIP Pass. 499 0614, artzone.ie
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