While there is nothing more fun than seeing your child celebrate their birthday party with friends, often everything surrounding the day can cause quite a headache. What wtih organising food, decorations, invitations, games, presents and more, you can easily spend hundreds of hours planning the day carefully. However, there is an easier way that many people still underutilise: hosting your kids' birthday parties outside of the home. It might seem counterintuitive, but here are a few reasons that demonstrate why it is the best decision you will make for some time.
Minimal Clean-Up
When you host your kids' birthday parties at a child-friendly restaurant or playland, then you vastly reduce the amount of tidying up you will have to do when the day wraps up. You might think in advance that this is no problem and you are prepared for the amount of work that is to come, but this will not be your opinion when that time rolls around. The last thing you want to do after running around, laughing, playing and chatting with other parents is to have to spend an hour taking down decorations, washing dishes and storing food. Hosting your kids' birthday parties away from home means that the bulk of this is taken care of by the staff.
Far Less Preparation
While you will still need to coordinate with the venue about their food and the menu, your overall preparation will be far less when hosting a party outside your home. You won't have to worry about cooking, decorating, setting up games, cleaning your home or handling any other tasks you would normally have to fulfill before the guests arrive. However, remember to always double-check what it is the venue provides and what you are expected to do. Not every venue provides decorations, for example. so in those cases you would have to bring your own and set up before the start time. Regardless, there is always less of a job when hosting outside your home, even if you do need to do a few of the prep roles yourself.
Better Facilities
While most people are very proud of the home they have created, the simple fact is that your home is not purpose-built for hosting large parties. While you can host parties in your home, it will never be as good a place to host as other, purpose-built places are. More toilets, larger tables, open spaces, more comfortable seating, etc., are all things that kids' birthday parties get more of at restaurants and playlands that cater specifically to these events.