Every year I face the challenge of finding a way to make our older son's Christmas Eve birthday special, and keeping it separate from Christmas. This year I am so excited... I am planning a Chuck E. Cheese birthday party - and YES - They are open on Christmas Eve!
We've got to figure out his presents (we always put them on the table after he's gone to bed and sort them into Birthday and Christmas), and I promised to make his cake - he wants the Candyland Cake that was featured in a Taste of Home magazine, made with a brownies. Anyone have a suggestion for the filling? I'm going to make two large pans of brownies, and stack them...
I love that Chuck E. Cheese will let us bring the cake and ice cream for the party, while they provide everything else!
The best part about having a Chuck E. Cheese birthday party is that they always have great deals on food and tokens, and I don't have to do extra work at home to get ready for the party or to clean up!!
Right now, for every $25 gift card purchased at a Chuck E. Cheese location, you will get 20 tokens for free. I'm planning to go in ahead of time to purchase a bunch of gift cards to pay for the party - that way, I'll have extra tokens, plus, I reserved the party online which gives you 20 bonus tokens!
It is so easy to reserve a party - I went online and reserved a Christmas Eve party at one of the locations near me, estimated the number of people coming and selected the food/party favors that I wanted. The online reservation even gave me an estimated cost for my party - it is so great!
Not only are there fun games for the kids to play, there are fun picture opportunities, a great birthday show, yummy food and great party bags.
Chuck E. Cheese also has some really great online features, like their Activities page which has some great printable activities for the kids and to help with the holidays: Paper Chain Decoration, Holiday Gift List, Gift Tags, a Matching Game and a Babysitter Checklist.
Plus, under the Chuck E. Games section, you can find some fun online games (you can even earn bonus tickets for use at a location by playing the Skee Ball Game), printable coloring pages, music and so much more - come check it out!
Logan can't wait to have his birthday at Chuck E. Cheese - I don't know what he is looking forward to more.. the games, the Ticket Blaster Experience, or the pizza... :)
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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Sounds like you are going to have one awesome party! There is a Cheek E Cheese near my house. I'll have to keep them in mind for my son's next party.
That cake looks delicious.
We love having parties at this venue! Thanks for sharing....you got me in the mood for cake!
Clancy
We haven't been to Chuck E. Cheese for so long!! My boys ask to go all the time. I'll have to mention it to my sister in law and maybe do it over Christmas.
~Mimi
just leave every thing ... ahaaaaaaaan... love the cake its really delicious. thanks for sharing.
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