where have you held your children's birthday parties?

My son is 11 also. Last year we just had it at home with all of his friends over.

But other places have included the local Bowling Alley, Chuck E Cheese, local parks, grandma's house because she lives in the country and we could have a bonfire and roast marshmallows.

11 year olds don't really care as long as there's food and friends.

Well I don't have children but... some parties that I have had when I was younger was.. in a pub, in a community centre, in my house, a sleep over, a meal in a resturant, at a theme park and I have been to pool parties. If you call your local swimming baths up you can have the children go swimming with alsorts of fun blow up toys in the pool and then they should provide a room where you can have food and drinks later in the day.

If your son and most of his friends know how to rollerskate/blade (or are willing to learn), go to a skating rink--Was such a blast the one year, I had all my parties there from then on, lol. (Note: This wasn't a "skate park" with ramps and whatnot, as we were all amateurs. This was a "skating rink." Indoors on wood [though one one year had concrete--didn't go back since the falls were nasty there].)

Besides that we had a couple parties at a place like Chuck-E-Cheese's (only better :P).

Depending on your son's interests, maybe a "fun center," like JNC? Don't know if you have those or if they're open this time of the year by you, but they have go-karts, batting cages, putt-putt golf, et. al.

Have fun!

We don't usually do big parties for our kids. We do activities with family and at most a few of their friends. My kids are younger than that. Any more we take them bowling, seems to have become a tradition. They have a blast, and so do the adults. It is what they always ask to do for their birthdays.

I always had my sons at home, but I always tried to make it a certain theme and I would have different ideas for each birthday...usually whatever my son was into at the time...I'd go with that, and try to make it as big as possible!*

Just at home and my father's horse farm. They are just 2 and 4, though.

11, let's see. . .Chuck E Cheese's? Local pizza place? The park? At an ice cream parlor? The beach (obviously depending on where you live)? Is he into any sports? You could have it at someplace accordingly, like the skate park.

in the experience that your daughter in no longer vegetarian, there's no longer plenty incorrect with ingesting a burger each now and then - the beef in itself isn't fat, this is the sauce and fries that are risky. or you could desire to choose for the chicken nuggets. I take my little ones to McDonalds approximately once or twice a 12 months (e.g. in basic terms in the previous or after a holiday whilst there's no longer sufficient time or foodstuff interior the residing house to prepare dinner exact) and then they choose for the happy Meal. they are going to have milk or water, carrots or cherry tomatoes (uncertain they do those interior the US, yet secure by using default right here in Europe?), chicken nuggets, and have the apple slices (appropriate ones - no longer used as dippers right here - so no sauce) or clean pineapple as a desolate tract. And why could your infant throw a tantrum for procuring a salad? If she's in no way eaten junk foodstuff, she would desire to be completely pleased together with her salad? She'll in basic terms think of that the different ones are ingesting extraordinary foodstuff and circulate 'yuck' (no longer probable, as that may not polite ;-). My infant (he's 3 too) additionally likes the tuna salad or the single with grilled chicken.

We've only done at home or the pool so far.

How about paintball or laser tag for your son?

We do not have parties very often but ours have been at our house. We have plenty of room and it is easier.

at 5 they each had a party at McDonalds, they had a big party with all their friends at the house at 16, other than that they were NORMAL little parties at HOME! it's NONSENSE you parents throwing HUGE parties out places all the time!!!