L.A.
I don't live in your state, so I can't offer any new venue ideas, but I can offer a money saving theme. My daughter just celebrated her 8th birthday. We had a mis-match birthday party that we called a "Crazy 8's" party. She went through our miscellaneous left over birthday invitations and sent each guest an invitation with what she thought their favorite character might be. We then used all our mis-matched tablecloths, plates, napkins, etc. I made a cake and frosted equal squares in all different colors and decorated each square with leftover birthday and holiday decor. After I already made the cake though, I thought that I should have made 2 round cakes in the shape of an eight and decorated it wildly. Her party coincided with a couple events in our small town, so we went to the school soup supper for dinner and then dressed up as pirates and went to the high school play "Pirates of Penzance" where they got to participate in a costume contest on stage. We had a pinata and wore mis-matched pj's for the slumber party afterward. I also used leftover birthday and holiday treat bags, but each child got the same favors inside. I typed up the following explanation using wild fonts and different colored words, cut it out with scrapbook scissors, and enclosed it in the invitation. The party was a hit and fun!
It’s a CRAZY 8’s BIRTHDAY PARTY!
Everything is MIS-MATCH!
Janessa handpicked your invitation especially for YOU, no two are alike! And wait until you see the ZANY birthday cake and WACKY decorations! We will dress up as PIRATES and eat at the school soup supper at 5:30 p.m., then attend the play “PIRATES OF PENZANCE.” (We have a little pirate garb, but if you have some, you can bring it, as there is a PIRATE costume contest at the play!) We will also have a PINATA at this CRAZY MIXED UP FIESTA, and maybe we will play the game HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, sing karaoke to HANNAH MONTANA, play with BRATZ dolls, or watch a DISNEY or HARRY POTTER movie at this SILLY SLUMBER PARTY! Don’t forget your MIS-MATCHED PJ’s!
Plan to get back to normal (your home) around 9:00 a.m., Saturday.