How much would you spend on a 5 year old kids birthday party

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Potentially unpopular opinion but isn't a correlation between $$$ spent and a good birthday for kids.

If you know what the kid loves focus on that. Learn how to bake the cakes and let them say what they want! That's what makes it memorable. Not the money dropped.

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No but there is a correlation between money spent and work you must perform.
When my kids were young I traveled a lot for work. I had no issue baking badass showstopper cakes and cupcakes for their parties— homemade cake was the one thing I would not let go as a working parent— but hell if I was going to have 50 people inside my home after a week of traveling. Prep and clean on my days off? Hell no. So, off we went to whatever place of their choosing.

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How much to you love your kid?

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We are cheapos here and not looking forward to the pressure of putting on parties for all the kids. Ugh

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It’s not the social pressure of the party so much as it is the logistics of it all. If little Jimmy goes to pre-K with a class of 20, you’ll generally need to invite all 20 kids. At that age, people enjoy meeting other parents as much as they enjoy the free activity to occupy their kid, so you’ll get 15 RSVP yes. And because at least one parent comes along, you’re now hosting 30 people.
And if little Jimmy adores little Billy but Billy has a sister who needs to come along because mom is out of town, now you need to invite ALL the siblings. So now you’re at 40. And since most new parents don’t have a lot of friends and this is a great opportunity to meet people, you can add 10 more for the extra spouses.

Seriously, you hit 50 pretty fast. Try throwing a party for $10 per person. Even at your own home, that’s pushing it. The first time I spent a couple hundred on a party I hated myself for falling victim to the BS. But part of parenting is eating that shit sandwich over and over and over again. (i.e., soccer games, swim meets, Disney trip, PTA meeting, minivan …)

How many people? My school had a rule that if you invited one person from the class you had to invite everyone...so the guest list can grow big, quickly.

And when you consider parents won’t drop off and leave, and siblings need to be in tow, it gets pricey. I think 3-6 yo was the most I spent; it got markedly cheaper after that.
They were about $300-500 in that age range.

Whatever you feel like - it’s a very personal decision. Benchmarking!

Just had a 6yo bowing bday party for my son. Was about 500 all in.

To host 10 kids, most seem to charge anything between 350-45 $ in atlanta and this does not include decorations and food

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