Comments on: WFMW: How to Throw a Low-stress, Low-cost Birthday Party

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:19:50 +0000

To Carolinamaine:
Don't feel bad about your "little parties" or alternative birthday celebrations.
Although we always celebrate with immediate family on the weekend before or after her birthday, my 15 year old has only had 3 actual birthday parties with groups of children. These were on her 1st, her 6th, and her 12th birthdays. On other years, we have made birthdays special without a party of children. Every year, we take our daughter out to dinner on her actual birthdate, and take treats to school and/or her soccer team. One year we spent her birthday weekend in a state park cabin, and another year, we went to an indoor water park. She is planning to celebrate her 16th birthday with a party of friends, but there are a myrid of ways to celebrate – and each year brings a new opportunity to be creative.

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Frugal Birthday Ideas — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:44:03 +0000

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By: Joely’s Birthday Cupcake-Cake « Five J’s

Joely’s Birthday Cupcake-Cake « Five J’s — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:45:58 +0000

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By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:01:14 +0000

Great tips!! i'm going to use some of them this very weekend

By: Nichole

Nichole — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:18:03 +0000

I love the cupcake-decorating idea! Thanks for sharing.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:51:28 +0000

These are great tips! It almost makes me want to host a party….lol

By: Stacey

Stacey — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:28:59 +0000

Thanks, Joy, I grabbed your book tour banner for my blog! I appreciate your sharing with us.

By: carolinamaine

carolinamaine — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:12:42 +0000

I'm new to wordpress. How do you get the bars on the sides to contain so much information? I'm using Hemingway; I just imported articles from my old blog last night.

Sorry it is not on topic.

Thanks!

By: carolinamaine

carolinamaine — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:10:30 +0000

I love your article so much! My little one just had a birthday–we went to Border's books to buy her a book, and we splurged at the cafe.

We dont' really hold birthday parties because we have had to move a lot, and we don't have many friends.

I felt bad about our "little parties", especially since we used to attend very large ones.

However, this article makes me happy that there are others (like us) who do not over-do a child's party.

Thank you so much for the article–and your pictures are very adorable.

By: The Happy Housewife

The Happy Housewife — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:09:52 +0000

Great ideas, I love the idea of pre-scooping the ice cream!