What to do for dd1's 9th birthday( cheap)

[Beauregard]

cant afford to do much for her birthday but i was thinking she could invite 3 or 4 friends to do something but what?
any ideas appreciated

Pizza, DVD, games at home!

I made homemade pizzas with the kids, ate them (the pizza, not the kids), watched a DVD and then iced some buns I had made prior to the party. Buns were then part of their party bag...

Recipe here

Make their own pizza.
Craft making
DVD
Dancing
Singing

DD went to one that was a Celebrity theme. She had to dress like a popstar.

The girl's dad was on the door in a tux with a list of VIPs allowed in. They had rolled out a red carpet up the drive. My name wasn't on the list so I wasn't allowed in !

I think they learnt a dance routine and did some karaoke type singing...

Any of the above.
bowling
t-shirt painting

we had a few of her friends around with a dvd, wii contest and nibbles. I got them plenty of fruit and fresh juices and fancy plastic cups with umbrellas etc and they made their own smoothie concoctions which went down well.

DD will be 10 for her next birthday and has asked for the same but with 2 friends to stay over afterwards.

Thanks for the ideas
keep them coming please

I will tell you what we did last year (kids loved it)i did a 'rock school'party but all the extras like makeup,accessories ,coloured hair spays,inflatable guitars, stick on tatoos cost a fair bit.

If you have any tesco clubcard vouchers - bowling, laser quest, meal at pizza express etc.

Thanks for suggestions
Thinking we may take them out to Frankie and benny's or somewhere.

Eek, your idea of cheap and mine are not the same.
DD is having a Girls Night Out party on Saturday 5-9pm (well, it'll be a girls night in for her). I have raided the shed and got out the old pool table, air hockey, table football. There will be pizza and fizzy concoctions, ice-cream with lots of different sprinkles to go on. I have made a you tube playlist of various girly dances they seem to like performing, you know Cha Cha Slide, Candy Dance, YMCA, sort of thing, so they can follow the moves.
Party bags will not be sweets etc but fancy socks/hair bands/scarves bought at Tesco on Saturday morning with our vouchers which arrived this morning (double your vouchers thing started again now and I have £27 in vouchers!). The cake is the M&S Hello Kitty one. DS has loaned us his Wii 'Party' game and 4 controllers.
What've I forgotten. (Posting more for myself than you!)

Believe me ,i need cheap.
we dont have a Wii or anything like that or else i would let them play on that.
Maybe dvd's pizza popcorn would be better and cheaper than taking them for pizza.

Your dd's party sounds good springlamb

I had a party at Rock Over Climbing, which is an indoor climbing centre in Manchester. They did me a special offer, and I was allowed to take my own food. They have a great little cafe, where they lay up the tables for you and then let you use your own food etc.. The climbing is brilliant and the kids love. It costs £10 per child but is well worth it.

Well worth looking at.