wwyd?- birthday party for dses

[staryeyed]

Ds will be 6 this April he has ASD and goes to a special school. He is in a class of 7 and has only been invited to one birthday where only himself and one other boy turned up from school and we were told the year before noone had come.

It is also DS2's birthday a few days before and I know they would love to have a bouncy castle party. The thing is we would have to hire a hall and a bouncy castle which will be quite expensive which I wouldn't mind if I was sure we would get a good turn out out but it may only be his cousins that would come which would be 5 children plus maybe one or two from school. DS2 doesn't really have any friends yet- he only really goes to tumble tots.

I dont know whther to scrap the idea and do something else or go ahead anyway.

WWYD?

No, go for something which will be perfect for 5 - 8 children, not something that needs 20+ kids.

Soft play?

Pizza express pizza making party?

McDonalds?

At home party?

I don't know :)

DS1 has no interest in pizza making and is on gfcf diet so mcdonalds is out

soft play is an idea though

what about a swim? we hired the local hydrotherapy pool, had 10 kids (and parents) with an extra spare adult. had a whale of a time, just an hour, and I made little 'lunch boxes' for everyone so they could munch after dressing.

but bouncy castles are more fun with less people...

If you can afford it, but you think it's wasteful - I'd do it, he'll get more time on it than if it was crowded and he'll be able to bounce better.

I'd agree with Tabula - if you can afford it, do it. They would love it and you wouldn't have the worry of whose turn it was and stopping too many getting on at once!

When is it? If you have even a small garden you might be able to fit it in there rather than needing a hall??

HI,

How about a trampolining party? I am a coach myself and have many years of experience with disabilities.

They would take turns on the trampoline, though with a small number of children they would get lots of goes.

Where abouts are you located? Please reply if interested.

Jenny

Trampolining would be ok for older ds but not younger we are N London.

I think they would both like a swim
ing party but it would be quite difficult because they would need me and do withthem at all times and we have small baby.

Garden definately too small even for small bouncy castle. Bouncy castles and trampolines I think are ds1 favourite thing in the world.

You can reasonable sized bouncy castles for your own back garden. We have one and it is great. We got it quite cheap from Internet. Could you do that ?

Sorry just read all thread. See will not work !

An exclusive bouncy castle party for five or six kids sounds like a brilliant party for any six year old.

I did a little party for my son (GDD and ASD) with four friends and he was much happier than with loads of kids there.

Besides this year the other parents might surprise you and turn up after all

Have you tried your local leisure centres? I think quite a lot of them offer children's parties.

I'm not sure where you are in North London, but from looking at possible venues for my son's party, Sobell Leisure Centre in Holloway definitely does them and quite a few of the GLL run centres do too.

Good luck.