When you’re in the midst of planning a birthday party for your child, the best part about it is that kids are entertaining (and entertainment) all on their own. In other words, their happy disposition and boundless amounts of energy make it easier to plan ways to keep them amused.

However, in the midst of all of their joy and excitement, you want to plan a few activities that will not only be fun for them, but can keep a certain level of order among a room full of kids too. It’s a fine balance, but we have five activities that will be able to pull this kind of goal off:

Sports Center. Do you have a child that likes all things sports? If so, taking them and some of their friends to a local sports center can be a lot of fun because there are a variety of things for them to choose from whether it’s swimming, playing football or even going ice skating.

Painting. There used to be a time when parents thought about children and painting and it didn’t bring about warm and sentimental feelings because all that they could think about was all of the mess that would be [Read more…]