13 Frugal and Low-Stress Birthday Ideas
Birthday parties can get expensive, and planning them can sometimes be overly stressful. Here are some great birthday ideas that might help you save money and help you plan a more interesting, and less stressful, party.
- Save money on a cake and make your own Barbie doll cake with The Happy Housewife’s video tutorial.
- Make the cake-decorating process even easier by making cupcakes for each of your guests and plating them in a special way.
- Are you the only parent who will be attending for your child’s birthday party? Make things easier on yourself with these low-stress tips.
- Amy at The Finer Things in Life offers numerous tips on how to celebrate big without spending big.
- Need help thinking of some party games? Amazing Moms has a big list here.
- Lynnae at BeingFrugal.net offers her own list of frugal birthday ideas.
- Need some frugal ideas for birthday gifts? A Mom’s Love offers some great tips.
- When my own children hit age 8 or so, they stop having a 2-hour birthday bash and switch to a sleepover with 4 or 5 of their closest friends. That means that although the extra kids are in my house for a lot longer, I don’t have to plan anything. Many times we just have brownies as the “cake” if it’s the preferred dessert of that particular child.
- NYMetroParents offers tips for throwing a memorable, but low-stress, birthday party.
- Throwing a party for twins or triplets? About.com has some great suggestions.
- WholesomeBabyFood.com offers several recipes for a healthier birthday cake, especially for that first birthday party.
- If you’re looking for a birthday party that’s a little different, you might like some of these unique party ideas.
- These aren’t necessarily frugal or low-stress ideas, but if you’re planning a birthday party for your teen, About.com offers an entire series on the subject.
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AUTHOR | Joy Miller
Joy, one of the original 3 Moms at Happy to be at Home, is the wife of a music minister and spends her days homeschooling her three children (ages 6, 9, and 11), teaching piano lessons from her home, and trying to improve her cooking skills. You can read more about Joy on her personal blog, Five J's.
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I love your birthday ideas and links. My 3 year old’s birthday is coming up soon and I need to go through and look at all those posts for some ideas, thanks for putting them all in one place.
Great list. I love celebrating and birthdays so I will be hunting around these links taking notes
Thank you for posting these. My daughter is turning 14 in July, so I need to go ahead and start planning.
Thanks for sharing! I love hearing other people’s great ideas!
Great ideas
We just celebrated my son’s 6th birthday with a Star Wars themed birthday. While not necessarily low stress (I spent over eight hours on the cake - but it was a labor of love), it was definitely low budget. We made a Death Star pinata out of paper mache and light sabers out of pool noodles (you can get two out of a $1.97 noodle). The kids (mostly boys) played with the light sabers THE. WHOLE. TIME. No games needed. We bbq’d burgers, had cake, opened presents and called it a night. Here’s the link to my post, if you want to see pics:
http://muddybootsblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/party-in-pictures.html
Great tips! Birthdays can wipe out the bank account if you’re not careful