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Secrets to Throwing an Epic Birthday Party on a Dime
they brainstorm ideas on their own. Planning helps them to have enough time to create all the activities and the cardboard centerpiece, shop for deals and utilize coupons.
Potential Savings: $25-$50 from advanced planning that allows for using coupons and buying sale items.
Homemade
Almost everything at creative birthday parties can be improvised from the cardboard centerpieces to the games, food and favors. This significantly cuts down on the cost of the party.
Potential Savings: $50-$75 by not buying a store-bought cake, games or favors.
Teamwork
Tara and Mike work together to make the centerpiece, games, favors and homemade baking for their parties. They also include their kids in the process of creative brainstorming and cre- ating the items. By working together, they don’t become too over- whelmed with the planning and building that is involved. It makes
the process more fun for the entire family.
Potential Savings: $25-$50 by working together.
Old School Games with A Theme
At their parties, the Stulls offer simple games that everyone loves, and they incorporate the theme into the game. Instead of a typical wa- ter gunfight, they created a water gun shooting range for the Western
theme party. Instead of pin the tail on the donkey, it was pin 17
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