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the lightsaber on Yoda for the Star Wars theme party. Some other games they’ve devised are a pirate scavenger hunt for gold coins, relay cowboy horse races, and beware of the shark toss bean bag game.
Potential Savings: $100-$200 by not hosting the party at an outside venue such as a play gym, bowling alley or laser tag place.
Finding Free or Discounted Items
Tara and Mike asked local appliance stores for free cardboard boxes to create the centerpiece, games, and favors. They also have procured deeply discounted paint for a quarter of the original price that people had returned to home stores because they didn’t like the color.
Potential Savings: $25-$50 by not purchasing cardboard, games and favors as well as buying mistake paint, which is then used for crafts, games or painting the cardboard centerpieces.
Using Coupons and Purchasing Sale Items
They purchase some of the items at craft stores using coupons. They also use coupons at the grocery store to buy the food for the party. Coupons can be found at the store’s website or app or by signing up for the store’s emails, and online coupon websites like Coupons.com.
Potential Savings: $50-$100 by using coupons and purchasing sale items.
Selling on Craigslist
After the last party, they sold some games they created for $30. They plan to do this for future parties.
Potential Savings: $50-$100 depending on the items created and sold. You could also sell your household items before the event to help fund it.
Who’s Ready to Party?
These parties are a lot of work, but the whole family loves creating a memo- rable event. I know that we are anxiously awaiting the unicorn party. Who knows, maybe we will even spy a real one? Ó
Cheryl Maguire holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. She is married and is the mother of twins and a daughter. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, Parents Magazine, Upworthy, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessing and Your Teen Magazine.
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