Expenses for a Budgeted Kid's Party

Budget is the most important thing we considered in giving our daughter her 5th birthday party. As much as we wanted to give her a bonggang party, its not possible during these times because we are still saving up for the interior of our future house. But we still give her the party that she wants, only on a budget and most of it is a do-it-yourself thing-y.

I want to share how it goes for some mommies thinking of having a kiddie party on a budget. Will put all the cost for my daughter's 5th party so you can have an idea for every detail of the party.

VENUE. With my daughter's 5th party, we chose to held it in my in-laws house. The party was supposed to be in Mcdonalds but they want it in the house for some reasons like the time, we all know that partying in some known establishment has limited time only and they dont want it, hubby also want it in the house because all his agents went there and they have drinking session after. Maybe on Tami's 7th party will be outside na.


INVITATION. Invitation will give the idea of the birthday's theme so might as well design it the way you want it. There are lots of ways on how to have a nice invitation. Of course bonggang invitation means high price. If you know someone who knows adobe photoshop (the easy way), ask them to design your invitation so you can have the theme and design you want. In my case, my cousin design the invitation and i have it printed in photoline shop in SM that cost P7.00 each. 

(30pcs x 7.00 = PhP 210.00)

PARTY FAVORS. This is one of the important thing when throwing a kiddie party. There are lots of stores you need to visit in order for you to get all the needs for the party's theme. When my daughters 5th birthday, i went all day to the basement of Divisoria mall just to buy loots for the lootbags, pabitin, game prizes but this does not end then because i have to go to some place like SM and Uniwide to complete all those. I suggest before thinking of a theme for the party, visit Divisoria first to know the "in" characters. With my experience, we chose the Mickey / Minnie Mouse theme party but when i went to Divisoria, all i see was Spongebob, Ben10, Princess because it was the "in" character that time. Thanks to SM and Uniwide because they have Mickey mouse stuff...

Divisoria stuff - PhP 4,500

Uniwide stuff - PhP 958.00

SM stuff - PhP 690.00

Total of Party favors cost - PhP 6,148.00

OTHER PARTY NEEDS. This includes the Clowns, Chairs and tables rental. With all these, i got it from Lobocap Las Pinas, its the nearest party shop in our place and everytime we have an occasion, we always go there.

2 Clowns with free 20 twisting balloons- PhP 2,000

Tables and chairs (adult)  6 sets x 130.00 = PhP 780.00

Kids table and chairs 5 sets x 70.00 = PhP 350.00

Mother Balloon 3 x 40.00 = PhP 120.00

Tip to the clowns = P300.00

Total for the other party needs = PhP 3,550.00

CAKE. Its part of the party already so you have to buy one but we go to the most practical way. My daughter's party cake was the gift of my FIL. Nakakahiya naman kung bibili ako ng mahal diba? So we bought it in Goldilocks. I will not include this on the budget because its not me who pay for it. But for everyone's concern ill put it here, the price of the cake that we bought is only P830.00. Its the biggest in square size and in chocolate chiffon... Wala lang design kaya mura.                      

FOOD. This is the most expensive part of the party. My first budget was P 6,000 but its really not enough because i have to shell out again to complete the merienda-dinner food and we prepare it to at least 100 pax. This does not include the Spaghetti and Carbonara because it was my MIL's courtesy.

Initial Cash-out = PhP 6,000.00

Second budget = P  1,875.00 (BBQ, Patatim and fried lumpia)

Amber's food delivery = PhP 1,310 (Pancit Malabon, Pichi-Pichi + delivery charge of P150.00)

Grocery = PhP 2,157.00 (grocery for the Fruit salad ingredients, candies and chichiria)

2nd grocery = PhP 458.00 (last minute grocery like additional ribbon and some needs for the salad)

Total cost for the food = PhP 11,800.00

TOTAL COST FOR MY DAUGHTER'S 5TH BDAY PARTY ON A BUDGET:

Invitation = PhP 210.00

Party Favors = PhP 6,148.00

Other Party Needs = PhP 3,550.00

Food = PhP 11,800.00



Total = PhP 21,708.00

This does not include the cost of our birthday outfits, the liquors that hubby bought after the party and some of the little cost on the day of the party. During the party, make sure you have money on your pocket because sometimes there are some emergency needs like tip to the clowns etc.... If i will include the cost of our outfit, the liquors, it costs us almost P30,000.00.

There you have it! You will now have an idea of the expenses of having a budgeted kid's party.

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Tami's 5th Birthday

Last April 16, 2011, we held the 5th birthday party of my daughter in my in-laws house. It was a 2 weeks preparation and we had the Mickey Mouse theme birthday party. And all i can say is it was such a hit to the kids and my daughter really enjoyed her party. She never get scared of the clowns, she participates in the games and even won once. She's really a grown-up now! It’s insane to me to think that it’s been 5 years since Tami was born. She is no longer a baby … she’s my little girl now.

Here are some photos from the party. Though we dont have a bonggang celebration for her. What important is she enjoyed playing with her classmates and cousins.

The celebrant with the lootbags.

Some of the kids. We took some pics before the Clowns started their games...

If blowing of the candle is not part of the program, I would not bother getting a cake. Cakes are the least touched in almost all the parties i attended to. Party ends and guests say farewell and the cake was still there beautifully placed on the now empty table. Poor cake :(  Going back to party, since I do not want to waste more money, we decided to go the most practical way, buying a simple cake from Goldilocks, and oh by the way, the cake was my FIL's gift to Tami :)

Tami blowing out the candle. This is the part that she's waiting, she'd be wanting to blow a candle on her own party. After the blowing of the candle, the guests started having their merienda.

Tami's bday party food (Merienda-Dinner)

Spaghetti

Carbonara

Pancit Malabon from Amber

Barbecue

Pichi-Pichi from Amber

Cupcakes

Hotdog on stick

Lumpia

Fried Chicken

Grilled Blue Marlin

Kinilaw na Blue Marlin

Patatim

Rice

Fried Lumpia
Beef Kaldereta
Fruit Salad

The kids while listening to the Clowns.

Games

Below are the family pictures:

Me and my little girl..

With some of my officemates

With hubby's agents. Some of hubby's agents went home early. They started drinking liquor at 7PM then transferred to our apartment at around 9PM.

The kids at night. I took this pic around 8pm. The party is almost ended and my daughter is still full of energy.

I love how the DIY party turned out! The advantage of partying in the house is you can stay longer unlike doing it in some known establishment wherein you have to monitor the time because usually it has only 2hrs allowed time.

 

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DIY Lootbags and Prizebags

Aside from the Pabitin, i prepare prizes for the games and here is the result of my Do-It-Yourself Lootbags and Prize Bag. Tell me if its nice ok?

This is the Prize Bag

The contents of the Prize Bag

The Lootbag

The contents of the lootbag

And after the DIY lootbags and Prize Bags...

The Prize Bag results to 20pcs Bags and the Lootbags are 30pcs.... Since some of the kids here in our neighbor wont make it to the party, we just gave the kids some lootbags at syempre sa paborito ni tami na baby, yung Prize bag ang binigay namin.. hehe.. discrimination?

Anyway, if you want to make a DIY lootbags for your kids, i suggest this because its really nice when displayed in the party, yun nga lang mejo pricey sya compared to plastic lootbags that can be bought in divisoria.

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Do-it-yourself Party Needs

Since we are on a tipid mode and we just want our daughter to give a simple party because of her request to have a birthday with her classmates. We will be celebrating her birthday not in her school but in my inlaws house this coming saturday. Since my cousin whose an event planner is so busy, i will be the one tasked to manage and plan this kiddie party.

And party will not start without an invitation right?

With invitations, i dont have problem with that because i have lots of cousins who can do it and EJ is the one who design the invites. After designing the invitation he texted me to pick it up in my uncle's shop so i can bring it to the photo shop in SM Center.

The invitation print-out.

For those who are in a tipid mode mommies, you can do this also. If you have relatives who knows how to use Adobe Photoshop, better ask them to design your invitation. After that, bring it to the photo shop and have it printed. With my daughter's invitation, i bring it to Photoline shop in SM Center and they charged it for only P7.00 each (4R size).

Since the invitation is only 30pcs. I waited and saw this cute photo frame. I am thinking of buying this because it so cute and perfect for tami's future room. This photo frame costs only P195.00..

After the printing of invitation, i bought Baronial envelope in Bookstore. We already distribute the invitations last Sunday.

Cupcake Topper

After the invitation, we also made this cupcake topper, EJ also design this. 

Personalized Lootbag

This is my do-it-your-own lootbags. I know you already have an idea kung ano ang itsura ng lootbags ko. Paper Bag nman para maiba. Actually i saw this on the net, ginaya ko lang..

There you go some of the do-it-yourself party details...

Checklists:

Invitations - done.

Cupcake Topper - done.

Payment for the chairs and tables rental - done.

Clowns - done.

Party favors - halfway done.

Game Prizes and Pabitin - not yet done.

Outfits - halfway done.

Food - not yet

What else?



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Kiddie Party on a Budget.

Its been a week since we had conversation regarding the birthday party of our daughter and i posted here that we shortlist the choices to three options on where to celerate our daughter's 5th birthday.We've come up of a decision to hold the party in my in-laws house for the following reasons:

1. Hubby wants to invite his high school friends to come over to our daughter's party as their reunion and will have drinking session after.
2. Mama told us na mas ok daw sa house kasi mas enjoy at hindi nagmamadali.
3. I want to have a budget party. (talk about upcoming expenses again). I can say that this year's party for Tami will be the budgeted one, kasi naman sa every year na lang na nagbe-birthday sya, hindi bumababa ng PhP 15,000 to 20,000 ang gastos namen. Kaya nga wala akong reaction nung nagsabi ng birthday yung anak ko. Sa 15k na budget mkakabili na ko ng isang dining set nyan for our future house dba?


And the party is now set in my in-laws house on April 16 or 17, 2011. From the KFC and Mcdo budget of P13,000. The 13k budget is for food and venue only, hindi pa kasama ang invitations, outfit etc...and since i want it to be budgeted, i need to make sure na less than P15k lang ang expenses ngaun, sa 7th party na nya ang bongga. I just want to make sure that Tami will enjoy this simple party with her classmates. Last wednesday, i didn't go to work and i started to inquire some of the needs for the party.

Important things to do in throwing out a kiddie party.

FOOD. It is the most important thing in the party. You need to prepare good food for the visitors. And i am proud that Mama is a good cook. Since we want the party starts at 4:00pm, we need to prepare merienda to dinner food and Mama volunteers to cook some like Spaghetti and other menu for dinner. I will order some outside. My budget for food: P5,000 to 7,000.

Goldilocks Cake

I inquired this cake and costs PhP 1,600++.

PARTY NEEDS. Since this will be held in my in-laws house, i need to rent chairs and table. Lobocap is my choice because its near our place.

Last wednesday, I went to Lobocap Party Needs store to inquire for their package and the tables and chairs. Here's what they offer and i reserved it for our date.

Kiddie table set: P70.00 (minimum of 6 sets)

Adult table set: P130.00 (minimum of 5 sets)

2 Party Clowns as magician/host: 2,000 (with free 20 balloons)

PARTY FAVORS. This is the creative part of the party. The invitations, loot bags, game prizes etc. I am lucky to have my officemates/friends that help me with this. They told me that Divisoria has this place that has all the things needed for a party. I remember when my lola celebrated her 75th birthday, nagpunta din kami d2 nila kuya Bing but im not sure if yung napuntahan namin dati is yun din yung sinasabi ng mga ka-officemates ko. According to them, marami na kong mabibiling party favors sa P1k. We'll see.

Now i have the reason again to hubby why i need to go in Divisoria again. Woot! Woot!

PARTY OUTFIT. Important din ba to? hehe... We'll shop some other day or a week before Tami's bday.

We'll see kung makakatipid ako ngaun. Will do a cost breakdown after the party.

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Planning of a kid's party..

My 4 year old daughter is now requesting for a birthday party. She told me last week when i arrived from work that she wants to have a Barbie birthday with her classmates. I dont have reaction at first because its normal for kids who goes to school to experience birthday party with her classmates but Tami's birthday is April and its vacation.

When hubby learned about the request of our daughter, he just told Tami that she'll be having birthday party. I dont have reaction again because i was thinking of our upcoming expenses for our house and lot. Kaya nga tipid kami dba?

Anyway, wala naman kaming choice but to give her the party. The savvy mommy here needs to look for a kiddie party package. During the weekend, we canvass and look for the possible place and it was short-listed to three options:

OPTION 1: KFC

KFC offers Spongebob theme party package. Tami love Spongebob thats why its one of our option. We also love the food and KFC in Las Pinas is the new branch kaya for sure maganda pa yung amenities nila. What i dont like here is they don't have playground for the kids.

Cost:

Party fee: P3,900 (includes cake)

Kids menu (Package 1): P134 x 30 kids = P4,020

Adult menu (Package 4): P145 x 40 adults = P5,800

Total cost for the KFC party : Php 13,720.00

OPTION 2: McDonalds

McDonalds has 3 themes namely Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Disney Princess and Toy Story. When i asked Tami about the theme, she prefers the Mickey Mouse clubhouse over Disney Princess. What i like in Mcdo is they have playground for kids and i know that tami and her classmates will surely enjoy the party here.

Cost:

Party fee: P3,000 (cake is not included)

Food for the kids (Package 1): P135 x 30 kids = P4,050

Adult menu (Package 4): P159 x 40 adults = P6,360.00

Total cost for the Mcdonalds party : Php 13,410.00

OPTION 3: HOUSE

This is my last option. If this will be the choice, the party will be held in our in-laws house, kasi naman hindi kasya d2 sa apartment. When we inform our in-laws about the plan, Mama agreed to celebrate the party in the house for some reasons like mas enjoy kung sa house kasi hindi ka nagmamadali unlike in Mcdo and Kfc na 2 hrs lang ang allowed sa party.

The downside of the party if it will be held in the house is its very tiring for Mama and the helpers to prepare the food and aside from that i need to attend to every details of the party because its a do-it-yourself party and nakakapagod talaga yun.

Cost depends, it maybe lower or higher from the fast-food chain because sometimes visitors tend to bring their whole family at the party.. Kaya hindi nman pwedeng per head and preparation ng food... You'll never know dba?

Hay, dont know what to choose, i still have one week to think and my reservation in Mcdo and KFC is until April 4 so i need to make decision fast. What about you? Which do you prefer?

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