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Friends, fun, food – simple needs for a party but somehow it’s not always that easy to create a birthday celebration that’s a happy, trouble-free, raging success. Having to limit the guest list, choose the right mix of activities, and provide party food that’s both indulgent and healthy can cause even the most enthusiastic parent to turn pale at the very thought. But read on – we have some great ideas to minimise the stress and maximise the success.
Welcome to BIGUPS – New Zealand’s newest family and kids’ activity! This is an inflatable playground that includes lots of fun and energetic games so you can compete against your mates or just climb, bounce and let off steam in our varied adventure playground. Get sumo wrestling with our sumo suits for all sizes or [...]
Delivering action-packed entertainment, your child can have hours of fun with their friends on their special day. We feature sound systems playing the latest new releases, as well as bumper bowling lanes for the kids and, for a truly unique experience, awesome glow-in-the-dark bowling. We cater to kids as young as four with ramps and [...]
Delivering action-packed entertainment, with bowling and M9 Laser Skirmish, your child can have hours of fun with their friends on their special day. We feature sound systems playing the latest new releases, as well as bumper bowling lanes for the kids and, for a truly unique experience, awesome glow-in-the-dark bowling. We cater to kids as [...]
Looking for somewhere unique for your child’s next birthday party? Why not come to the Air Force Museum, and let us take care of everything! Kids’ parties include a dedicated party host, a tour behind-the-scenes, special air force training, jumping out of the Andover aircraft, a Pacific Room bombing raid or life raft experience and [...]
Enjoy the thrill of an aerial obstacle course at Adrenalin Forest in Porirua! This new adventure activity is packed with the excitement of negotiating a series of rope bridges, Tarzan swings and flying foxes from platforms constructed in the tree canopy. The platforms range from 2m to 26m in the air, so participants literally feel [...]
Vanilla Bean Cafe is the perfect place to celebrate a child’s birthday, with all the fun of a party without the mess to clean up. At Vanilla Bean, children get to experience the fun of learning basic cooking skills, and they get to eat what they cook. This can be tailored to suit the age [...]
Tothill’s Mazes is set amongst established trees, and with a lovely park-like vista it is the perfect venue for fun, family-based entertainment. Offering three mazes – the only wooden maze in Christchurch, the very stunning corn maze and the lawn labyrinth – adults and children alike will be entertained for hours. This is the ideal [...]
Thompsons Horse Centre can offer your child a unique pony experience. There are holiday programmes, birthday party plans, gift vouchers, and individual/group riding lessons available. There are indoor and outdoor facilities in a safe environment for your child to enjoy the well-schooled ponies with the friendly, experienced instructors. For birthday parties, children can have a [...]
At There’s A Pony At My Party you are assured to have one of the most memorable birthday parties ever! We will come to your home or local park with our beautiful and very safe pony Rio who is available for children’s parties to groom, decorate, and of course ride. She has the most amazing [...]
Pony Parties and their Farmyard Friends is a children’s indoor party venue. Located 10 minutes from Halswell, your child’s private party includes warm cosy indoor activities such as pony riding and interaction, a wonderful variety of farmyard animals to cuddle, fabulous farmyard games and arty activities, catered food with a difference and free tea and [...]
