10 Tips for Hosting an Awesome Sky Zone Party

We did something new this year.

We invited Fletcher's whole class to his birthday party at Sky Zone.

We had never invited a whole class to a birthday party before.

We were worried that only a few kids would be able to come over spring break.

And we were equally worried that the whole class might come.

Fletcher really wanted to have a birthday party and invite his whole class.  He has talked about it all year.  He is such a friendly guy that he said he could never narrow down just a few friends to invite.  We started doing some party location research and landed on Sky Zone trampoline park.  Kevin did all of the calling and booking.  We took a risk and booked on a week night over Spring Break.  The crowds were really low and we had a great turn out.

 

10 Sky Zone Party Tips:

1. Send home paper invitations to the whole class with RSVP information (Sky Zone makes them for you!)

2. Follow up the paper invitation with posting the invitation on the class Facebook page.  I posted the invitation and a picture of Fletcher and encouraged everyone to RSVP if they hadn't already.

3. Touch base with anyone you don't get an RSVP from through Facebook messenger.  We ended up getting RSVPs through texting, Facebook messenger and then some RSVP'd on the class Facebook page post.

4. Book a place like Sky Zone that lets you RSVP for a certain amount of kids, but then allows you to only pay for the amount of kids that actually show up at the party.  We had some last minute cancellations/no shows and I was really thankful we didn't have to pay for them.

5. Also, RSVP anytime you're invited to a party!  Those mom and dads are working hard to plan a great party for their child and they're spending money on favors and party food if you don't let them know your child won't be there.

6. Pick the party room that is closest to the trampolines so the kids can run back and forth easily for drinks.

7. Bring simple decorations - donut table cloths, napkins, birthday signs - and simple desserts so that you can set up quickly and enjoy the party!  We weren't let into the party room until after guests were arriving.  I was thankful to be able to quickly decorate and be ready to party.

8. I figured sending thank you notes would be challenging so I had Fletcher make up some party favor thank yous to pass out at the end of his party.  He thanked everyone for their gifts and thanked them for coming.  They loved their favors!  Check out the favor bags at the end of this post.

9. I think everything at Sky Zone is labeled for ages 4+ so we left Leo at home with my parents.  It would not have been fun for him to be there and not be able to bounce.

10.  Encourage everyone to fill out their Sky Zone waivers ahead of time so that they can check in quickly when they arrive.  They'll get socks and be ready to jump.

Kevin did almost all of the Sky Zone related planning and the party went great!  Sky Zone gives the birthday kid a t-shirt to wear for the party and coupons to come back and jump for free.  They are really helpful and they assign a party host to your party to help you.  Ours was a little slow to get going, but it was nice to have one contact person.

Fletcher was THRILLED with his party.  He had the best time celebrating his birthday with his school buddies.  It was nice to meet some more parents and some of his school friends.  We've gone to enough birthday parties this year and I've been in the classroom enough to be familiar with those cute first graders.

The kids loved these donuts with jumpers in them!  Amazon for the win.  Kevin thought ahead and ordered donuts from Donut Bank to pick up right before the party.  We got all glazed and it was nice to know our donuts would be reserved for our late in the day pick up time.

Fletch got some really fun gifts.  It was sweet to see the kids pick out things especially for him.  He got a good mix of slime and remote control spiders and gift cards and Legos.

Silly guy.  His voice was hoarse at the end of the party from laughing and yelling so much.

We went out of our comfort zones for this party.  We didn't know a lot of the parents ahead of time and we weren't sure a Spring Break party would work, but after lots of prayers and planning, we pulled off a fantastic party!

Weeknight parties for the win!  We had the place to ourselves!

Thank you favor bags:

I had Fletcher write the message and fill the bags.  It was so fun!

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Let me know in the comments if you have any questions!  

Have you hosted a class birthday party?

We've had fun going to friend parties at Sky Zone, local bowling alleys, Deep Blue rocking climbing and ice skating.