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Best Place to Host a Kid's Birthday Party: This Week's Readers' Choice

Give us your tips on kid-friendly venues for birthday celebrations!

You could do it the old-fashioned way: bake a cake, decorate the house, buy ice cream, make a punch, set a festive table and put up a pinata.

But if you have your child's birthday party away from your home, you often can combine good food and a fun activity for a memorable occasion -- not to mention a little less stress for Mom or Dad.

So this week's Readers' Choice wants to know: Where's your favorite place to host a kid's birthday party? A local pizza joint? A kid-friendly gym? What about a tour of the local candy factory or ice cream parlor?

Beginning today -- Sunday, May 27 -- and through 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, we'll be asking for your recommendations for places to have a child's birthday party.

Give us your recommendation in the comments section below. With your help, we'll put together a list of nominees. Then look for our poll on Thursday, May 31 and vote! We'll select a winner at 5 p.m. Friday, June 1 and announce it in a story on Saturday, June 2.

In judging, we'll consider comments, poll votes and reviews in our complete directory of local businesses. Be sure to check out our contest rules in the PDF at right.

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Kim May 27, 2012 at 02:06 pm
Flippers Gym
Maryjane Edgar May 29, 2012 at 11:52 am
Have had a summer birthday party for 10 family and friends at a Crushers game at All Pro Freight Stadium. Besides the tickets to the game, which was watched somewhat, the child had a pre-game meet and greet with Stomper; threw out a "first pitch; was sung to by the crowd; played in the play area; caught a foul ball (ok - that was luck, not part of the package); treated to hot dog, chips, drink and ice cream; participated in a between innings event and received a picture of the team! This is a great venue for a summer birthday party - especially if the child (and parents) enjoy baseball.
Jack S May 29, 2012 at 03:17 pm
My lil' girl had a bash for about 15 at Tumbles & Cheers. They have all the options, and isn't the goal, overall, as the parents - GET THEM KIDS TIRED OUT!! There is a whole lotta physical activity there, and you can't go wrong. You OWN that place for a couple hours. Cool.
Seth Axthelm May 29, 2012 at 06:49 pm
Playground World is great!
admins May 30, 2012 at 11:26 am
Www.placestohaveabirthdayparty.com
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