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If you live in a place such as we do in Western New York (we're in Rochester!) With superbly hot summers and cold snowy winters, you'll know that your choices for your kid's birthday party are mostly dependent on the weather.
As an August baby, we constantly had small family parties out at my house. However, with sons born in November and March, we are always left to reserve an indoor place for their parties, if we decided to have them that year. While those with children with summer birthdays might appear lucky to have so many options at their disposal, it may also often feel overwhelming.
While in Climbing Vines Cafe and Play we may be biased since we host indoor celebrations, I wished to discuss with you the 5 most common reasons we hear out of past party clients to reserve indoor summer birthdays with us. To these, the stress-free nature of the indoor summertime celebration is really a no-brainer, plus they are not looking back! Following their initial indoor summer partythey keep hosting with us year after year.


1) NO WEATHER WORRIES


The most common reason for a client to reserve a summer indoor party with us is so they do not need to stem the weather forecast for upgrades in the weeks leading up to the celebration. Nothing can derail a fun party faster than having to cram all your guests within your house, waiting for a storm to pass. And if you've ever needed to cancel or postpone your child's birthday due to weather, you know how heartbreaking that could be.
We receive dozens of calls each summer a few days before someone's outdoor celebration is supposed to take place to see if we have an open slot for them within our indoor party place due to weather woes. We can normally pull off this if the spot remains open, but hosts will unfortunately need to starve and let all their guests know of the change in place and likely change in time, and change all of their catering requests to accommodate their new party plan.
While of course rain is most probably the biggest obstacle you may face, extreme warmth, unseasonably cool weather, and end may also pose issues for your decorations, food, along with your guests' possessions. You will probably end up investing in a kayak or some other weather barrier just to ease your mind somewhat, which can be costly and take lots of precious time to prepare and take down. I will not even tell the story of the time my Dad set a tent up for a party in a windstorm and wound up with an insurance coverage for 4 ruined cars when it withdrew (weights and anchors and all!) ...


Besides the obvious weather worries it's possible to avoid with a indoor celebration, there can also just be something so simple and lovely about an indoor summer celebration. Guests will not need to worry about bringing sunscreen and towels and sunglasses and swimsuits and changes of clothing and insect spray... you understand.
Sometimes it's nice to have a short break from the outdoors, sip coffee in an air-conditioned cafe, also have a real conversation with other adults while the children play, instead of chasing kids around trying to receive their fur on them keeping them away from the in-ground pool. I am not sure about you, but I can never quite relax at an outdoor summer birthday celebration with a 2 and a 4 year old. While they sure do have a good time running around, we usually leave in a daze or using a tantrum, unsure if we even had time to talk or check in with everyone.
While I absolutely adore a good barbecue or summertime grilling extravaganza, I also find it refreshing when we could take a break from the same-old backyard bash and spend a couple of hours at a relaxing, cool, and most importantly-- included! -- atmosphere.
It's also freeing as a guest to have the rest of the day to do as we wish as a family and not need to worry about getting the kids into a bath immediately after the celebration or stopping home to cool off and change clothing.
I guarantee that if you reserve an indoor celebration for your son or daughter, guests (especially family) may appear a little confused at first (why not take advantage of the summer weather while we can, right?) But after hosting countless indoor parties I will tell you for sure that on the day-of, you and your guests will realize how nice it can be to kick back in an air-conditioned private celebration for a few hours.

3) EATING IN PEACE


Speaking of how relaxing an indoor, air-conditioned celebration can be, how can we talk about food for a second? Not only are food choices limited with an outside celebration because of heat, but it can be difficult to keep food covered and retain the bugs, bees, and other debris away.
Therefore, for our family, the food factor alone could be sufficient to justify an indoor celebration.
Eating in peace without needing to find shade or a chair or a place away from pests is just one of those things you don't realize can be so magnificent until you attend your fourth or fourth outdoor summer gathering and THEN get a break from them. One of the most common things we hear is how nice it is to just sit and eat and watch the kiddos play without having any other venue-related cares or concerns. This will be especially important when you're going to be needing elderly family members attend that can battle with being mobile in the grass or mud and finding seating at outdoor parties.
Plus, when was the last time you attended an outdoor summer celebration with a full espresso bar and cafe available for guests to enjoy now that they don't need to worry about running around chasing their children in the warmth?

4) DECOR OPTIONS GALORE


While celebration aesthetic might not be a determining factor for each and every household, it sure is much easier to create a themed extravaganza which lighting a child's face up when the party's indoors. The decorations required are often less because the place is smaller and contained contained, and you won't need to worry about balloons and streamers blowing all about or securing table covers .
Because we do host cellular events outside in Climbing Vines Cafe and Play, I will also speak from experience once I say the time that it takes to install (and take down!) Decorations for an outdoor party compared to an indoor party generally ends up being at least double. Finding good places to hang banner, needing two people to hold and secure everything, and locating weights or other restraints for everything can be a true hassle on celebration.
And you'll have enough to worry about that day, right?
Also, if your pinterest boards are full of adorable figurines, a candy bar, or anything which could possibly be impacted by wind (or attract bees!) You will probably have to restrategize to get an outdoor soiree.
Not to mention decor typically can only be utilized once if used outdoors, but repurposed again and again if used for an indoor event. Our guests who host indoor events, especially those who invested significant money into decor or labored hard to create their own, are very happy to find they could usually create a large chunk of their cash back by reselling their supplies something like Facebook Marketplace.

Speaking of cash, probably the greatest misconception I hear from clients is they want to sponsor a party at their home to save the leasing fee of an indoor area. I usually laugh at this because it makes perfect sense, that is, if you have never hosted an outside celebration.
With all the"extras" such as tents, chair rentals, additional decorations, weather reinforcements, cleanup provides, games and activities for your children (that you won't have to provide at a play place!) , pool toys, etc.... It's very possible you will wind up spending MUCH more hosting a celebration at your home or an outdoor venue than you would indoors.
I am not sure how other indoor spaces handle their equipment, https://www.kidsplaycenters.com but we just charge guests to get extra drinks and supplies and such on the day of the celebration should they wind up needing them, and we also enable parties to bring in their OWN food, dessert, and decoration if they choose!
Money aside, spending countless hours cleaning prior to, during, and following the celebration may also have a toll. Would not it be wonderful to walk into a sparkling clean space and leave with your guests once the party's over, not having to worry about the cleanup, garbage removal, tent teardown, etc?
You can just go home and unwind with your family (yes, maybe outside!)
Along with the time spent cleaning prior to and after the celebration, wouldn't it ALSO be nice to not have to play"server" during the event? Even for clients that bring in their own food and decoration, our committed party assistants set everything up, refill and mend food and drinks as necessary, clear plates, cut and serve the cake, and package up all the leftovers at the end of the celebration!
After all, it's your child's special day and you want to spend those precious hours making memories and seeing with your guests-- not running around chasing your decorations or refilling the fruit bowl countless times.
So save everybody (and especially your family!) We'd be honored to provide you with an easy, breezy experience that will leave your entire guest list feeling joyful, grateful, and full of love after having a relaxing (yet fun-filled!) day together.