Look, I'll be honest, having a bunch of people in my home makes me anxious. I know there are people who love to entertain and throw parties. I am not one of those people. I prefer outside guests be limited to 3.
This is why Natalie's parties are usually held someplace else. For my sanity. (Tommy never wanted a party. He's a homebody so we've always had family celebrations.)
We decided on Urban Air this year. If you're not familiar with Urban Air, it's a giant trampoline park. (There's a ball pit!) They have different party options and we went for the ultimate. Since it was Spring Break we could have it during the week and they had a coupon to save $100, which was nice. (The coupon is still there if you have a weekday party!)
I also opted to pay extra for a private room. Normally all the tables are in one area so you might be right on top of another party. No thanks. With a private room it's just your table and guests:
Urban Air takes care of everything: tablecloth, plates, cutlery, cups, etc..you can bring your own if you have a certain theme, but I'm all about easy, so none here. Mind you, Natalie did leave out space tattoos, disco ball straws, and headbands because her theme was 60s space pop.
Since I paid for the Ultimate package, Natalie's guests could go to any of the play areas. I wanted to be sure everyone could find a spot that they'd enjoy.
So how it works is, they get an hour to play, then your party host will call over the intercom that it's time to eat and have cake. My package came with 3 pizzas, but I paid for 2 more because I never know how much teenagers will eat.
The package came with water bottles, but I paid extra for pitchers of soda and lemonade.
Everyone sang Happy Birthday and enjoyed cake:
After that, everyone is able to jump for the rest of the time. The party is 2 hours, but I think they were able to jump for 2 hours and 15 minutes.
If you're concerned about germs, they do have sanitizer available.
In the end, everyone seemed to have a fantastic time. I do wish they had 3 hour parties available, because 2 hours didn't seem long enough. Urban Air took care of everything. Set up, clean up, so my husband and I could sit back in the room and pig out on cake while everyone else jumped.
Oh, and my daughter passed out these reusable gift bags to her guests. (You can get these space bags here.)
Here's what was inside: fidget toys, squishies, candy, a stress ball, stickers..
We would celebrate at Urban Air again. For now Natalie will probably go back and bounce with friends. As part of the package, she got a coupon to return and jump for free!
Have you ever been to Urban Air?