What Do You Splurge the Most on for Your Kid’s Birthday?

by Catch My Party Posted 2012/08/01 17:57:42

Related Topics: Friends, Parties, Entertainment, birthday, Party, Kids, Kid, Creative, Fancy, Splurge, Birthday Parties, Friend, Cake, Food

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	The cake	61 votes	23%
	The food	115 votes	44%
	The entertainment	86 votes	33%

For me, I actually splurge on all three (within reason), but I value the entertainment most. I want my daughter and her friends to have a fantastic time that they will all remember and kids usually don't care whether it is a fancy cake, or a cake mix...

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BritPunk 2012/08/06 20:48:59

The entertainment

+1
THE SPAM OF COURSE

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eagle8 2012/08/05 01:09:07

The entertainment

Usually the gifts....the older they get the more expensive their gifts get

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lola.brooks.79 2012/08/03 21:16:30

The entertainment

all above

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...Kat... 2012/08/03 20:43:49

The food

None of the above. I shower. That's the most expensive thing I splurge on my birthday.

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ChocolateThunder 2012/08/03 20:32:19

The food

Never had a birthday part but if I did , I would love to have a lot of food and candy XD.

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emoanimegirl1000 2012/08/03 19:06:41

The food

Fooood!

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Gia 2012/08/03 18:14:19

The food

Food feeds fun . Thus cake & entertainment!

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GLaDOS 2012/08/03 17:21:11

The cake

Especially since my younger daughter is obsessed with "The Cake Boss." She wants a cake from Buddy's shop in Hoboken. >_<

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Heisenberg 2012/08/03 16:37:44

The food

Nothing like good food to get the party going!

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MJ 2012/08/03 16:06:30

The food

Food!

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buneter 2012/08/03 14:51:43

The entertainment

you know i dont like to splooge on food items i like hookers
oooh splurge read that to late guess its food like pizza

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dandieselonian 2012/08/03 11:56:14

The entertainment

cleaning supplys

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RachelA7X 2012/08/03 08:30:22

The cake

I don't like birthday parties so we don't spend money on anything except the £10 cake XD

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Dave The Canuck 2012/08/03 06:54:44

The cake

It's not a birthday party without cake.

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chris.haynees 2012/08/03 03:57:55

The entertainment

Alcohol for the parents lul

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Jessica 2012/08/03 02:41:16

The cake

We usually just have a normal dinner unless there is an actual party, which hasn't happened in the past so many years. So for us now, the priciest thing on this list is the cake.

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blackrings70 2012/08/03 01:48:55

The food

And cake!!

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mae 2012/08/03 01:13:18

The food

The Food--we go as a family to a nice restaurant for our parties--that way there is no clean-up, and everyone can order what they want, everyone is happy.

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giggity giggity 2012/08/02 21:43:40

The entertainment

+1

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bluelady 2012/08/02 19:35:35

The food

does wine come under entertainment or food??...life is to short to drink bad wine

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jarb 2012/08/02 16:34:00

The entertainment

What about the drink? Its almost always about the liquor

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Zuggi 2012/08/02 16:33:48 (edited)

The entertainment

#1 strippers
#2 booze

::edit::

Oh, I didn't see the part about "your kid's birthday". Whoops.

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Deb 2012/08/02 16:27:41

The entertainment

CONFETTI BLOWERS!!!

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dear•LT13☻ 2012/08/02 15:03:25

The entertainment

The booze
O CRAP - this is a kids party - NEVERMIND (sorry)... definitely the cake!

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Nekosarethebest 2012/08/02 14:31:55

The food

Entertainment? We have each other and free radio!

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Emily Barrington 2012/08/02 09:35:16

The cake

I loved cakes with barbie in with the cake dress when I was little, and thoses arn't cheap.

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Gabsters<3 2012/08/02 08:52:23

The food

+1
I make my own b-day cakes and buy pizza. For entertainment I just watch tv while my friends talk about the perverted shapes they can make with my balloons. Lol

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Gabsters<3 to Gabsters<3 2012/08/02 08:54:04

(I'm 14 and I definitly don't have kids so I wrote about my birthday parties)

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Tella6 2012/08/02 08:51:46

The food

If I had a kid.

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Inquisitve Kat 2012/08/02 08:44:01

The entertainment

I love to decorate. ;-)

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Lyana 2012/08/02 07:39:32

The food

You can never go wrong with good food ^_^

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imsmarter 2012/08/02 06:52:29

The entertainment

Actually, for me it's the venue and decorations.

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mirandafernandeztaylor 2012/08/02 05:59:46

The entertainment

I always had bounce houses!

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Geenie Nabottle 2012/08/02 05:57:24

The entertainment

And then the cake and last the food.

You can never go wrong with pizza at a kids birthday party

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Cameryn 2012/08/02 05:49:07

The entertainment

A big tank of helium. That's always fun.

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armageddon95 2012/08/02 05:44:26

The entertainment

By entertainment I mean alcohol. :)

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Kingarthurup 2012/08/02 05:28:09

The entertainment

looking at having Van Halen next year.

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Artisan Rose ☽✪☾☥ 2012/08/02 05:12:52

The cake

CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...
(well I'm not a mom yet but most money is spent between the decor and the cake)

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mikeeonly 2012/08/02 04:29:02

The food

what's a party without great food

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Robshock 2012/08/02 04:05:32

The cake

+1
Remember the good ole days when a kid's birthday party was just a few friends coming over for cake and ice cream? I think this "social event of the season" that seems to have to happen at kid's birthday parties nowadays is the product of TV shows and people thinking that is the norm. It has taken on a life of it's own now and you are considered a bad parent if you don't spend a fortune each year.

The expectations we place in kids heads are not doing them any favors.

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