{"id":327967,"date":"2026-03-04T06:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/327967\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T06:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:39:13","slug":"how-to-host-a-memorable-childrens-birthday-party-for-less-than-e200-according-to-the-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/327967\/","title":{"rendered":"How to host a memorable children\u2019s birthday party for less than \u20ac200, according to the experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Budgets can fly out the window when planning a child\u2019s birthday party, but there are many ways to keep costs down\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Planning a child's birthday party can be a stressful \u2013 and expensive \u2013 endeavour. Photo: Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1258cca5-c9e6-4d4c-9c8c-39f9ecb87fb2.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Planning a child&#8217;s birthday party can be a stressful \u2013 and expensive \u2013 endeavour. Photo: Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">There was a time when children\u2019s birthday parties involved a few Rice Krispie buns and a fizzy drink. The biggest stress for parents would have been knowing when to press stop for pass the parcel or musical statues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Fast forward to today and children\u2019s parties are a much bigger deal, with a whole industry dedicated to providing entertainment, food and decorations. Children\u2019s parties are now taking the form of sushi-making afternoons, pottery classes or padel sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Budgets can fly out the window when planning a child\u2019s birthday party, but there are many ways to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,3362,9865],"class_list":["post-327967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-money-experts","tag-money-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}