Party Planning

It's always hard trying to find everything for the perfect party for our kids. It's such a special day for us as well that we want to make it a special day for them. This page includes rentals for parties, people to hire (magicians, face painters, etc.), places to have the party, and just a list of resources for party ideas if you'd like to have it at home. Please let anyone you book with know that you found them on Norristownmom.com.

Party Rentals
Beanie Bounce - Located in Conshohocken, they have moon bounces, carnival games, casino games and more.
Bette's Bounces and Carnival Attractions - You can rent anything from here from moonbounces, to sumo suits. This is a great site to check out for party themes and ideas.
Bouncy Ball Productions - Moonbounces, Karoke, party themes and so much more - 610.742.7542.
Cuddly Creatables - This store in NJ will travel to PA to create a wonderful birthday of stuffed animal creating. There are lots of options to choose from, and you can also just have everything sent to your house.
The Event Experts - They have equipment and everything else you can think of from mini carnavals to favors to... well everything - 610.522.6204
Fun 4 Kids Moonbounce And Party Rentals - Glenolden, PA, 19036 - 610.522.2005
Moon Bounce Chris -484.390.2041 - Moonbounces, slides, combo units (slide & bounce), cotton candy, popcorn, and snow cone machines and they are licensed and insured in PA.
Moonbounce Express – rentals and indoor parties - 610.520.2390
Norris Sales Company - They have everything from moonbounces to popcorn machines and conviently located in Plymouth Meeting on Ridge Pike.
Fun Patrol - 610.617.8844 - They rent out Moonbounces to the Delaware County, Lower Montgomery County, and Chester County Areas.
People's Choice - They have everything you could need for a kids party including moonbounces, characters, DJs, live bands, and they even have singing telegrams and balloongrams to send for an extra special birthday. 215.368.8300
SpaceWalk - You can rent inflatables and moonbounces here, convinetly located in collegeville, pa.
Stars on the move inflatable planetarium -215.715.6853
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People to Hire
About Face II - Face Painters.
Animal Junction - This is an educational zoo that can come visit you for your parties. It's based in Bucks, and I'm not sure how far the travel.
Chaku - THE CHILDREN CHUCKLER -1301 Virginia Dr. Suite 310, Fort Washington, PA 19034 - 215.657.6461
Creative Birthday Parties - I will personally appear at your home and host a craft birthday party for your child and guests! Creative Fun by Karen Sarkissian - 610.341.0437- vmsark@aol.com
David Perry - David's performances are a playful, interactive mix of music, art, puppets, props and humor guaranteed to appeal to the kid in us all.
Dr. Yoyo - He is an expert Yoyo champion who will bring the fun of yoyoing to your party.
John Cassidy - Comedy, magic and weird things with ballons.
Ken Kaplan’s Amazing Variety Show – 215.355.0262
Kids Parties - We do costumed characters, balloon art and face painting - 215.884.6666
The Magic of Helene - 215.639.8782
Mike Schuler - A great local musician who specializes in kids music, check out buying his CD before hand so that the kids know all the songs.
Noah's Ark Workshop - A traveling build an animal for parties.
Patty’s Parties – 215.637.3070 - Wonderful Costume Characters Serving Bucks County, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Surrounding Areas!
The Peaceable Kingdom Petting zoo - A variety of different animals will come to the party. Centered in Philadelphia, PA.
The Playful Chef - A traveling chef who plans/hosts birthday parties and cooking classes at your home or location for children ages 4 and up. No Fuss, No Muss, You Provide the Oven, and Leave the Rest to Us! 267.242.8478
Quiver Farm - 3096 Wild Run Rd. Pennsburg, PA 18073 (Less than 1 hour north of Norristown) - 610.845.7522
They have activities like the chick hatchery, bunny kindling, bee keeping, farm animals, and more. These events all come to you.
Safari Parties - 610.446.6376 - Many live, UNIQUE, EXOTIC animals are presented by Lynne Grim from Safari Parties. Shows are entertaining and educational. According to the specific event, 18 to 30 animals will visit. For Birthday Parties and Special Occasions animals are presented through MAGIC.
Sleepy Hollow Horse Farm Petting Zoo - Quakertown, PA 610.346.8433
The Friendly Farm Animal Petting Zoo includes a miniature llama, miniature donkey, sheep, goats, chickens, bunnies and ducks. They also have different packages for horses and ponies. They do parites in a 60 mile radius of Quakertown, PA. They also have perfect Pony parties. You can have one pony all the way up to the cowboy package.
Snakes-n-Scales - Does your kid like reptiles, well you can have a whole bunch come visit you when this party comes to visit.
TGIF Parties and Entertainment - 215.492.8443 - They service most of Southeastern PA and they have everything you need for an amazing party. Their parties include
Themed Entertainment & Decor , Dress up Fashions ,Complete Party Music, Cool Disco Lighting , Fun Games With Great Prizes , Interactive Instructional Dancing, Personalized Party Gifts, Souvenir Framed Photos, Special Gifts for the Birthday Child, Video Footage & MORE!
Tom's Music Fun - Tom from Sally's music puts on a great interactive show for the kids.
Wondergy - Wondergy - For cool science parties perfect for your birthday, Bar Mitzvah, daycare, youth group, school or camp. Fun and interactive science demonstrations between one to two hours. Flexible scheduling to fit your needs. Call us at 86-Molecule or visit us online at www.wondergy.com
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Places to have the party
Check out our indoor play areas / indoor sports/arts and crafts / outdoor sports / kids classes sections almost every venue there has their own parties. These are a list of the places not included on those pages.
Bit-By-Bit Farm - 2086 Kratz Station Road Harleysville, PA 215.234.9393
The party will include more then pony rides, the kids will learn about grooming the ponies and taking care of them.
Bruster's Ice Cream - 241 West Ridge Pike Limerick, PA - 610.489.8880 - Every Thursday is Banana Thursday at Bruster's! Bring your own banana and get 1/2 off a banana split. Everyday they give free baby cones to children under 40" and free 'doggie sundaes' to your furry friend, so bring the entire family for some Bruster's fun! They do great parties.
Build-A-Bear - Located in the King of Prussia mall you can have a great party experience for your kids and any number of guests.
Club Libby Lu - Located in the King of Prussia mall this store will give your daughter a very girlie experience of hairstyling, make up and shopping.
The Dance Class - 2355 Milford Square Pike, Quakertown, PA 18951.
They offer a 90 minute party that includes a 30 minute dance class taught by a Dance Class teacher, a party planner for the entire party who is in charge of dance themed activities and games, and a coupon for a free trial class for all of the guests. Our goal is to offer parents a party they can attend and enjoy without worrying about details.The birthday child is free. Our party times are Saturday or Sunday from 1:00-2:30.
Fitzy Fitness - 105 Leadline Lane West Chester, PA 19382 - 610.399.6151
Gilbertsville Tea Room - Scroll down to Children's Party Menus. The Tea room is for parties of girls ages 6-12, and depending on the package they can even use the dress up room full of old dresses, hats and jewelry. Gilbertsville, PA 610.369.0678
Grand Slam - 11 E Lancaster Ave Malvern,PA - 610.647.6622
Happily Ever After - 2237 Howard Blvd. Mt. penn, PA - 610.779.4258
The Sports Zone - 1065 Industrial Highway Southampton, PA - 215.942.2212
Little FairyGodmothers Princess - 613 Bethlehem Pike Glenside, PA 19038 - 215.402.Wish(9474)
My Girlfriends - Located in Skippack they have several different party packages from princess party to pink poodle party where each girl will get to stuff their own pink poodle.
Oogles and Googles - In Montgomery County 215.628.3877, the Mainline 610.525.KIDS, and central bucks county 215.442.5600.
This place is the party place. You can choose from over 20 themes where everything is included from the invitations, utensils, souvenir photos and a special gift for the birthday boy or girl depending on theme.
Ricky's Candy and Cones - 155 East Lancaster Ave. Wayne, PA 19087 - 610-254-8409
-Lawrence Park Shopping Center - Broomall, PA 19008 - 610.356.2250
-114 West Gay St. West Chester, PA - 610.701.7014
Sweet and Sassy - 292 Main St. Exton, PA 19341 - 610.280.PINK(7465) email
-The Shoppes at English Village 1460 Bethlehem Pike, Suite 270 North Wales, PA 19454 - 215.641.1FUN(1386) email
Come check out these awesome girly stores with everything from salon services, to spa packages to parties.
Teddy Tumblebus, LLC. -888.321.TBUS
This full size bus will come to your location and it has been converted into a full sized kids fun gym.
Varsity Fitness - 913 Montgomery Ave. penn Valley, PA 19072 - 610.668.4333
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Party Planning Resources
Express Birthday Planning - Helps you find resources by state.
Kids Party Fun - An overall site that has themes, prodicts, and even a planning guide. Very helpful.
Birthdays Without Pressure - A very well done site that takes the pressure out of birthday parties and all the hype and bringing it back to simple and fun parties.
Hullabbaloo Party Supplies - 2 Park Ave. Trooper, PA 19403 - 610.630.7879 - This one stop party shop in our neighborhood is a great resource, especially if you don't have time to order things online.
Balloon Store on Wheels - 484.679.1238 - They offer customized centerpieces, balloon arches, bouquets, balloon twisting entertainers, party decoration supplies, cakes, cupcakes and cookies, and lawn signs... and the best part is they come to you.
Kids Party Factory - They have cool DIY parties that you can send away for, they are fun and different.
Main Line Birthday Parties - All the birthday party places in and around the Main line Area.
Parents.com - This site great ideas for parties at home from themes to websites.
Divvies - The be all end all site for kids with allergies. They sell peanut, tree nut, egg and milk free dough to make allergy free desserts.
Party Pop - A great resource of more professionals to help, as well as great ideas and themes.
Coolest Birthday Cakes - If you are good at baking and love to make birthday cakes, this site has every design, and is searchable. You just have to get past scrolling down from the google ads.
Treasure Hunt Party Game - With Pirates being so cool lately, I think this product is really great - you can buy treasure or scavenger hunts.
Oriental Trading Company - After you've decided on a theme check out this website to find cheap crafts, goodie bags and even activities. You can almost always get shipping for $2.99 if you spend over $60 - check out this coupon site for codes.
Gourmet Popcorn Garrett Popcorn is known throughout the Chicago area as one of the tastiest snack foods & finest gourmet popcorn you can find on Michigan Avenue.

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