A make-things party.
Your grade-school child might enjoy a party at one of
the Plaster Fun  Time
locations around Boston. They're in Dedham, Natick, Newton,
Reading, Salem and Braintree.
We've been to parties at the store off Rt. 28 in Reading
[347 Main St., 781 944 6383]. They do hour-and-1/2 parties
for groups of at least ten kids at $9.99 per child. Kids
paint and decorate a small plaster statue of their choice
-- a juke box, car, tiger, baseball, skull, cobra, etc.
Thinking-kids' chemistry party
If you're in southern New Hampshire, have
bright kids and want something different, an
instructor with Kids College will present a
45-minute workshop called Behind the Wizard's
Hat in your home for up to 12 children.
This is hands-on chemistry exploration. Cost
is $120 and materials are provided. Call 603
537-9458. You provide the ice cream and cake.
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-- that they take home. You bring the food and drink,
but they provide the place, balloons for the kids and
cleanup. They also photograph the work and post it on
the Internet for grandma to see. These are drop-off parties;
only host parents stay. The birthday child must be at
least 5 years old. Their central number is 617 262 1230.
Their overly cute and slow-loading web site is www.plasterfuntime.com
.
For the little one, there's
the old stand-by,
Chuck E Cheese. They're all over the country,
with almost a dozen in the Boston area. They're in Burlington
[781 229 2024], Everett [617 387 4689], Danvers [978
777 6274], Natick [508 650 9497], West Roxbury [617
327 1999], Lowell [978 970 3636], Methuen [978 557 9900],
Brockton [508 580 2558], Attleboro [508 399 8445] and
Worcester [508 754 5151]. You can make party reservations
on-line at www.chuckecheese.com
.
Also for the
little ones, consider that some McDonald's restaurants
have special birthday-party space. Sure, they're not
fancy and we know the ills of junk food. But kids can
make all the noise they want and most of them actually
like the stuff. There may be one closer to where you
live, but the McDonald's at Four Corners in Woburn has
a play area and party facilities. That's on Cambridge
Road [Rt. 3] at Lexington Street. Also check the McDonalds
in Westford on Rt. 110.
Shoot-em-up, but nicely.
Laser tag, in which kids score points by shooting at
their friends with a laser device shaped like a pistol,
sounds perfectly horrid to some parents. But high-school
and middle-school boys and girls [and those in grades
just below that] seem to love it. Nobody gets hurt and
no-frills party rooms are available. You bring the birthday
goodies. Laser Quest is a few blocks off Rt.
128 at 139 Endicott St. in Danvers [978 762-8778].
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