Kids Birthday Parties
Have your kids birthday musical/play themed party at Play/Music! (2416 18th St.)
Call or text Lisa at 916-538-4557 for more info.
Sundays only.
Call or text Lisa at 916-538-4557 for more info.
Sundays only.
INFORMATION:
Birthday Activities
We have a few special birthday activities that can be done during birthday parties such as:
- The Circle Around the Sun Ceremony (birthday child holds globe and walks around a specially made sun, however many times as the number of years old they are. This is to help them understand what 1 year means and how every year they were alive, the earth went around the sun. While they are walking (orbiting) around the sun, their parent tells what the birthday child accomplished during each of those years. After they reach their final rotation, the rest of the kids get to say what they hope for for new goals in the upcoming year for the birthday child. It's a very sweet option for a more calm birthday party! :)
- Singing/Playing Happy Birthday together in many different styles
- Face Painting
- Freeze Dance & Musical Chairs (optional if the kids need to let out some energy - lots of times they are happy to just play though!)
TOYS/FUN:
At Play/Music we have a large collection of instruments for kids (& adults) to explore and try out!
- Piano with clear plexi cover so you can see the moving parts inside while playing!
- Yamaha Keyboard with effects
- Acoustic Guitars (2 small and 1 regular)
- Electric Guitar
- Ukulele
- Flute
- Hand Bells
- Hand Drums
- Steel Drum
- Tambourines
- Lap Harp
- Recorders
- Harmonicas
- Xylophone
- Stylophone
- Karaoke Microphones
- & more to come!
The Rainbow Music Method™
- Several of these instruments are part of a special edition collection of rainbow colored instruments that all use the same matching colors in chromatic order (ROYGBIV!).
- Color-coded sheet music can be used to be able to instantly play lots of favorite tunes!
- Kids as young as 3 years old and even older 2-year-olds can play the studio favorite; 'What's Your Favorite Ice Cream', on the first try! It's very catchy and parents tell me the kids sing it at home all the time! (I get it stuck in my head a lot, too.)
Waldorf Style Play Area
Play/Music also has amazing and large Waldorf and Montessori inspired play area (hence the 'Play' half of Play/Music!).
Some of the most notable and favorite toys include:
- The large house tent for kids to play and hide in; with doors, windows, and a beanbag chair inside.
- Large Marble Run set with LED light-up glow marbles
- Cash register: Kids love to use all the wooden pieces to set up shop!
WOOD TOYS
- Large wooden train track with lots of specialty pieces and remote powered train car.
- Large set of wooden blocks.
- Wooden animals, trees, and people (to go with train or blocks).
- Large 3-story wooden house; with furniture, home decor items, music instruments, and little people/pets. (We don't call it the 'doll' house to be more gender-inclusive - boys love choosing how to set up the different rooms in the house!)
- Handpainted wooden puzzles (from super easy to very hard!)
- All kinds of wooden pieces of tons of different shapes and sizes! Rainbow stacking: cubes, circles, spheres, smooth stone shapes, rings, flat rectangles, bowls, wave and fire shapes, and more. We also have a whole sorting tray full of small wooden pieces of unique shapes and colors. Kids can get really creative with their imaginations here!
OTHER CONSTRUCTION/BUILDING TOYS
- Cardboard Blocks (for building walls, towers, and small structures)
- Magnetic Cube Blocks and Tiles (large and small) by PicassoTiles
- Fort Builder
- Tortoise Shell Obstacle Course
- Fuse Beads: Lots of patterns available!
& MORE ITEMS TO SPARK CURIOSITY
- Kaleidoscopes, Jacob's Ladder, Kinetic Arm Bands, & more interesting items
- Magic Star Cube, Infinity Cubes, Mobius Cube, Atomic Fidget Ball
- 4 Shasibo shape-shifting magnetic cubes
- Rubix Cubes of all sizes
- Magnet balls of various sizes
- and much more hidden gems!
- COST = $30 per kid
- LENGTH = 3 hours (including 30-minute set-up)
- AVAILABLE TIMES:
- Anytime on Sundays
- Can also possibly reserve a Saturday Night Kids Night ahead of time and have the birthday party between 5:30 and 9:30 PM on a Saturday.
- Some weekday mornings/early afternoons if there are no music lessons during that time (check calendar page - need an open slot of 3 hours)
- DECORATIONS: Parents/Family handle any decorations they would like to have.
- FOOD: Cake and food may be served by family, but kids must stay at the table to eat and cannot walk around with snacks. Preferable food can be eaten at a table that can be set up outside.
- There is a small fridge with freezer in the back.
- OUTSIDE: There is a nice empty courtyard just outside the door that can be used freely until 3:30 PM when the restaurant opens.
- PARKING: Plenty of free parking is available behind building and on the street.
Birthday Activities
We have a few special birthday activities that can be done during birthday parties such as:
- The Circle Around the Sun Ceremony (birthday child holds globe and walks around a specially made sun, however many times as the number of years old they are. This is to help them understand what 1 year means and how every year they were alive, the earth went around the sun. While they are walking (orbiting) around the sun, their parent tells what the birthday child accomplished during each of those years. After they reach their final rotation, the rest of the kids get to say what they hope for for new goals in the upcoming year for the birthday child. It's a very sweet option for a more calm birthday party! :)
- Singing/Playing Happy Birthday together in many different styles
- Face Painting
- Freeze Dance & Musical Chairs (optional if the kids need to let out some energy - lots of times they are happy to just play though!)
TOYS/FUN:
At Play/Music we have a large collection of instruments for kids (& adults) to explore and try out!
- Piano with clear plexi cover so you can see the moving parts inside while playing!
- Yamaha Keyboard with effects
- Acoustic Guitars (2 small and 1 regular)
- Electric Guitar
- Ukulele
- Flute
- Hand Bells
- Hand Drums
- Steel Drum
- Tambourines
- Lap Harp
- Recorders
- Harmonicas
- Xylophone
- Stylophone
- Karaoke Microphones
- & more to come!
The Rainbow Music Method™
- Several of these instruments are part of a special edition collection of rainbow colored instruments that all use the same matching colors in chromatic order (ROYGBIV!).
- Color-coded sheet music can be used to be able to instantly play lots of favorite tunes!
- Kids as young as 3 years old and even older 2-year-olds can play the studio favorite; 'What's Your Favorite Ice Cream', on the first try! It's very catchy and parents tell me the kids sing it at home all the time! (I get it stuck in my head a lot, too.)
Waldorf Style Play Area
Play/Music also has amazing and large Waldorf and Montessori inspired play area (hence the 'Play' half of Play/Music!).
Some of the most notable and favorite toys include:
- The large house tent for kids to play and hide in; with doors, windows, and a beanbag chair inside.
- Large Marble Run set with LED light-up glow marbles
- Cash register: Kids love to use all the wooden pieces to set up shop!
WOOD TOYS
- Large wooden train track with lots of specialty pieces and remote powered train car.
- Large set of wooden blocks.
- Wooden animals, trees, and people (to go with train or blocks).
- Large 3-story wooden house; with furniture, home decor items, music instruments, and little people/pets. (We don't call it the 'doll' house to be more gender-inclusive - boys love choosing how to set up the different rooms in the house!)
- Handpainted wooden puzzles (from super easy to very hard!)
- All kinds of wooden pieces of tons of different shapes and sizes! Rainbow stacking: cubes, circles, spheres, smooth stone shapes, rings, flat rectangles, bowls, wave and fire shapes, and more. We also have a whole sorting tray full of small wooden pieces of unique shapes and colors. Kids can get really creative with their imaginations here!
OTHER CONSTRUCTION/BUILDING TOYS
- Cardboard Blocks (for building walls, towers, and small structures)
- Magnetic Cube Blocks and Tiles (large and small) by PicassoTiles
- Fort Builder
- Tortoise Shell Obstacle Course
- Fuse Beads: Lots of patterns available!
& MORE ITEMS TO SPARK CURIOSITY
- Kaleidoscopes, Jacob's Ladder, Kinetic Arm Bands, & more interesting items
- Magic Star Cube, Infinity Cubes, Mobius Cube, Atomic Fidget Ball
- 4 Shasibo shape-shifting magnetic cubes
- Rubix Cubes of all sizes
- Magnet balls of various sizes
- and much more hidden gems!