As a parent, planning the perfect birthday party every year for your kid may feel exciting, stressful, fun, overwhelming, a combination of any of these feelings, and more. Children often look forward to their birthday, whether thinking of a present to ask for, having cake and ice cream, or asking for a fun birthday party like their friends had.
If you are looking for a place to host your child’s next birthday and want a fun, stress-free experience for you and an epic party for your kid, you should host it at a rock climbing gym. Many large commercial or franchised gyms that are popping up nationwide consider birthday parties a large part of their operations and have plenty of experience hosting them!
Keep reading to explore a curated list of benefits and what to expect if you host a climbing gym birthday party for your little one(s)!
Top Reasons Why a Climbing Gym is the Best Birthday Party Place
1. All-inclusive birthday party packages
If nothing else on this list convinces you to throw a rock climbing birthday party, this should strongly entice you. Many rock climbing gyms regularly entertain birthday parties and have well-organized processes to simplify your life. Depending on what you’re willing to pay, the gym will let you know how many kids are allowed to come, send you the waiver information ahead of the party, set up a party room with decorations, and potentially even order pizza, cake, and drinks for after climbing. Then, on the day of the party, the floor staff will welcome you, your kiddo, and their friends, set them up with climbing gear, and lead them through 2 hours of adventure and food.
2. Fun & Entertaining
A rock climbing party is exciting, different, and full of fun activities. Most birthday parties at a rock gym last approximately two hours and contain a mix of rope climbing and fun rock climbing games like tug-a-war, twister on the climbing wall, sharks and minnows, etc. Even if the kids tire of climbing after only an hour, there are plenty of options to keep the fun going and pique their excitement.
3. Energy-zapping
As a parent, you may be familiar with the post-birthday party sugar rush and super hyper-child. Due to rock climbing’s physically taxing nature and the energy the little ones expend on the other birthday party games, they’re likely to leave tuckered out even with some birthday cake consumption.
4. Safe and Controlled
The presence of rock gym staff throughout the entire birthday party experience ensures that all the participants are safely secured at all times while on the wall and safely move throughout the gym (i.e., not wandering off to an area where they could endanger themselves or another climber).
5. Challenge by Choice
Tying into reason number four is a challenge by choice. During the birthday party, the trained staff will offer every child the opportunity to climb and to go as high as they are comfortable. Sometimes, the gym employees will try to encourage a child to climb higher, but if they are adamant they would like to come down, no matter how high they make it, their desire is respected.
6. Great for family members (i.e., grandparents, aunts, uncles) to watch
Most climbing gyms have a spectator area or multiple areas where non-climbing participants can watch and take pictures and videos. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, or anyone else who might want to come to the party but not climb can witness the excitement and fun of the day from a comfortable area. They could also hang out in the party room with the food for after climbing!
The rock climbing gym is the perfect birthday party place because it accommodates the entire family. The birthday party packages make the planning process smooth and organized for you, the parent. The party is an exciting, fun, and memorable experience for the kids. For other family and friends, there are areas to watch the kids, talk with other adults, and enjoy food with everyone after the climbing portion ends.
We can’t think of why a rock gym is the wrong place for a birthday party, but if you think you can disprove us, you’ll have to book the next party at one to find out (wink, wink)! If we have convinced you, let us know how the birthday party goes in the comments below!
