Cake or Presents: What Comes First?

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Are you trying to plan a birthday party for kids and aren’t sure how you will properly execute it? We can help you out.

Every year several children globally have birthday parties. Even though most of the items are the same: birthday cake, an entertainment act, some food, presents but, some parents are now trying to innovate how they place kids’ parties.

Some parents are becoming more invested in offering interactive activities to the guests, while others are debating whether the cake or presents should come first at a party.

If you’re stuck in the latter loop, here are some factors that might help you decide whether to take out the cake, or open the presents.

Accommodate Your Guests

Parents who do presents first often want their guests to see the excitement their child has when they open their presents – but this might annoy some of your guests. Guests don’t always have the time to hang around and watch presents being unwrapped.

This is why cutting the cake first and having refreshments will free the guests of the obligation to stay. They can eat their cake, have lunch or dinner, and leave at their convenience.

If You’ve Got Other Activities Planned

Planning a children’s party can be exhausting, especially if you don’t know how to manage it all. If you’ve got other entertainment acts like a magician or a clown act at a party venue, then you need to make sure that the act happens first, and then you take out the cake.

What Your Child Wants to Do

Many parents will place importance on what their birthday kid wants to do. Even though most parents would do cake first, if your child wants to open the presents, you might as well follow their cues and open presents first.

If your child wants to do presents first, and you force them to cut the cake first, they will stay irritated and distracted throughout the process.

 

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Book an Indoor Birthday Party Space In Miami

Are you trying to master the art of throwing birthday parties for your children? We would suggest taking a look at BirthdayLand.

BirthdayLand is a state-of-art indoor facility that provides a safe indoor space for parents to host birthday parties for their kids along with VPK or Pre-K graduation parties. We also provide different party packages so parents can choose a package based on their own budget. Our party packages include amenities such as a ping pong table, bounce house, indoor playground, foosball table, and video game consoles for kids.

Contact our representative, and we’ll help you get started.

 

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