Parties

Boulder's own Glacier Homemade Ice Cream offers up to 80 flavors at a time of ice cream, sorbet, gelato, and low fat yogurt. Everything, including the hot fudge and caramel toppings, is made from scratch. Glacier will even bring the party to you, for groups of 50 or more, with your choice of flavors and toppings.

Rocky Mountain Trails offers pony and horse rides, face painting, balloon animals, costumed entertainers, games, digital photos, pony party invitations, and it all comes to you. Decorated ponies and horses can be hand led for parties.

The Makery is more than just your basic bakery. In addition to the traditional wedding and birthday cakes, and custom made-to-order desserts, The Makery offers drop in decorating, decorating classes, espresso, decorating supplies, and more.

Kids love to celebrate their birthdays at The Makery where they can decorate and take home cookies, cupcakes, even a birthday cake - with all the supplies included.

SpaceTime parties bring outer space right into your home or backyard. The party packages include interactive discussions of space science topics, hands and minds-on demonstrations of science experiments, and SpaceTime original activities ranging from Spotting the Space Invader to Building Cosmic Cruisers. All packages and themes are available in three different age range versions (4-7, 8-10, 11-14).

Each engaging, educational Abrakadoodle art workshop, camp, or party introduces children to different materials and art-making techniques. Lessons never repeat, and every child leaves each class with a new piece of framed art.

Classes are held at locations in Aurora, Castle Rock, Centennial, Cherry Hills, Englewood, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Littleton, and Parker for different age groups. Additional information about classes and locations is available online.

Birthday parties: Abrakadoodle books parties for children ages three through 12, and can also bring the party to you. Select an art activity; materials and a teacher are provided.

Summer camps: Half-day art camps are offered for ages three through 12, in partnership with Crayola. Children are grouped by age and introduced to a wide variety of materials and techniques, including sculpture, mosaics, collage, and paint.

Parlando School for the Arts offers music programs for all ages, from early childhood through adult. The curriculum includes private and small group lessons for all orchestral and band instruments, as well as voice, piano, guitar, ukulele, hammmered dulcimer, and percussion, through a broad spectrum of music classes. Students may begin lessons at any time during a semester. The program is based out of The Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder. At-home lessons are also offered.

Celebrate a musical birthday with Parlando School for the Arts. Faculty members can provide an engaging and entertaining music program for party guests while Parlando provides the venue, tables, and chairs.

Summer camp programs are also offered.

Mommies Helping Mommies is a referral and placement agency serving families in Colorado. Whether you are seeking a nanny, housekeeper, personal assistant; need help organizing your basement or planning a party. Each placement receives a personalized recruitment plan, enabling us to find your family's perfect match!

All nannies have at least 3 years experience working as a professional nanny or educator and have completed an extremely extensive screening process.

Parties4Kids.net offers children's fantasy parties and entertainment, serving the Denver metro area.

The winner of our 2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best Artsy Class in Denver, My Art Workshop is a drop-in arts and crafts creativity center for kids. Children of all ages can paint and decorate woodwork, tie-dye or fabric paint clothing and accessories, do sand art, spin paint, create jewelry, paint pottery, create mosaics and stepping stones, and more.

The studio also hosts birthday parties, field trips, Parents' Night Out, summer camp programs, and offers ongoing preschool and after school classes.

An indoor amusement park featuring 20 rides and attractions for both kids and adults to ride together. Rides include a carousel, teacup ride, indoor Ferris Wheel, and a train ride.

There's no minimum number of guests for birthday parties - you pay only for the guests that actually attend. Food, beverages, goody bags, and tokens can all be purchased on site.

An indoor amusement facility for kids with over 10,000 square feet of free-for-all play area. Kids can slide down a massive 24-foot inflatable slide, challenge the indoor climbing wall, take on the inflatable obstacle courses, and more. Parents are free and are encouraged to participate with their kids.

Parties are a specialty. Party guests get the entire adventure room all to themselves without having to share with others. Party packages for up to 26 kids start at $175.

The winner of our 2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best Artsy Class in Denver, My Art Workshop is a drop-in arts and crafts creativity center for kids. Children of all ages can paint and decorate woodwork, tie-dye or fabric paint clothing and accessories, do sand art, spin paint, create jewelry, paint pottery, create mosaics and stepping stones, and more.

The studio also hosts birthday parties, field trips, Parents' Night Out, summer camp programs, and offers ongoing preschool and after school classes.