Any child loves his birthday more than any other holiday of the year. This is an event that people look forward to all year long, and you simply cannot lose face. With the help of our selection, you will find out where in Moscow it is unusual and exciting to celebrate your child’s birthday.
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LaserLand Extraterrestrial Entertainment Center
Address: st. Vavilova, building 3, Gagarinsky shopping center (branches: metro station Sevastopolskaya; Kuntsevo, Myakinino). + https://laser-land.ru
You can play a war game, AmongUs in reality, become a real BrawlStars hero, or conduct a series of scientific experiments at your birthday in the LaserLand network of entertainment centers. Experienced instructors will tell and show all the rules of the popular laser tag, and professional animators will not let the whole company get bored. Such a journey into the future will captivate the guests invited to the holiday, and the festive menu will satisfy even the most demanding sweet tooth.
Tonsured
This ritual symbolized the transition of a child from mother to father. Dad had to teach his son the family trade. It is believed that it is impossible to cut a child's hair until he is one year old. Many women take this belief extremely seriously. It happens that the baby’s overgrown hair is already tied with rubber bands. It is customary to cut your hair for the first time when you are one year old. That is why the ancient rite of tonsure is now performed at one year old, both for girls and boys!
The dedication takes place very solemnly. The father or godfather cuts the child's hair in an even cross, which symbolizes the Sun, Yarilo. Then the parents keep this hair.
According to one of the many versions, hair must be burned, floated or buried in the ground. The strand symbolizes the fate of the child, so they say: “Fire-brother (Earth-mother, Water-sister), grant our baby happiness and a happy destiny.” After this, the baby is seated on a sheepskin cover, and various things are laid out around him to find out what profession the baby will choose in the future.
For example, scissors symbolize a tailor. Sweets for the confectioner, money for the businessman. Whatever the baby picks up first, this is the specialty he will prefer.
Of course, the ritual greatly entertains all the adults who came to the holiday, and can become part of a fun scenario. Since the custom is very ancient, you can decorate the house in folk style and dress the child in folk clothes.
ExitGames gaming entertainment center
Address: Berezovaya Roshcha passage, 12. +7 exitgames.ru
The ExitGames gaming entertainment center is ideal for a birthday party for a child over 6 years old. The team specializes in organizing children's parties and can offer intellectual and active games depending on the age and hobbies of young guests.
In ExitGames, 7 exciting quests with different plots and costumed animators await the birthday boy and his friends. Thrill-seekers can play hide and seek in dark labyrinths with sound and light special effects. Classic children's birthday activities include laser tag and a ball pit. Game center managers will help organize a turnkey holiday: they will select a program, a photographer, set a festive table for children and adults, and decorate the hall.
Candy bar for a 1 year old child's birthday
Do you want to please your guests with different sweets? Then organize a candy bar! Let everyone choose a treat according to their taste, and at the same time take a photo near the photo zone, surrounded by beautiful cakes and sweets!
what is included in the candy bar:
- cookies with icing on a stick
- muffins with colored cream
- colored macaroons
- eclair cakes with colored icing
- cup cakes
- colored dragees
- chocolates in personalized wrappers
- mini marshmallows and marshmallows on a stick
- colored jelly in cups
- chocolates and figures
- Lemonades and juices in bottles
Decorative elements of a candy bar
- Banner
- Garland of balloons
- tulle table skirt
- Artificial tree branches
- Colored and transparent dishes
- Volumetric thematic figures
- Cake stands
Laser tag club LEGION
Address: metro station Preobrazhenskaya Square, 1st Bukhvostova Street, 12/11k2. +7 legion.club
Fight against insidious villains, save humanity and become a real hero - can you imagine a more exciting birthday? For children over six years old who love thrills, a holiday at the LEGION laser tag club will be an unforgettable experience.
In the center you can combine an entertainment program and a banquet. Guests have four rooms and a varied menu at their disposal, making it easy to organize a table for teenagers and younger children.
The club is known for its quest games for teenagers, there are three different plots to choose from. Post-apocalypse, fighting zombies or mutants - it's up to you to decide. A classic laser tag option is also available in three different locations. You won't be bored!
Holiday preparation checklist
It is important to prepare properly for your first birthday. To avoid forgetting anything, use our checklist.
One month before your birthday:
- decide on a budget;
- select and book a site;
- make a guest list;
- prepare and send out invitations;
- find a presenter, photographer, animators.
Two weeks before your birthday:
- decide on the total number of guests (adults and children);
- think over the menu;
- buy outfits for yourself and your child;
- order a birthday cake;
- purchase accessories and decorations for birthdays, prizes for games;
- negotiate with the catering service (if necessary).
One week before your birthday:
- agree on the nuances of site design;
- discuss the holiday program with the host.
On the eve of the birthday:
- call guests and remind them of the date, time and place of the start of the holiday;
- prepare food and drinks (if you bring them with you);
- prepare festive outfits;
- pick up the cake.
Teatrium on Serpukhovka
Address: m. Tulskaya / Serpukhovskaya, st. Pavlovskaya, 6. +7 https://teatrium.ru
It’s unusual to celebrate a child’s birthday in Moscow in...the theater. The Theater on Serpukhovka, under the direction of Teresa Durova, provides an opportunity to plunge into the world of theater: parents only need to voice their wishes, and a professional director and actors will do their job. The holiday scenario can be absolutely anything: from an interactive theatrical performance to a quest with your favorite characters from fairy tales and cartoons.
The main thing is to have fun
You need to come up with a special scenario for celebrating your child’s anniversary. All those invited are not strangers. What if everyone is awarded a certificate or diploma on behalf of the baby? This will be pleasant for the local doctor, and for the godparents, and for the beloved grandmother.
It’s interesting to organize a fun competition “What does the baby look like?” Let everyone write their own version on a piece of paper, and then mom will read: “Our Christina is three times like grandma Varya, five times like dad, twice like mom and three times like grandpa Vitya.” Or, for example, hold a “Libra” competition. Of course, for this competition the birthday person must be in a good mood. Each of the guests picks up the baby and guesses what the baby’s weight is. The one who is closest to the truth wins. You can also guess the baby's height in the same way. The winner is awarded a chocolate medal with the baby's name.
Dance and Cirus Project
Address: Taganskaya metro station (circular), Shelaputinsky lane. 6с3. + https://dancecircus.ru
You can become a real circus performer at your own birthday at the Dance and Circus Project aerial gymnastics school. During the event, a professional instructor will show the birthday boy and his guests the basics of working with circus apparatus, and at the end of the lesson it will be possible to create a real act from simple elements accessible to every child. There will be a sea of photos!
Anderson Family Cafe
Branches: Prospekt Mira metro station, Park Kultury metro station, Oktyabrskoye Pole metro station, Semenovskaya metro station, Baumanskaya metro station, Kropotkinskaya metro station, Tulskaya metro station, Zhulebino metro station, Lermontovsky Prospekt metro station, Medvedkovo metro station, VDNH metro station. + https://cafe-anderson.ru
This popular chain of family cafes has many branches throughout Moscow, so it will be convenient for parents to choose the most convenient location to celebrate their child’s birthday. What the holiday will be like - a culinary master class where you can make a cake out of anything or a quest with mischievous animators - is up to the birthday boy and his parents to decide. There are many options for celebrating a child’s birthday in this cafe, and yours will definitely be original: it will be fun and, of course, delicious.
Bowling
A place for a more active pastime. Here the guests and the birthday boy will definitely not be bored. You can arrange a small photo session as a souvenir right in the bowling alley. In addition, bowling alleys often have a cafe or restaurant, which means the problem with refreshments will be solved.
One of the nuances is safety. Still, active games are always a certain risk, which means parents constantly need to monitor the actions of the participants in the holiday. For these purposes, you can enlist the support of the parents of one of the guests, or negotiate with the bowling alley administration to provide you with an instructor.
Children's sports and entertainment
Branches: Sokol metro station, Krymskaya metro station, Babushkinskaya metro station, Fili metro station. + https://mytysa.ru
Tusa-Dzhusa is a multifunctional and modern entertainment center for children. It has everything: a multi-story sports labyrinth, a rope park, a trampoline, a tubing slide.
The sports content of each center is made of modern and safe materials; a child with any level of activity and sports training will find entertainment here to their liking. Therefore, a birthday spent in this park will be remembered for a long time, and even the most restless children will not be bored during the animated program or quest. “Tusa-Jusa” has a fairly reasonable price tag, so you can celebrate your child’s birthday inexpensively, but in a fun way.
Festive image of the birthday boy
You are already starting to figure out how to celebrate, so it’s time to think about an outfit for the birthday boy, as well as the rest of the family.
It is clear that the entire focus will be on the main character of the celebration. However, often mothers spend too much time on how to celebrate their baby’s one year anniversary, forgetting about how they themselves will look on this day.
So, when choosing an outfit for your child, consider first of all convenience and comfort.
Yes, a dress with a bunch of petticoats will look much more formal in the photo, but will my daughter be able to walk and run in it? And if the baby is still mostly crawling, then she won’t like this image all the more.
Sequins and rhinestones can fall off and go straight into your mouth, so give preference to either textured fabrics or bright elements.
How to arrange a holiday for your son without tying a bow tie around his neck is a mystery to some parents. After all, how else can you add solemnity to the boy’s image? If the baby doesn’t resist, great, otherwise you can look for a bodysuit with a tie pattern, or with a polo collar, complementing the look with a vest.
Be sure to prepare a change of clothes for the birthday boy, in case the first one gets dirty.
State Darwin Museum
Address: m. Akademicheskaya, st. Vavilova, 57. +7 https://www.darwinmuseum.ru
A visit to the Darwin Museum is fascinating in itself. So celebrating your child's birthday there would be a great idea. The museum offers a number of varied excursion programs, including practical classes, master classes and quests among the unique exhibits of the museum. The program can be selected for children of any age, and it will definitely not be boring. In addition, until the end of summer there are discounts on all holiday programs, so you can celebrate your child’s birthday inexpensively.
Museum of Entertaining Sciences "Experimentarium"
Address: metro station Sokol, Leningradsky prospect, 80, room 11. + https://experimentanium.ru
Another place to celebrate the birthday of a young researcher or natural scientist in a fun and exciting way - this is the place where neither children nor their parents will be bored.
The Experimentarium staff will help bring any ideas to life and make an ordinary birthday an exciting event: there are a number of holiday programs to choose from, including quests, master classes (for example, molecular cooking), and shows during which children (and adults too) will be surprised how interesting and exciting natural sciences can be. A birthday spent at the Experimentarium will definitely be remembered for a long time.
Dolphinarium
There is also water here, as well as dolphins, seals and a fun entertainment program. But, unlike the water park, it is safer here, since the children are not in the water, but sit in the stands. However, they will be interested in watching the performance, which means they will enjoy and remember this day.
For the birthday boy himself, you can organize a swimming session with dolphins under the guidance of an instructor. Communication with these sea inhabitants will give him a lot of pleasure, which means this day will be remembered for a long time.
If we talk about the disadvantages, you will again have to look for a cafe somewhere nearby or negotiate with the management of the dolphinarium so that they allocate a separate room for the sweet table.
Children's club "Brother Rabbit's Hole"
Address: m. Tsvetnoy Boulevard, st. Delegatskaya, 14/2; metro station Sokol, Leningradskoe highway 3, st.1. +7 https://pamparam.org
"Br'er Rabbit's Hole" is a children's club that, if desired, can turn into the tropical island of Princess Moana, or the schooner Pippi Longstocking, or Willy Wonka's candy factory. The club develops exciting theatrical programs for any event, including something as important as a children's birthday.
The program can be tailored to the age of the birthday boy and his guests: from 4 to 14 years. It definitely won’t be boring, but it will also be very tasty (there is catering and a candybar), fun and exciting. In addition, you can preserve joyful moments by using the services of the club’s professional photo and videographers.
Treats for little guests
Three-year-old children do not eat for a long time; 15-20 minutes are enough for them for this purpose. Therefore, choose dishes for the festive table that are simple, but at the same time bright, so that the kids will be interested. Let it be small sandwiches with a cherry tomato in the shape of a ladybug or with a fish made from grated carrots.
If you are making mashed potatoes, place them on plates in the shape of some fairy-tale character or simply in the shape of a funny face.
And of course, children love sweets, so desserts will definitely be in demand. Choose light and healthy desserts with jelly, fruit, and cottage cheese. A great option is fruit salad. You can cut the fruits and place them in separate containers. Place yoghurt next to it for dressing. Let the kids choose what they want in their salad and mix the ingredients themselves. Children will love this treat with an element of play.
Stock up on water and juices, because after active entertainment the kids will want to drink.
Moscow Zoo
Address: metro station Barrikadnaya, st. Bolshaya Gruzinskaya 1, building 1. +7 https://moscowzoo.ru
The Moscow Zoo always welcomes young visitors and their parents, and you can also celebrate a child’s birthday here. Together with the Tik-Tak Theater, the Moscow Zoo offers a number of exciting excursion programs and quests that will turn your birthday into an amazing journey across all continents of the globe, and, of course, during the festive event you can meet the inhabitants of the zoo and learn about there are a lot of interesting things.
Don't worry!
It's natural for a parent to worry whether you've made the day "special" enough for your child. But resist the temptation to go out and buy more—more gifts, more decorations, more souvenirs, more treats. More - all you need is your time and attention. Instead, spend time coming up with simple games and entertainment that you can arrange during the holiday.
Find more effective ways than material ones to make the holiday brilliant. Make a book about the holiday - have all guests leave a note. While your child is sleeping, decorate the door with pennants so it is the first thing children see when they wake up in the morning. Prepare their favorite breakfast that day, create a festive family ritual. And you can bet that children will remember such moments fondly, but memories of additional keychains and small toys for guests are unlikely to remain in their memory...
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Living History Museum
Address: m. Park Kultury, st. Prechistenka 33/19 building 1. +7 https://zhivayaistoriya.ru
The Living History Museum is a unique project for children, a real time machine that helps you plunge into the past. You can celebrate your child’s birthday in the ancient Roman Colosseum, like gladiators, you can become a knight of the Round Table or an Indian maharaja with countless treasures. The museum staff will show your child and his friends that history is not dusty pages of textbooks, but an amazing and fascinating journey into the past.
On your birthday, you can do without animators, for example, go to a children's musical performance or jump in one of the best trampoline centers in Moscow.
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