A Wacky Warehouse Birthday Party

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* Update Wacky Warehouse is no longer at the Wheatshef* 

A couple of week's ago, my daughter turned four years old! To celebrate her birthday she had a party at our local Wacky Warehouse soft play which is at the Wheatsheaf pub near Newcastle airport. Read on to see what we thought. 

 It is really easy to book a party as you can either book online or by calling into your local branch. They have a range of different party packages to suit all budgets with parties starting from just £5 per child to the ultimate party package which we had which costs £12.50 per child (all parties are for a minimum of 10 children).  You even have the option of hiring the whole soft play area out for an extra £50 at certain times if you want exclusive use of the play area.

The ultimate party package we had included 

• 1 hour in the soft play

• Invites & Thank you cards

• Premium party buffet

• A parent food platter

• Birthday cake

• Popcorn on tables 

• Capri Suns & jugs of squash 

• Face painting 

• Visit from the Wacky Mascot

• Premium party bags

• Free return play voucher for each child

• Host to serve food 

Having everything included in the price makes the whole experience so stress-free as we did not need to bring anything at all with us, everything was included. We turned up to the party and everything was organised and taken care of already. 

 I highly recommend the Ultimate party package as I think that it is brilliant value for money.

We arrived at the party about 15 minutes early and we were warmly greeted by our party host, she explained everything to us and showed us to the party room. The party room is a little area in the soft play that is reserved for parties, it has a party table for the children with balloons and birthday banners and plenty of seating for parents with dishes of popcorn on the tables for the children to help themselves too. 

The room was set up lovely with the bright balloons and banners and Sophia loved the special birthday throne chair that was set up for her at the table.

The Wacky Warehouse is located at the side of the Wheatsheaf pub, it is separate from the pub building and really safe and secure for children. You have to sign children in and out and it has locked safety gates that the staff operate to let people in and out, making it really secure for little ones. 

The play area at the Wheatsheaf branch is not too big, we found it to be the perfect size for our 4 and 2-year-old as we could keep an eye on them easily. There were tables for growing ups and a bar area selling a range of hot and cold drinks, sweets and snacks and toilet and baby change facilities, everywhere was really clean and tidy and the staff were all really friendly and welcoming.

All of the children at the party loved the soft-pay area, it had slides, ball pool pits, giant puzzles, climbing frames and giant balls to play on. It was split over two levels but it was not too high for young children and it also had a smaller younger children's play area too, which had a smaller slide and lots of foam building blocks, ride ons and puzzles.

As we had the Ultimate package face painting was included and they had a face painting station set up where guests could get their face painted. They also set up a supervised craft area where children could make cards and pictures whilst they waited to get their face painted.

After an hour on the play equipment, they announced that it was time for party food and Weasley the Wacky Warehouse mascot arrived to hand out Capri Sun drinks to all the children.

It was then time to sing happy birthday, with the cake provided before tucking into some delicious party food. As part of the Ultimate package, you get a premium party buffet which consisted of 

• Hot dogs (made from proper sausages)

• Pizza

• Chicken nuggets

• Fish fingers

• Garlic bread

• Chips

• Onion rings

• Ham & Cheese Sandwiches

• Vegetable sticks

 For dessert, the children received pots of vanilla ice cream and slices of birthday cake and there was jugs of orange and blackcurrant juice to drink. 

We also received a parent platter for the parents to enjoy which consisted of scampi, chicken wings, garlic bread, nachos, jalapeno bites, onion rings and chips. Every parent at the party commented on how nice the food was and how much there was. 

The parties last for two hours. As guests started to leave they were each handed a deluxe goody bag, which comes in either pirate or princess design and contains a pack of Haribo, a slice of birthday cake, crayons, colouring & puzzle book, a jigsaw and a free return play voucher. 

We made a little YouTube video of the party which you can view below.

 We enjoyed the party so much that we returned a week later and had lunch in the Wheatsheaf pub which we really enjoyed before letting the children play in the Wacky Warehouse. If you are looking for a party for younger children near Newcastle then I recommend Wacky Warehouse. 

Wheatshef Pub 

Callerton Lane 

Woolsington 

NE13 8DF

Plenty of free onsite parking available and there is a bus stop outside.