LIVE • PLAY • DO magazine nwkidsmagazine.com SEPTEMBER 2022 Birthday2022-2023PartyGuide
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While we still officially have several more weeks of summer, September has arrived at long last. Back-to-School madness has begun and families throughout Portland Metro are out and about, savoring these final carefree days of summer before sliding back into the fall routine. As always, our September issue is devoted to all things BIRTHDAY! If you’re looking for a venue, a sweet treat, an entertainer or the perfect gift, you will find it all here. Many of your favorites are included and this year we’re thrilled to see some newer additions to help you plan the very best birthday celebrations for your kiddos! We’ll be back next month with the first Open House guide of the 2022-23 school year. Until then, stay safe and enjoy your September! Cheers, Mary
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NW Kids is published monthly by Miche Media, LLC. Every effort is made to ensure accuracy; sometimes we make errors. Please let us know when we do and accept our apologies. Printed locally; Please recycle. Connect With Us: • Phone: 503.282.2711 • email: contact@nwkidsmagazine.com • Facebook: facebook.com/nwkids • Instagram: @nwkidsmagazine • Twitter: @nwkids • Pinterest: pinterest.com/nwkids magazine Publisher Michelle Snell Editor/Accountmichelle@nwkidsmagazine.comManager Mary Brady Graphicmary@nwkidsmagazine.comDesigner Robyn Taylor Advertisingrobyn@folkloremedia.comInquiries: 503-282-2711, ext. 1 sales@nwkidsmagazine.com Aim High Martial Arts 12 All Families Surrogacy 21 Amazing Fairytale Parties 7 CareOregon ............................................. 2 Heidi Timmons Photography 21 Holler Hospitality 13 Little Fruit Farm 21 Mad Science 21 NCPRD 13 NWCT 13 OCTC 24 OES 12 Oregon Ballet Theatre ............................. 3 Pietro’s 7 Play.Fit.Fun 20 Portland Independent & Private School Fair ................................. 20 Listings 6 | NW Kids Magazine
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Hurry Back Ice Cream hurrybackicecream.com
Frozen Treats 22 Below 22beroll.com Cloud City Ice Cream cloudcityicecream.com Cool Moon Ice Cream coolmoonicecream.com Cup & Cone cupandconepdx.com
Birthdays are special and we are lucky to live in an area with endless ways to make them even MORE special! Are you looking for a venue, sweet treat, activity or performer? You will find them all here - and then some! As Covid precautions and individual businesses continue to update guidelines, please be sure to check websites and Facebook pages for the most up-to-date information. And then get out there and celebrate!
Have your birthday at Holler and Holler Treats! You can make a reservation, preorder treats and cakes, or they offer full buyouts of Holler Treats and Holler’s arcade (they just create one BIG party space!). Want to take the party with you? They can do that too! hollerpdx.com, hollertreatspdx.com
McBee’s Shakes Crepes & Cones mcbeescafe.com
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Kate’s Ice Cream katesicecream.com
Cakes, Treats & Everything Sweet Candy Lolli & Pops lolliandpops.com Rocket Fizz rocketfizz.com Rose City Sweets rosecitysweets.com Study of Sweets studyofsweets.com Sweets Etc. sweetsetc.com The Candy Basket theartfullgardenandcompany.com
Dairy Hill Ice Cream dairyhillicecream.com Eb & Bean ebandbean.com Fifty Licks fifty-licks.com Great Northwest Ice Cream Company facebook.com/gnwcompany Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream handelsicecream.com
Nectar Frozen Yogurt Lounge nectarfroyo.com
Helen Bernhard Bakery helenbernhardbakery.com
Nothing Bundt Cakes nothingbundtcakes.com
Just a Dash justadashcakes.com Mehri’s Bakery & Cafe mehris.com Miss Zumstein misszumstein.com New Cascade Traditional (Gluten-free) newcascadiatraditional.com
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The Village Ice Cream Factory thevillageicecreamfactory.com Wailua Shave Ice shaveiceorderspdx.com
Decadent Creations
Pinolo Gelato pinologelato.com Ruby Jewel rubyjewel.com Salt & Straw saltandstraw.com Staccato Gelato staccatogelato.com
decadentcreations.com
What’s the Scoop? whatsthescooppdx.com
Ome Calli Frozen Treats omecallifrozentreats.com
Dream Cakes dreamcakesportland.com FAT Cupcake fatcupcake.com Fun & Fancy Cakes funandfancycakes.com
Nana’s Ice Cream Scoop Shop facebook.com/pages/NanasIce-Cream-Scoop-Shop
Nico’s Ice Cream nicosicecream.com
Piece of Cake Bakery pieceofcakebakery.net Sweetpea Baking Company (Vegan) sweetpeabaking.com Unicorn Bake Shop unicornbakeshop.com continued on p.10
Petunia’s Pies & Pastries (Gluten-free & vegan) petuniaspiesandpastries.com
Custom Cakes Baker & Spice/The Cakery bakerandspicepdx.com Bee’s Custom Cakes beescustomcakes.com Cake It cakeit.us
Sunny’s Legendary Frozen Yogurt sunnysfrozenyogurt.com
Acrobatics, Trapeze & Theatre Echo Theater Company echotheaterpdx.org Northwest Children’s Theater Stay tuned for new birthday party packages at Northwest Children’s Theater’s new home, ”The Judy” which is opening in January 2023. nwcts.org Sensational Play sensationalplay.com
Animals & Outdoors Oregon Coast Aquarium aquarium.org Oregon Reptile Man oregonreptileman.com Oregon Zoo oregonzoo.org Portland Goat Parties portlandgoatparties.com Portland Insectarium pdxinsectarium.org
The Maize at The Pumpkin Patch portlandmaize.com
Bipartisan Cafe bipartisancafe.com Blue Star Donuts bluestardonuts.com Coco Donuts cocodonuts.com Crumbl Cookies crumblcookies.com Delicious Donuts deliciousdonutspdx.com
Angel’s Donuts & Ice Cream facebook.com/Angels-DonutsIce-Cream-171378416919449
Places to Party
Lauretta Jean’s laurettajeans.com Pacific Pie Company pacificpie.com Pie Spot pie-spot.com Pip’s Original Doughnuts pipsmobile.com, facebook.com/ pipsoriginal The Pie Guy facebook.com/The-PieGuy-990846617608515 Voodoo Doughnut voodoodoughnut.com
Donuts, Cookies & Pies
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Next Level Pinball Shop & Museum nextlevelpinballmuseum.com Oaks Park oakspark.com Replay Sports Pub & Arcade relaypub.com
Arts, Crafts & Cooking Bricks & Minifigs bricksandminifigs.com/store/ portland-oregon CeramiCafe Art Lounge ceramicafenw.com Confection Crafts confectioncrafts.com Let it Bead letitbeadportland.com Merry Kitchen themerrykitchen.com Mimosa Studios mimosa-studios.com Portland Child Art Studio portlandchildartstudio.org SCRAP scrappdx.com Spark Arts Center sparkartscenter.com SunnyLove sunnylovepdx.com The Craft Factory craftfactorypdx.com Venvino Art Studios venvinoartstudios.com
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Vibe of Portland vibepdx.org HOLLER
Holler & Holler Treats Have your birthday at Holler and Holler Treats! You can make a reservation, pre-order treats and cakes, or they offer full buyouts of Holler Treats and Holler’s arcade (they just create one BIG party space!). Want to take the party with you? They can do that too! hollerpdx.com, hollertreatspdx.com
Bullwinkle’s fun-center.com Electric Castle’s Wunderland wunderlandgames.com Enchanted Forest enchantedforest.com
Arcades, Fun Centers & Theme Parks
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Oregon Gymnastics Academy ogagym.org Play Fit Fun Parties need to be memorable and fun. That is Play.Fit.Fun’s specialty! Their active birthday parties are either 60 or 90-minutes in length and perfect for kids ranging from kindergarten through 8th grade. playfitfun.com
The Children’s Gym childrensgym.com The Gym-Nest thegym-nest.com
OMEGA Gymnastics omega-gymnastics.com
Dance, Gymnastics & Active Play Experiment experimentpdx.com Metro Gymnastics Center metrogymnastics.com Naydenov Gymnastics ngymnastics.com
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Precision Elite Gymnastics precisionelitegymnastics.com
Bowling Allen’s Crosley Lanes crosleylanes.com Big Al’s ilovebigals.com Grand Central Restaurant & Bowling Lounge thegrandcentralbowl.com KingPins mykingpins.com Milwaukie Bowl milwaukiebowl.com Park Lanes parklanes.net Punch Bowl Social punchbowlsocial.com/portland Super Play superplayor.com Tigard Bowl tigardbowl.com Climbing Circuit Bouldering Gym thecircuitgym.com Portland Rock Gym portlandrockgym.com Stoneworks Climbing Gym belay.com
PLAY.FIT.FUN
Punch Bowl Social punchbowlsocial.com/portland
Topgolf topgolf.com/us/ Twin Pines Country Club
MAD SCIENCE
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry omsi.edu Oregon Rail Heritage Center orhf.org Play Street Museum playstreetmuseum.com/oregon
Voicebox Karaoke Lounge voiceboxpdx.com
twinpinescountryclub.com
Gilbert House Children’s Museum acgilbert.org Engineering for Kids engineeringforkids.com Mad Science Bring Mad Science to your birthday for a party that you will never forget! All guests participate in science experiments that they take home. Add Rockets, Robots, Dry Ice, Science of Cotton Candy, or Hovercraft rides for more fun! portland.madscience.org
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Sykart Indoor Racing sykart.com
Tumble Bus tumblebuspdx.com Westside Dance and Gymnastics Academy westsideacademy.com Karaoke & Movies Academy Theater academytheaterpdx.com
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Laser Tag, Paintball & Go-Karts Impact Action Sports impactactionsports.com Malibu Raceway at Skibowl skibowl.com/summer/mt-hoodactivities/malibu-raceway-skibowl
Splat Action Paintball splataction.com Miniature Golf & Golf Envision Golf envisiongolf.com Glowing Greens glowinggreens.com Infinity Golf golfwithinfinity.com
Museums & Science
Skating & Ice Skating Mountain View Ice Arena mtviewice.com Mt. Scott Community Center portlandoregon.gov/parks/60409
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Oaks Park Roller Rink oakspark.com/roller-skating.html
Pietro’s Pizza A Northwest family favorite since 1957! With a variety of party themes to choose from, personal pizzas, games and prizes for the kiddo, Pietro’s is THE place to book birthday parties! pietrosrestaurants.com Play Dizzy Castle dizzycastle.com Nest Playground nestplayground.com
Sherwood Ice Arena sherwoodicearena.com
Aim High Martial Arts Birthday parties, fundraisers and parents’ night out are just a few of the special events that they host. Join in on the fun and create some memorable moments in their dojo! aimhighma.org Archers Afield archersafield.com
PIETRO’S PIZZA
Pizza Parties John’s Incredible Pizza johnspizza.com/beaverton Mississippi Pizza mississippipizza.com
AIM HIGH
Sports, Jump, & Active Play
Salons Pigtails & Crewcuts pigtailsandcrewcuts.com
Sit Still Salon & Shoppe sitstillkids.com
Ocean Plays Indoor Playground oceanplays.com Playdate PDX playdatepdx.com The Wiggle Room thewiggleroom.com Two Sisters Play Cafe twosistersplaycafe.net
Portland Parks & Rec portlandoregon.gov/ parks/38284 Safe Splash Swim School safesplash.com Tualatin Hills Parks & Rec thprd.org Wings & Waves Waterpark wingsandwaveswaterpark.com
Swimming & Water Play DolFUN Swim Academy dolfunswimacademy.com Emler Swim School emlerswimschool.com Farber Swim School farberswimschool.com
Cheers to You Party Goods & Signs cheerstoyoupartysigns.com
Kiki Boxes kikiboxes.com on p.22
Tree to Tree Adventure Park tree3treeadventurepark.com
North Clackamas Aquatic Park
Decor
NCPRD continued
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Urban Warrior urbanwarrior.fit
Portland Parks and Rec portlandoregon.gov/parks/ article/430541
Looking for the perfect place to host your child’s next birthday party? Make their party a splash at North Clackamas Aquatic Park. Private rooms are available for rent. The Aquatic Park can accommodate gatherings large and small, allowing you to rent the entire facility or a single room. ncprd.com/aquatic-park
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Nicole’s Face Painting nicolesfacepainting.com
22 | NW Kids Magazine Balloon Artists Joe Mishkin joemishkin.com Joy Entertainers joyentertainers.com Slightly Twisted Balloons slightlytwistedballoons.com Tuxedo Jimmy tuxedojimmy.com
Face Painters Fancy Faces by Amy fancyfacesbyamy.com Mystique’s Fancy Faces mystiquesfancyfaces.com
BJ the Clown bjtheclown.com Cha Cha the Clown chachatheclown.com Dragon Theater Puppets & Princesses dragontheatre.com Olive and Dingo oliveanddingo.com Penny’s Puppets pennypuppets.com Princess Power Parties princesspowerparties.com Red Yarn redyardproductions.com Wishes Come True wishescometruepdx.com
Amazing Fairytale Parties With their amazing parties, your child can have a magical birthday party they will always remember. They offer a variety of characters to choose from, including mermaids, superheroes, fairies, and even unicorns. Be sure to Join their VIP Group on Facebook for up-to-date information and special offers! amazingfairytaleparties.com
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Performers
Clowns, Princesses & Puppeteers
Erika
Arts & Magicians Alexander Master of
Dave’s Killer Magic Shop killermagicshop.com Ryn erikaryn.com Magic with Hart hartkeene.com Mark Benthimer magicpdx.com/pages/mark-benthimer
Musicians Mo Phillips mophillips.com Red Yarn redyarnproductions.com
Spielwerk Toys spielwerktoys.com
The Perfect Gifts
Thinker Toys thinkertoysoregon.com
Circus Marvels parlorofwonders.com
Finnegan’s Toys & Gifts finneganstoys.com Kids at Heart Toys kidsathearttoys.com
Presto the Magician prestothemagician.com Scramble James scramblejames.com
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Presents of Mind presentsofmind.tv
The Alphabeticians thealphabeticians.com Black Wagon blackwagon.com
Piccolo
MudPuddles Toys Books mudpuddlestoys.com Mondo Toys piccolomondotoys.com
