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Birthday Parties

Classic* Birthday Packages & Prices

Price: $225 (museum members save 10%!)

Includes:

  • Exclusive use of a festive party room for up to 2 hours
  • Admission for up to 20 guests (adults and children)
  • Birthday child admitted free
  • Children’s Museum gift for the birthday child
  • All plates, napkins, cups, and utensils
  • Exploration in the museum’s galleries (valid for the full day of your party)
  • Your choice of one of the following activities led by a Birthday Party Host:
    • Build-A-Boat
    • Crowning Around
    • Dino Hunt
    • Foam Friends
    • Monkey Business
    • My Moo-stery
    • Potions In Motion
    • Slime Time
    • Treasure Hunt

*Classic Birthdays are held while the museum is open to the general public during regular operating hours.

After Hours* Birthday Packages & Prices

Price: $325 (museum members save 10%!)

Includes:

  • Exclusive use of a festive party room for up to 2 hours
  • Admission for up to 20 guests (adults and children)
  • Birthday child admitted free
  • Children’s Museum gift for the birthday child
  • All plates, napkins, cups, and utensils
  • Exploration in the museum’s galleries (valid for the full day of your party)
  • Your choice of one of the following activities led by a Birthday Party Host:
    • Build-A-Boat
    • Crowning Around
    • Dino Hunt
    • Foam Friends
    • Monkey Business
    • My Moo-stery
    • Potions In Motion
    • Slime Time
    • Treasure Hunt

*After Hours Birthdays are held after the museum is closed to the general public. Please note that up to four After Hours events can be held at one time.

Party Activities

  • Build-A-Boat
    Recommended for children ages 4 to 9.
    Sail the seven seas or even a puddle of water with your very own boat! Kids get to construct and then decorate a boat. After we’re done, we go for a test float to see if our boats will sail.
  • Crowning Around
    Recommended for children ages 1 to 9.
    Come on, get regal! Accessorize yourself with the finest of royal attire. Create crowns, bracelets or armlets for yourself and look like royalty.
  • Dino Hunt
    Recommended for children ages 4 to 9.
    The dinosaur bones have gone missing again! We need a team that is willing to travel the deepest and darkest depths of the museum in hopes of reconstructing our lost dinosaur!
  • Foam Friends
    Recommended for children ages 4 to 9.
    Create yourself a fun, new buddy! Give them a Styrofoam body and head, maybe some arms or legs? Lots of eyes, a few noses, whatever you want! Build until you can build no more!
  • Monkey Business
    Recommended for children ages 4 to 9.
    No, these monkeys don’t organize files nor do they do taxes. They have fun, monkey amounts of fun. Loaded with rubber monkeys, we’re ready to swing into action with games of a simian sort!
  • My Moo-stery
    Recommended for children ages 5 to 8.
    Janice the Cow has lost her spots! Now it’s up to a team of detectives to find them. Luckily, Janice left us some clues – decipher them to find her spots, return them, and make Janice a happy Holstein once again!
  • Potions In Motion
    Recommended for children ages 5 to 7.
    Prepare for an explosion of F-U-N! Make your own magic wands, concoct strange brews, stir up some weird and wacky mixtures, and prepare to be mystified by your own perplexing potions.
  • Slime Time
    Recommended for children ages 2 to 9.
    In all its glory and grossness, we present SCIENCE! First we test what we can do with a gelatinous fluid! Then we try our own hands-on experiment that will simultaneously impress and gross out friends and family alike, we make slime!
  • Treasure Hunt
    Recommended for children ages 4 to 9.
    Arrrrg – they’ve done it again! Pirates have stolen our treasure and buried it somewhere in the museum. We’ll need a group of adventurers with the courage to scavenge for clues to find our missing treasure.

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If you need food for your event, our preferred caterer is A Little Pizza Heaven – and good news for you, they have a deal available for deliveries to the Children’s Museum! Enjoy a large cheese pizza for $13, additional toppings $2.25. Orders should be placed 24 hours in advance with A Little Pizza Heaven directly.

Note: Additional charges may apply for orders with vegan and/or gluten-free choices. Offer only valid on orders made through the Osborne location.

Need Goodie Bags?

Our Shop offers goodie bags in three age ranges and will even deliver them right to your party room! Orders can be placed with the Sales & Bookings Coordinator at the time of your booking request.
Price: $6.99/bag (plus tax)
Museum members save 10% on purchases made onsite!

Click here to purchase goodie bags online.

Extras & Special Services

  • Minute Maid Juice Boxes
    Individual 200ml Minute Maid Juice Boxes available in Apple Juice, Orange Juice, and Mixed Berry flavours.
  • Beverage Service
    Includes servingware rental and unlimited coffee, cream, sugar, and selection of teas for up to 50 people.
    Note: For smaller groups, individual beverages are available for purchase in Shop.
  • Old-Fashioned Refreshment Stand
    Includes cart rental, servingware, and three cold beverage urns (lemonade, iced tea, and fruit punch) for up to 50 people.
  • Gourmet Hot Chocolate Bar
    Includes servingware rental, service attendant, hot chocolate, milk, and selection of up to 12 gourmet toppings for up to 50 people.
    Note: This special seasonal service is available November through January.
    Allergy Warning: Toppings may contain traces of nuts or have been manufactured on the same equipment and/or sold in a retail facility which also processes nuts.
  • Cotton Candy
    Individually-packaged bag containing a single serving of cotton candy. (Note: Cotton candy is ineligible for returns, refunds, and/or cancellation once prepared.)

All extras and special services are subject to availability and additional fees.

Party Checklist

  • Call the Children’s Museum at 204.924.4005 or fill out an online Birthday Booking Request Form to make a birthday booking request. Please have a tentative and alternative date and time ready.
  • Make arrangements for the deposit. We accept cash, cheque, debit, Visa, or Mastercard.
  • Think of something that will make your group identifiable. We suggest stickers to make it easier to find your guests in the galleries.
  • Ensure there is enough adult supervision for the kids attending your party. The museum requires a 1:5 adult to child ratio.
  • Plan your invitations. A free birthday party invitation is available for download here.

Party Policies

  • Birthday party rates are subject to change without notice.
  • Parties are booked on a first come, first served basis. For best availability, we recommend booking as early as possible.
  • Deposit & Cancellation: Due to demand, we require a 50% deposit to guarantee your booking. Deposit must be made within 48 hours of booking, or your tentative hold will be released. All cancellations will be subject to a $25 administration fee. If you cancel your party within two weeks of your party date, your deposit is forfeited.
  • The museum requires a minimum 1:5 adult to child ratio for party and gallery supervision.
  • Should the total number of children in attendance at your party exceed 25, a $50 fee will be applied for the provision of a second museum birthday party host to maintain the quality of your party.
  • The museum reserves the right to deny admission or exclude from the premises any individual(s) whose behaviours negatively impact the museum, its guests, volunteers, or staff.
  • As a courtesy to visitors with life-threatening allergies, please do not bring products containing nuts into the museum.
  • The Children’s Museum cannot guarantee extended party room times. If extended time is required, please request at time of booking. (Extended party room times are subject to additional fees.)
  • Helium balloons are not permitted in the museum. Any helium balloons that are brought into the museum will be checked at the Admissions Desk and returned as you leave the museum.

How To Book A Birthday Party

COVID-19 UPDATE:
We are currently accepting Birthday Party booking requests on a case-by-case basis. If there are any changes which would result in your booked visit being impacted, we will be sure to communicate these with you as soon as possible. Click here to see our latest COVID-19 Updates.

We offer three convenient ways to book:

Our Parties Are Popular!

Readers of Winnipeg Parent Newsmagazine have voted the Children’s Museum Best Place for Children’s Birthday Parties for ten years in a row! Our spaces fill up quickly. We suggest that you book as soon as you have a preferred date and time for your party.

Here’s what others are saying about their experience:

  • “It was stress free and wonderful. See you next year!”
  • “Great party, enjoyed by ALL!”
  • “Excellent, very impressed with all aspects. We’ll be back!”
  • “This was an amazing experience. My son had a blast. Well worth the money.”
  • “Everything was just perfect. I would definitely come and party here again!”
  • “Awesome experience and a great price.”