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Weekends · up to 24 children
STEM Birthday Parties
Two hours where every guest builds something real and takes it home. We set up, we run it, we clear up. You bring the cake and take the credit.
From $699 + tax · 219 East Broad St., 2nd Fl, Westfield
- Two full hoursActivity, build, food, cake, run to a schedule that works
- The favour is the projectEvery guest leaves with something they built
- Our room, our messSet-up and clean-up are ours, not yours
- Up to 24 kids12 included, add more at a fixed price per head
Two packages
Pick how much you want to hand over
Both run two hours and include a DIY STEM project for every child. The difference is whether you handle the food.
Basic Package
$699 + tax
Up to 12 children included · extra children $40 each, to a maximum of 24
- Two hours of STEM activities, led by our instructors
- A DIY STEM project for every child, theirs to keep
- Plates, cups, napkins and tablecloths
- Set-up and clean-up
- You provide the food and drinks
Most booked
Party Plus
$849 + tax
Up to 12 children included · extra children $45 each, to a maximum of 24
- Everything in the Basic package
- Themed plates, cups, napkins and tablecloths
- Pizza, water and juice for every child
- You bring the dessert, that is the whole list
- Table set and cleared between activity and food
Add-ons
Second DIY project
Potion lab, glowing circuits or a themed second build, $10 a child
Potion lab, glowing circuits or a themed second build, $10 a child
Extra time
Keep the room longer, $50 per 15 minutes
Keep the room longer, $50 per 15 minutes
Extra guests
$40-$45 a child above the first 12, up to 24 total
$40-$45 a child above the first 12, up to 24 total
Booking
Check your date and hold it
A $150 deposit holds the slot and comes off the balance. Final numbers are confirmed a week before, you are never guessing at the head count when you book.
How the two hours run
Arrival & welcome
Guests arrive, coats away, name tags on. Fifteen minutes.
The build
The main event, a real STEM project every child makes themselves. Around fifty minutes.
Food & cake
Room reset while the kids test their builds, then pizza and cake at the table. Thirty-five minutes.
Free build & goodbye
Makerspace time until parents arrive. Projects packed, floor cleared by us.
Not a weekend person? Weekday afternoon and evening parties are possible in term time around the class schedule. Ask us and we will find a slot.
Deposits, the date checker and a published weekend grid are proposals. Last year 19 party orders produced $2,640, about $139 each against a $699 list price, which says almost all party money is being settled off the website.
The themes
What they build
Space Mission
Rockets, a glowing control panel, and a launch at the end of the session.
Robot Lab
Motors, wires and a machine that moves by the time the cake comes out.
Light & Illusion
Fibre optics, infinity mirrors and colour tricks, the best one for photographs.
Before you book
Party questions
How many adults can stay?
Two accompanying adults per party are expected and welcome, there is seating at the side. More is fine for younger groups; tell us at booking so we set out enough chairs.
Can we bring our own food and cake?
On the Basic package you bring everything edible. On Party Plus we handle pizza, water and juice, and you bring the dessert. Either way the space is nut-free, so please check labels.
What ages does this work for?
Best between 5 and 12. Under 5 works with a simplified build and more adults in the room, say so when booking and we will pick the right project.
What if fewer children turn up than we booked for?
You pay for the package plus the extra heads you confirmed the week before. If someone drops out on the day, their kit goes home with the birthday child.
Can you come to us instead?
For parties we host at Broad Street, because the projects need the kit. For schools and Scout groups we do travel, see Field Trips.
What about a sibling who is too young to join in?
They can sit with a parent in the makerspace corner at no charge, or join the build for $40 if they are old enough to want to.
Saturdays book about six weeks out
If the date matters, check it now. The deposit is refundable for two weeks.