| With one of the highest average per capita | | | | entertainment. Parents should inquire about |
| income rates in California, there tends to be a lot | | | | birthday invites, party favors, and giveaways at |
| of hype around kids' birthdays in Orange County. | | | | the very least. Food catering, professional |
| Kids in the OC have been known to celebrate | | | | photography and video footage may cost more, |
| with more grandeur than most adults do when it | | | | but this may also depend on the theme of the |
| comes to birthday parties. Parents from Orange | | | | party and the kind of entertainment. |
| County (especially single mothers and fathers) can | | | | Some of the more popular entertainers for kids' |
| ensure that things go off without a hitch by hiring | | | | birthdays in Orange County include Enchanted |
| professionals to do most of the work for them. | | | | Fairy Tea Parties, Nettie's Party Pals & Petting |
| Instead of having a pony-themed birthday, some | | | | Zoo and Nic Nac Party Pac. |
| kids get to celebrate their birthday at the OC Polo | | | | When in doubt, parents can ask their friends and |
| Club. Instead of hiring a clown, kids from the OC | | | | family for referrals, or simply pick up a kids' |
| may invite the circus to their backyard. Although | | | | magazine from their local library, toy store or |
| not every birthday has to be as extreme and | | | | community recreation center. With younger |
| extravagant as these, there's still a lot of value in | | | | children, parents can leaf through a kids' magazine |
| making those first crucial birthday parties | | | | together so that they both know exactly what to |
| memorable ones. | | | | expect, instead of leaving things to chance and |
| In this part of California, professionals are often | | | | risking disappointment. |
| able to offer birthday packages along with the | | | | |