SCHOOL OF ROCK, Farmington. Have a
future rock-star in the house? School
of Rock in Farmington offers three-hour
blocks to celebrate your budding musi-
cian. Parties are run by their professional
staff, who teach your child and guests the
basics of guitar, bass, drums, keyboard,
and vocals. All parties include a one-hour
time block for food (provided by you) and
gift opening, and finish with a 10-minute
musical performance by the party goers.
Whether your kid has no experience at all,
or is a future American Idol, School of Rock
can bring out his or her musical genius.
Parties start at $220 and up for 6-12 kids.
(248) 987-4450; locations.schoolofrock.
com/Farmington.

Birthday
Bash

The latest and greatest
party venues and themes
for the littlest revelers.

JODI FELD CONTRIBUTING WRITER

I

t used to be that a kid’s birthday
party meant cake, ice cream and
opening presents in your living
room.
Things have changed. But Metro
Detroit has no shortage of options for
the birthday-party (and bar or bat mitz-
vah) scene, including the tried-and-true
Pump it Up, Airtime and Bounce-U.
But if you’re looking for something
more specific to your child’s personal-
ity — whether your kid is a rocker, a
superhero, an artist, a yogi, even a baker
— we’ve got a birthday party for you.

PERFECT PALETTE PARTIES, Mobile Party.
Have art, will travel! Former art teacher
Wendy Sauve’s students kept recruiting
her to come up with creative art parties
in their homes, so she launched it into a
full-time business. Perfect Palette travels to
your location and provides all the materi-
als necessary for an arts-and-crafts party.
You pick the theme, and Wendy will design
an art project (canvas painting or craft)
to entertain your guests for up to 2 hours.
Each project is custom designed around the
birthday child’s theme, age and gender, so
the possibilities are endless. Parties start at
$250 for 10 kids; add-ons (for a fee) include
additional crafts, custom invites and cup-
cake crafts. (248) 459-9134;
perfectpaletteparties.com.

SWEET SPOTS, Farmington Hills. Calling all
princesses, superheroes, divas and pajama lov-
ers! Sweet Spots lets you host a detailed theme
party for girls or boys of any age. A private room
is meticulously decorated according to your
party theme, while games, dress up, make-up
and nail-polish application, dancing, even pillow
fights entertain your party guests for two hours,
finished with a walk down the lit-up runway.
Sweet Spots offers an all-inclusive party —
everything from the invitations and cupcakes
to the costumes and party favors is included in
their packages. A private party hostess is pro-
vided, too, so whether your princess is enjoying
a tea party with friends or your superhero is
fighting crime with his idol, all you have to do is
enjoy the show. Parties start at $350 for 10 kids.
(248) 325-9150; sweetspots.biz.

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