Match the Party to the Kid: Metro Detroit’s Top Birthday Venues by Personality Type

Mad Science of Detroit
Ages: Preschool, Elementary, Tween
24371 Catherine Industrial Drive, Suite 207, Novi, MI 48375

Your scientist would love a birthday party at Mad Science. They have lab rooms where you can host the party, or they can come to you. You can customize the experience in many ways to fit your scientist's age level and interests. It works best for elementary age through middle school. There are many party package options, such as the Alchemist Party with chemistry-themed experiments, the Wizard Party with wizard-themed experiments and bubbling potions upgrades, and the Einstein Party with activities like a rocket launch and a cotton candy experiment upgrades. Everything is science-themed with hands-on experiments that are fun for kids who love to investigate how things work.

Michigan Science Center
Ages: Preschool, Elementary, Tween, Teen
5020 John R St, Detroit, MI 48202

Amenities: Interactive exhibits, reserved party space, live science demonstrations, IMAX theater.

Michigan Science Center, Mi-Sci, is a fun place for science and STEM-loving kids. Different party packages include admission to the Science Museum, a party space, and an optional upgrade for hands-on science activities. Activity options include Super Slime Time, Lego Building, and Design and Drive Your Own Vehicles.

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Michigan
Ages: Preschool and Elementary
Great Lakes Crossing Outlets 4240 Baldwin Rd, Auburn Hills, MI 48326

Amenities: interactive LEGO® building zones, 4D cinema, rides, themed party rooms, and admission for guests included in party packages.

Your Lego-loving child will be excited for a party at the Legoland Discovery Center. You can choose from three party packages. All packages include admission to the Discovery Center, rides, 4D movies, and a private party room. Upgraded options include pizza and activity packs, Lego keychain build for each child, and a Lego character meet-and-greet

Creative Arts Studios, Royal Oak
Ages: Elementary, Tween, Teen
114 W 4th St, Royal Oak, MI 48067

Amenities: pottery painting, mosaics, glass fusing, private party rooms, and art instructors.

The Creative Arts Studio has many options for your budding artist. You can book a party in their private room and have an artist help the kids through a project. You can choose from pottery painting parties, mosaic parties, glass fusing parties, and wheel throwing parties. Guests leave with a one-of-a-kind souvenir, and the birthday child receives a plate with their handprint and the names and thumbprints of their guests that an artist transforms into a unique keepsake. This is a fun, memorable, and creative way to celebrate a child's birthday.

Mini Picassos Studio
Ages: Preschool, Elementary
17005 Kercheval Ave, Grosse Pointe, MI 48230

Amenities: art parties, imaginative play zone, themed crafts, and take-home art pieces.

Mini Picassos has many party choices for any type of creativity your child enjoys. Party options include a Play Village Party with unlimited access to the play village, and a Pop Star Party where participants get their nails painted, have their makeup done, enjoy karaoke, and dance. The Doll Tea Party lets kids paint a teacup and a small plate, bring a doll, and play games. There are themespainting dinosaurs and trucks with face paint, crafts, games, and a dance party. The Tie-Dye Party allows kids to tie-dye shirts or pillowcases, decorate cookies, and enjoy karaoke or a dance party. The Unicorn, Mermaids, and More Party includes nail painting, face paint, and a craft project of your choosing.

The Squishmallow Party package includes a Squishmallow painting activity, bringing a favorite Squishmallow along, face painting, and either a dance party or bead bracelet making. At the Slime Party, kids decorate slime containers, make their own slime, and play slime bingo. The Superhero Party includes face paint, making masks and capes, and playing superhero games. The Mini Picassos Original Art Party features canvas or clay painting, face paint, and time for presents.

The Glamour Party includes nails and makeup, mirror decorating, and a dance party. The Taylor Swift Party features creating Taylor Swift friendship bracelets, painting a canvas or tote bag, red lipstick, and karaoke with Taylor Swift songs. The Peace, Love, and Groovy Party includes painting a canvas or tote bag with peace signs or smiley faces, hippie-style face paint, and ending with a dance party or simple beaded bracelets. There is also a Lego Party with face painting, time at the Lego station, paint yourself as a minifigure, and Lego games.

There are so many options that parents can easily craft a party based on their child's interests with no prep work on their end.

Airborne Adventure Park
Ages: Elementary, Tween, Teen
23261 Eureka Rd, Taylor, MI 48180

Amenities: trampolines, zip line, warped wall, foam pits, private party rooms, dodgeball court.

Your adventurous child will love bouncing around Airborne Adventure Park with wall-to-wall trampolines, obstacles, and fun. Parties include full access to all the attractions, a private party room, homemade pizza, fountain drinks, grip socks, and more. Kids can enjoy the basketball hoops, dodgeball, zipline, swings, and foam pits. This venue wand ill have your child and their friends excited and exhausted by the end of the party.

Activate Detroit
Ages: Tween and Teen
1125 W Maple Rd, Troy, MI 48084

Amenities: interactive light-up rooms, physical and mental challenge games, group team play, party packages for birthdays.

Activate Detroit is for the kid who loves active, hands-on, high-tech adventures. To solve a variety of puzzles and games, they jump, climb, laugh, and reason through challenges. As they make their way through each adventure, it is a combination of physical and mental puzzles that can be chosen to match your child's interests. It combines high-tech features, escape-room logic, and physical activity. There are basketballs, a problem-solving grid, megalasers, and other mind-boggling physical activities.

Launch Family Entertainment
Ages: Preschool, Elementary, Tween, Teen
Dearborn, 25333 Trowbridge St, Dearborn, MI 48124

Amenities: trampoline park, ninja course, climbing wall, arcade, private event rooms, café.

Launch Family Entertainment provides a premium birthday experience for a wide variety of ages. An adventurous child will love the laser tag, trampoline park, and bowling, which make this a great option for kids who enjoy action and excitement.

TreeRunner Adventure Park
Ages: Preschool, Elementary, Tween, Teen
6200 Drake Rd, West Bloomfield Township, MI 48322

Amenities: Forest adventure park with ziplines, climbing elements, varying heights for all levels of comfort and experience

For your adventurer who loves to be in the forest, TreeRunner Adventure Park is an experience that will create lasting memories. Kids can fly through the canopy of the nine-acre Outdoor Activity Center and test their skills on elements of varying difficulty. The park includes 47 ziplines and 138 climbing elements. Parties include three hours of climbing, gloves, mini-golf, and gem mining. Upgrades can include snacks, drinks, and a reserved gazebo. There is a Junior Park course that is only 2 to 3 feet off the ground for climbers ages 4 to 7, and children ages 6 and up can go on the Aerial Forest course.