The Premier Guide to Fun Birthday Parties: Columbia, SC (2025)

Celebrate your child’s special day with a worry-free party at EdVenture Children’s Museum. Our birthday packages make throwing an epic birthday party a breeze! Book online at EdVenture.org/birthdays and plan your party for up to 35 people (children & adults), enjoy your private birthday party room for three hours, all-day admission for party guests, and 10% off gift shop purchases! Birthday parties with us are kid-tested and grown up-approved. Start planning your party today!

LET OUR PARTY PROS BRING THE FUN! Get ready to experience a party like you have never seen before! Emeralds Artistry and Bodacious Bubbles’ signature Foam Parties are guaranteed to be an instant hit no matter your age. Emeralds Artistry offers Columbia’s best Face Painters, Balloon Artists, Magicians, Bubbles, Caricature Sketch Artist, Henna, Sweatproof AirTatz & much more!

Sit back and relax as Bodacious Bubbles brings the foam, music, & FUN to you. Safe for People, Pets, Pavement or Grass and Cleans itself up, too! Great for Birthdays, Camps, Schools, Daycares, Colleges, Festivals, Fundraisers, Dog Park Foam PAWties, Company Picnics, Gender Reveals (Color Foam!), Church Events & More

Fairytale Princess Company brings costumed characters to your party. Princess visits for parties will last 30 minutes to 2 hours, depending on party package purchased.

You can have a mobile petting zoo and mini horse rides at your child’s next birthday party! Odom’s Mobile Petting Zoo brings all the animals straight to you!

Summit Adventure Park gives kids of all ages the opportunity to get some energy out while playing and having fun indoors. Activities include the main trampoline area, basketball, dodgeball, wipe out, an interactive light wall, and more. There’s even a designated area for toddlers.

Birthday Party Packages: Summit Adventure Park offers birthday party packages that accommodate 5 to 20 jumpers, depending on the package you choose. All packages include 2 hour party time, pizza, water, and jump socks.

Bowling Alley and Arcade.

Bowling prices:
$4.99 per game Monday – *Friday (*before 4 PM)
$5.99 *Friday – Sunday & Holidays (*after 4 PM)
The shoe rental is $4.29

They also offer Cosmic Bowling on Friday and Saturday from 11 pm to 2 am

Party Packages are available starting at $165 for 7 party guests

Clinton Sease Farm is located in Lexington, SC and was established in 1940. The farm has expanded since the early 2000s to include several public attractions, including a corn maze, birthday parties, and school tours.

Offers:
Sunflower Weekends-begin in September (check their Facebook)
Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch: September 19th, 2025- November 2nd, 2025 
Tickets for mazes include all mazes, playground access, an obstacle course, unlimited wagon rides, and a visit to the pumpkin patch (pumpkin purchased separately).
Note: The pumpkin patch has placed pumpkins, not pumpkins on the vine.

School Tours available:
Pumpkin Patch Tour (October-November)
Strawberry Patch Tour (April – May)

Birthday Parties are available to book from April through June, August, and September and include: sheltered picnic tables, wagon ride, feeding animals, playground, and obstacle course. Bring your own decorations, food, drinks, plates, cups, napkins, utensils, cake, cake cutter, candles, lighter, and tablecloth.

Pets are not allowed.

Birthday parties at the Riverbanks Zoo can take place at the zoo or Waterfall Junction. Parties last 1 1/2 hours, and include admission, food choices, an activity bag for guests, and a gift for the birthday child. Parties can be customized with additional enhancements, activities, and food.

If you’re looking for something to do indoors, the Aquarium & Reptile Conservation Center and Birdhouse are great options.

Once Upon a Princess has both princess characters and adventure characters that will visit your child’s birthday party. There are a variety of packages that include length of visit, plus options for sing-alongs, makeovers, stories, games, and more.

Once Upon a Princess serves Columbia, Lexington, Irmo, Chapin, Blythewood, Rock Hill, Camden, and Aiken.

To book with Once Upon a Princess, reach out via Facebook or email.

Nerf Commander is a mobile nerf with pop-up bunkers, motorized nerf blasters, protective eyewear, and more. There’s a wide variety of packages to fit the number of players and desired accessories. Nerf Commander operates in Lexington County and Richland County.

Bring some beautiful face painting to your child’s birthday party or your next family event. Ladybug’s Facepainting offers a variety of packages that include adorable face painting, balloons, and more. You can check out their work on the Ladybug’s Facepainting Facebook page. 

Birthdays: A farm tour, animal meet and greet, playtime with goats, games, and more all come with the basic package with optional adds for an additional cost. Be sure to check out Fox Hideaway Farm for more info.

We are a family-owned mini farm in the heart of Lexington, SC. We offer horse riding lessons, mommy and me classes, toddler equine exposure sessions, animal meet & greets, farm/summer camps, private tours, birthday parties, field trips, music/art/storytelling classes and photography sessions. We have a large variety of animals including horses, a mini horse, a mini mule, a mini cow, goats, sheep, a pig, chickens, ducks, peacocks, turkeys, guinea fowl, rabbits, hedgehogs, an alpaca, a llama, cats and a dog.

Check out Kidding Around’s Review of Horse Crossing Farm

Frankie’s Fun Park is a place for children of all ages. With mini golf, bumper boats, batting cages, an arcade, laser tag, and more; there’s plenty to entertain yourself with.

Birthday Party Packages: A party at Frankie’s Fun Park can include food with their food packages or just play cards for varying amounts, so your guests can enjoy all the games, rides and attractions at Frankie’s Fun Park.

This entertainment center offers arcade games, augmented reality bowling, axe throwing, laser tag, VR, food, and more!

They also offer kid and adult birthday party packages starting at $19.99 per person.
The space can also be rented for large events.

Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 10 am – Midnight
Friday and Saturday: 10 am – 1:00 am
Sunday: 10:00 am – Midnight

Call Ahead to make sure the space is open. Stars and Strikes is sometimes closed to the public for private events.

I specialize in custom-decorated sugar cookies, birthday cakes, and more! I’d love to create something beautiful and delicious for your special occasion!

Pop-Up Classes and Freestyle Kits To-Go available.

Offers paint and sip along with kid’s art birthday party packages, special painting events, and more

Surge Adventure Park offers all sorts of adventure for kids and families including trampolines, a high ropes course, ninja obstacles, and even arcade games.

Birthday Parties: Surge Adventure Park offers trampoline park parties that range in size from 10 to 25 jumpers. Parties include 2 hours of jump time, a host, and more.

Have a guided wagon ride through Eudora Farms safari complete with a tour guide! Decorate picnic tables and bring your own food. No balloons allowed for the safety of the animals.

• Minimum of 10 people
• Option for half-price pony rides and parakeet adventure feed sticks
• Unlimited time exploring the walkable exhibits

Urban Air Adventure Park is coming soon to Columbia, SC!  Offering a random day of fun or an extra special birthday party, you and your family will have a blast exploring the trampolines, rock wall, ropes, cafe, and more.

Classes: Palmetto Performing Arts offers performing teams, Hip Hop, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Contemporary, Tap, and Acro. Classes are available for all ages and skill levels.

Birthday Parties: You can host your next birthday party with Palmetto Performing Arts. Contact the center for more information regarding pricing and details.

Summer Camp: Summer camps are available, and are based on themes. Camp ages range from 3- 18, and are grouped by age range.

Tea parties, photography, educational workshops, landscape design, native plant nursery

Classes: Lake Murray Gymnastics offers gymnastics classes for all ages of children, from just walking through the 12th grade. Classes are offered during the school year and summer. They also offer Ninja, Cheer, and a parent’s night out program.

Birthday Parties: Lake Murray Gymnastics offers birthday parties that include one hour of time in the gym with balance, foam pits, trampolines, and more, plus 30 minutes in the party area.

Summer Camps: Lake Murray Gymnastics offers summer camps for preschoolers to school-age where campers will train in small groups and practice gymnastic skills. Kids will also participate in arts & crafts, games, and strength training.

Parent’s Night Out: Ages 4 and up on Friday nights from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Register in advance.

Add face painting, balloon twisting, magic, and more to your party or event!
Artists come to your party location.

Escapology offers private escape room adventures so you’ll never be solving your puzzles with a stranger. Just get your group together and book one of their 12 rooms, which are family-friendly. No jump scares, everything is PG. They also offer large group team building for groups as large as 180.

Birthday Parties: Book a birthday party or private event at Escapology. Call to discuss available options.

Birthday party options at Empire Gymnastics include a bounce house, trampoline, foam pits, ninja course, and even nerf battle options.

Parties – Parties are currently on hold. Check their website for the latest information. Parties are offered for kids ages 3 to 10 years old, with equipment like air ball, air tumble track, and air fit and fun wheel. Parties are led by staff and structured.

Sweet Izzy’s is a fun ice cream and coffee shop specializing in kids and hosting children’s ice cream sundae birthday parties.

Flight Adventure Park in Irmo has tons of ways for families to have fun, including trampolines, bounce houses, an arcade, and even an ice skating rink.

Birthday Parties: Flight Adventure Park in Irmo offers trampoline parties, bounce house parties, and ice-skating parties. Various packages are available and they can be customized with options for pizza, beverages, and more.

We are a family business that provides face painting using a clean technique to prevent the spread of germs. We are rated 5 stars across all platforms. We also offer characters , mascots, body art, and concessions.

AMF Columbia lanes offer bowling, bowling leagues, birthday parties, special events, billiards, and an arcade. They also have a full bar with food service laneside.

Lanes can be reserved ahead of time online.

Bowling party packages have parties that range from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours. All packages include at least 1 entree, shoe rental, soft drinks, and an arcade card. Other packages have options for sides, more arcade cards, cookies, and more!

Custom decorated sugar cookies for any occasion

Flight Adventure Park in Sandhill offers so many activities. You’ll find a trampoline park, AirSlam basketball, laser tag, Ninja Warrior courses, lunar court, lunar park, mach speed racing go-karts, wipeout, and more!

Birthday Parties: Birthday party packages can be customized with food, favors, and more. Check out their website for more info.

Throw a party at Three Fountains Recreation, and your guests will enjoy skating with 10-30 guests. Pizza, soda and ice cream are included in the packages.

They also offer open skate sessions and various special nights and events. Be sure to check out their website for details and pricing as it varies based on what event you select!

Classes: Legacy Martial Arts offers classes for young children beginning at age 4, all the way through teens and adults.

Birthday Parties: Legacy Martial Arts birthday parties are fun for all kids, whether they have marital arts experience or not. Parties include some basic instruction as well as activities and all set-up and clean-up.

Summer Camp: Legacy Martial Arts offers a Summer Camp for kids with fun and active educational activities of all kinds.

After School Program: Legacy Martial Arts offers an after school program that provides a positive place for kids to spend time after school.

Four locations: 

5225-C Sunset Boulevard, Lexington, SC
7579 St. Andrews Road, Irmo, SC
494-4 Town Center Place, Columbia, SC
4711 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC – Suite 10
1056 S Lake Drive, Suite B, Lexington, SC

Offering kids Paint parties, tea parties, Lego parties, and science lab parties

Balloon arrangements, arches, and more all delivered to your party location.

Columbia Marionette Theatre offers family-friendly puppet shows for kids and families.

Birthday Parties: Parties at Columbia Marionette Theatre include two hours in a themed party room, a gift for the birthday child, and admission to the puppet show.

Foam Party Extravaganza is the newest, most exciting and unique party experience in the Midlands. We fill your event with millions of tiny bubbles in just seconds. It’s the #1 activity for the hot South Carolina’s summers. We bring unforgettable memories to each event.

This bowling alley offers open play rates, shoe rentals, and Rock-N-Glow bowling Friday and Saturday evenings.

Anchor Lanes participates in summer kids bowl free.

Birthday Parties: Anchor Lanes has several customizable parties for kids, teens, and even adults. Parties include bowling and shoe rental, plus various options for food packages, party host, photographs and more!

Chuck E. Cheese offers a place for kids to play arcade games, play space, pizza, and more.

Birthday Parties: Party packages include pizza and drinks, arcade games, 2-hour table rental, set-up and clean-up, ticket blaster, and LIVE birthday show. Add-ons are available – including dessert.

Balloonopolis can provide the best entertainment available in the Columbia area with experienced and professional balloon artists, face painters, jugglers, magicians, and so much more.

One and only hands on interactive and mobile gem mining experience in SC! Pan for gems, stones and fossils. We come to you!

Classes: Capital Karate offers Family Martial Arts, Krav Maga/ Self defense classes. A free trial class is offered.

Birthday Parties: Set-up to clean-up is all covered. Capital Karate provides fun activities and more for the party.

We offer inflatable, soft play, a candy wall, and table & chair rentals to add to the your event! We also have a great space on-site for you to celebrate with fun!

Twin Farms Mobile Petting Zoo will bring animals to your birthday party location. Animals include chickens, goats, ducks, guinea pig, bunnies, a pig, cow, and a mini horse.

Indoor roller skating and an indoor playland is available for family fun at Skateland. Skate rentals are available. Special events include glow parties, pizza nights, and more.

Summer camp at Skateland Fun Center includes roller skating, use of an indoor/outdoor playground, field trips, crafts, and more! *Check back soon for updated 2025 information!

• For kids ages 5 to 11
• Breakfast, lunch, and snacks included
• 6:30 am to 6:30 pm
• Weekly and daily options

Birthday parties at Skateland include pizza, skate rentals, and use of the indoor playland (for an additional fee), plus other options depending on the party package.

Bodacious Bubbles Foam Parties offer a fantastic new trend in Safe Family Fun! Huge Foam Cannons shoot mile high Bubbles to Dance & Play in. It’s safe for People, Pets, Pavement or Grass, and it cleans itself!

They offer a mobile paint party bus that will come to your next event! Your party include 2 hours of painting on an 8×10 canvas with 12 of your closest friends. Their kids birthday package is $450 for up to 12 kids and each kid above that is $25 each. They also offer other party options.

Have an exciting character show-up to your child’s next party! You can choose from Mickey Mouse, Sonic, CoCoMelon, Spiderman, Paw Patrol characters, and more.

There are 2 packages to choose from: 15 minute pop-in for $45 or 30-minute pop-in for $80.

Email or call to schedule.

Have a minor league baseball birthday party with the Columbia Fireflies. The package is for 12 people and includes tickets, hotdogs, drinks, Fireflies hats, birthday cake, autographed baseball, and a Fireflies batting helmet for the birthday child.

Classes: Martial Arts classes for all ages, also self-defense classes for teens and adults.

Birthday Parties: BGR8 Martial Arts parties include games and a mini-lesson, cake cutting with a real sword, and a whole lot of fun!

Little Creek Farm offers small group interactive tours, birthday parties for kids, a space for adult gatherings, a photography rental location, and more!

Birthday Parties at Little Creek Farm include a bounce house and farm tour with animal interactions and photo opportunities. The cost is $250 for 20 children. There is a covered seating area available for party use. No food is included, but parents may bring in food, cake, beverages, and decorations.

*Events are currently not being offered due to construction on the farm. Check back soon for updated information.

Bring the fun to you with a mobile video game truck, flex video game, and nerf battlefields.

A traveling caricature/portrait artist for birthday parties and other events.

We are an indoor playroom that has a climb on structure, infant area, soft play area, and some areas for imaginative play. We also offer a music class weekly and other classes during the week as well. A place for families to come play, connect with other kids and parents, and make memories!!
Our playroom offers private birthday party/event rentals. We offer mobile rentals for inflatables & soft play!

Rent bounce houses, slides, obstacle courses, rides and games, and much more to bring to your party location.

The fun begins NOW! Palmetto Game Truck makes your event an exciting stress-free success. Our amazing video game truck and Certified Game Coach deliver excitement to your doorstep! Each Game Truck party or event is an experience you can depend on and your guests will NEVER forget.

Offers a bowling alley, arcade, and sports bar. They offer a “laneside” menu for food and beverages.

Hours:
Sunday: 1 pm – 12 am
Monday: 1 pm – 12 am
Tuesday: 1 pm – 12 am
Wednesday: 1 pm – 12 am
Thursday: 1 pm – 12 am
Friday: 1 pm – 1 am
Saturday: 11 am – 1 am

We offer soft play and bounce houses for children’s events.

Indoor boutique play center for children ages babies, toddlers, and young children.
Birthday party packages are available. Call for more details.

Annual Harvest Festival: September 27th, 10 am – 4 pm

This locally grown pumpkin patch in Lexington, SC offers a variety of pumpkins each October to purchase.

Offers:
Multiple varieties of pumpkins
Pumpkin putt putt, selfie station, play area, and farm stand
Fall “Rent a Chick”

The Farm 1780 also offers birthday party packages with 2 hours of farm-based activities and a children’s play area!

Party rental for individual curated sensory pouches and dough jars