A Storybook Celebration
Celebrate your little reader with a birthday party at The Story Garden! Our parties are designed to make celebrating easy, joyful and a little bit magical.
Our birthday celebrations are intentionally kept small so children and families can comfortably enjoy The Story Garden.
Every Birthday Party Includes
90 Minutes, All Yours
90 minutes of private event time with exclusive use of The Story Garden + patio, plus 30 minutes of setup time before your celebration.
The Party Basics
Tables and chairs are provided, with a Story Garden staff member on site throughout your event. Basic cleanup after the celebration is included.
Bring your Favorites
Outside food, birthday cake, and non-alcoholic beverages are welcome.
A Cozy Guest List
Celebrate with up to 10 children, including the birthday child and siblings. Each child may be accompanied by one caregiver, for a maximum of 25 guests total.
One for the Books first-birthday celebrations accommodate up to 30 guests.
Choose Your Celebration
Start with the celebration that fits your little reader best. Every package includes our private birthday party basics, with different ways to make the day your own.
🎈 Bring Your Own Adventure
$300 · Any Age
Our space, your adventure! Bring your own activities or an outside entertainer, such as a princess, character, musician, or other approved entertainment.
📚 Choose Your Story
$395 · Ages 4–8
Choose a Story Garden theme and we'll bring it to life with a staff-led storytime, coordinating craft, themed book display, and a featured book for the birthday child to take home.
🌱 Play Me a Story
$495 · Designed for Ages 2–5
Our signature Play Me a Story experience, made private for your celebration with storytime, themed play stations, guided open-ended play, a curated book display, and a featured book to take home.
📖 One for the Books
$395 · First Birthdays
Celebrate their first chapter with our signature first-birthday experience, including One for the Books décor, a smash-cake area, and our Build Their First Library experience with a personalized wooden library crate.
🎈 Bring Your Own Adventure — $300
Our space. Your entertainment.
Have your own party plans? Bring them to The Story Garden. This option is perfect for families bringing a princess, character, musician, or other entertainer — or simply planning their own activities.
This package includes:
- Everything included with our standard private birthday parties
- Outside entertainment welcome with prior approval
- Freedom to bring your own activities and entertainment
Best for: Any age
📚 Choose Your Story — $395
Choose a theme. We'll create the storytime experience.
Choose from our collection of Story Garden party themes and we'll pair it with a favorite book and coordinating craft.
Includes everything in our private birthday rental, plus:
- Your choice of Story Garden theme
- Staff-led storytime
- Coordinating craft/activity
- Craft materials for up to 10 children
- Curated themed book display to explore and shop during the party
- The birthday child takes home the featured storytime book as our gift
Recommended for: Ages 4–8
Themes may include:
- 🦖 Dinosaur Adventure
- 👑 Once Upon a Time
- 🦄 Magic - Fairies, Unicorns, or Mermaids
- 🚀 Out of This World
- 🐾 Wild About Animals
- 🌊 Under the Sea
Have another story theme in mind? Ask us! Custom themes may be available with advance notice.
🌱 Play Me a Story — $495
We bring the story to life through play.
Our signature Play Me a Story classes become a private birthday experience!
Children begin with a story, then explore intentional play stations designed around the theme before coming back together for another story.
Includes everything in our private birthday rental, plus:
- Choice of available Play Me a Story themes
- Opening storytime (5-10 min)
- Multiple intentional themed play stations
- Guided, open-ended play (45 min)
- Closing storytime (5-10 min)
- Curated themed book display
- A featured book for the birthday child to take home
Designed especially for: Ages 2–5
Play Me a Story themes are selected from our existing collection and may vary throughout the year. Themes include: Colors, Over in the Ocean, In the Garden, Bugs, Arctic Animals, Snow & Ice, Beach Day, Down on the Farm
📖 One for the Books — $395
A First Birthday Celebration
One year. One special day. The beginning of a library they’ll grow up with.
Celebrate your little one’s first birthday with our signature One for the Books experience. Designed especially for a larger gathering of family and friends, guests can mingle between The Story Garden and patio while helping build a first library for the birthday child.
$395 · 90 Minutes · Up to 30 Guests
This celebration includes:
- Private use of The Story Garden + patio
- Signature One for the Books first-birthday décor
- Dedicated indoor smash-cake area
- Build Their First Library guest experience
- Curated first-library book display
- Personalized wooden library crate for the birthday child to keep
- Personalized One for the Books sign
- Story Garden keepsake bookplates
- Guest message and writing station
- Tables and chairs
- Story Garden staff member on-site
- 30 minutes of setup time before the celebration
- Outside food, cake and non-alcoholic beverages welcome
- Basic cleanup
Build Their First Library
Instead of bringing a traditional gift, guests can browse The Story Garden and choose a book for the birthday child’s growing library. After purchasing their selection, they’ll add a personalized bookplate with their name or a special message and place the book in the birthday child’s library crate.
At the end of the celebration, the family takes home their personalized crate filled with the books chosen by their guests.
Smash Cake + Patio Celebration
We’ll create a dedicated indoor smash-cake area featuring our One for the Books décor for cake, photos and the big first-birthday moment. The family provides the cake.
The patio provides additional space for family and friends to mingle and enjoy appetizers, drinks and refreshments provided by the family.