Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planning:
Cost Cutting Tips

Keep the great cost cutting tips in mind when planning your Bar/Bat Mitzvah:

1. Explore the possibility of using package plans for the entertainment, photography, and other services.
2. Make your own centerpieces. Party or toy stores have great ideas.
3. You can decorate and personalize the welcome board and guest book by using glitter pens and markers.
4. Generally, Saturday is the most expensive day to hold the Simcha. Consider your child becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah on another day when the Torah is read.
5. Favors can be bought at gift or toy stores. Personalize them with labels created on your computer or they can be personalized/monogrammed where purchased.
6. Some stores may negotiate on prices when buying in bulk quantities, just ask.
7. Purchasing supplies and favors through catalogs may save money, especially in bulk quantities.
8. Consider an afternoon Kiddush luncheon which may be less expensive than an evening reception.
9. Chicken dishes are usually less costly than beef dishes.
10. Balloons are usually less costly than flowers.