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Published on February 25th, 2026
Indoor Birthday Parties in Des Moines, Iowa
I have updated AND added some more awesome indoor birthday party ideas! Check out the list below. If I am missing somewhere, feel free to let me know!
Animals
Animal Rescue League: Animal-filled fun, face painting, and a plush toy for each guest!
Blank Park Zoo: Party Room, Ice Cream, 2 Interactions with Animals
Arts & Crafts
Build-A-Bear: Create a Stuffed Animal and Play Games
Glazed Expressions: Paint Pottery with friends
Make it Artfull: Enjoy fun arts and crafts!
Michaels Craft Stores: Crafts and fun for everyone!
Baking
Creme Cupcake: Decorate cupcakes and eat cake!
Botanical Gardens
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden: Take a tour through the Botanical Garden!
Reiman Gardens: Party amongst the flowers and butterflies!
Bowling
Val Lanes: Bowling fun for the kids.
Warrior Lanes: Bowling, party room, and fun!
Games
Chuck E. Cheese: Games, pizza, and entertainment.
The Old School Arcade: Play some fun, old-school arcade games.
Gymnastics, Tumbling, Climbing & Dancing
Chow’s Gymnastics: Party Room, Structured Gymnastics Instruction
Climb Iowa: Climbing, party room, and more.
Infinity Gymnastics: Open gym and fun birthday parties.
Lifetime Fitness: Member or not, lots of fun themes to choose from.
Mid Iowa Gymnastics: Burn off some energy by playing on the fun gymnastics equipment and participating in activities.
Sapphire Gymnastics: Cake, ice cream, games & activities
Triad Gymnastics: Fun gymnastic activities.
Jumping & Playground
Get Air Des Moines: Jump, pizza, goodie bags, and more.
The Playground for Kids: Inflatables, Party Room, Pizza
Pump It Up: Inflatables, Party Room, Food
Rainbow of the Heartland: Playsets, Play Houses, Basketball Goals, Party Room
Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park: Jumping on Trampolines, Pizza. Take a look at our fun experience.
Local Community Centers
Giovannetti Shelter – Urbandale
Raccoon River Park Nature Lodge – WDM
Valley Community Center: They have a gym and open play area. You can rent the center on the weekends.
Windsor Heights Community Center
Movies
Century Jordan Creek Movie Theatre: Watch your favorite movie. Check out their pa][kages!
Flix Brewhouse: Take the kids to a fun family movie and have some yummy pizza!
Musical Fun
Pied Piper Studios: Musical celebrations that are designed for children ages 1-5 years of age
Songs & Signs, LLC: Songs, finger play, parachute and more!
Science & Experiments
Des Moines Children’s Museum: Birthday packages include admission and more!
The Science Center: Party Room, Hands-On Activities, and Admission into the Science Center.
Skating
Skateland DSM: Roller Skating, Pizza, Games
Des Moines Buccaneers: Hockey, ice skating, Zamboni ride, and more!
Sports
Ohana Sports Complex: Food, drink, and inflatables
Dojo’s Family Martial Arts: Play games, break boards and act like your favorite superhero!
Seven Oaks: Enjoy skiing, snow tubing, and snowboarding. Not indoors, but perfect for the Winter birthday!
Superheroes & Princesses
Fairytale Friends: Princess Parties that come to you. Games, activities, magic, and memories.
Little Princess Parties: Welcome a princess into your home.
Party With A Hero: Invite your favorite superhero to celebrate with you.
Royalty & Me: Invite your favorite princess to celebrate! Several different packages available.
Shear Madness: Diva and Superhero parties with a karaoke machine and more.
Storybook Adventures: Invite a princess or hero to attend your party. Lots of packages offered.
Erin Huiatt
Erin is a reliable resource and stepping stone for women and families to find support and make connections within our community. She wants families to feel confident to reach out and ask for help and advice to get pointed in the right direction. She enjoys traveling and exploring with her two children in tow!

My son wants to have a birthday party at our house and Bricks 4 kids no longer does parties at houses. Can you recommend people that come to your house and do projects, sports, act, entertain etc.?
Sarah –
That’s such a bummer about Bricks 4 Kids! 🙁 Thank you for letting me know. I went ahead and updated that. Game on Iowa comes to your house! I would recommend checking them out.
I own a business that does indoor birthday parties for kids. How do we go about getting listed on your site?
Here are a couple more that I know of:
Des Moines Buccaneers: http://www.bucshockey.com/page/show/605759-birthday-parties
Iowa Cubs: http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?sid=t451&ymd=20100325&content_id=8923092&vkey=team2
Sleepy Hollow: http://shspdm.com/birthday-specials/
Thank you for sharing! I just added them above 🙂
Hi my sons favorite would be the sleepy hollow sports park it even had a bunch of summer and winter stuff
Trail Point at DMACC ankeny campus has a swim party package as well as Easter Seals’s of Iowa In their newly remodeled indoor heated rec Pool.
Thanks for sharing Bethany! I will get that added.
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