Scientists agree that the only reason adults have children is so they have a socially acceptable reason to visit amusement parks, eat at novelty pizza arcades, and see movies with Shreks in them. Put some fun in the oven with today's kid-friendly Groupon: for $24, you get three open-bounce sessions (up to a $62.85 value) at Pump It Up Inflatable Party Zone in either Bohemia or Plainview. Groupons can be redeemed during special events or weekly open-bounce sessions.

Pump It Up is a blissfully big space designed to help kids meet their needs for friendship, midair dance moves, and gravity defiance. Parents can watch as their bounce-prone descendants slide, scale, and moonwalk around Pump It Up’s inflatable arena. The bounce zone draws kids with its promise of afternoon hang time and offers a brief history lesson in its resemblance to King Louis XVI’s famous “jumpy castle.” Kids can bond with one another through the subtle physical fitness that comes with recreational jumping, and they’ll be glad to have a spot to discuss pressing kid-only issues, such as the superiority of the color blue to the color green.

Pump It Up is served by a friendly, conscientious, and invested staff that ensures the facility is safe and clean for serious jumpers and inflated fun novices. Pump It Up puts kinetic energy to work in the pursuit of fun, friendship, and airborne enthusiasm. Bring energetic youngsters to upcoming special events such as the Black Friday Drop-N-Shop to work through bouts of sweet potato madness while parents fend off mobs of shoppers, or deliver your little leapers to the Christmas Day Pop-In Play Time to exorcise post-present euphoria. Check the Plainview and Bohemia schedules for other events.

Reviews

Though Pump It Up Party's Bohemia location has yet to receive many online reviews, Long Island Press named its Plainview location Best Children's Party Place in 2010.