Party Guide
Use our handy party tips guide to ensure you have the perfect children’s party!
1. Choose a venue that is an ideal size for the amount of children attending (i.e. not too big or too small). Also, consider its location and number of parking spaces for any guests coming further a field.2. If you’re having your child’s party at home limit the number of children you invite to suit your available space. In the summertime a garden makes the perfect venue; just remember to have a contingency plan if the weather takes a turn for the worse.
3. If you’re working to a budget find out if there are any other children having birthdays near to your own child’s, as joint parties can be twice as fun and half the cost!
4. Avoid a last minute rush by buying party items as early as possible starting with non-perishables such as tableware and decorations and ending with the party food and birthday cake.
5. Allow at least half-an-hour for getting into your venue and setting-up the party. Arranging tables & chairs, tableware, decorations and food can take longer than you think.
6. If your party venue is set back off the road tie balloons or a banner round a nearby tree or lamp post, this way everybody will know where the party is!
7. Allocate tasks for any party helpers to avoid everyone trying to do the same thing or nothing at all.
8. Assign a family member or close friend to take photos of the party so you can concentrate on the party itself. Remember to check you have enough camera battery power and space on your memory card or film before leaving the house.
9. Most children are more willing to join in party games and enjoy themselves when there are less parents attending. If possible, limit the amount of adults staying at your child’s party to family and close friends.
10. Putting out too many chairs around the venue (excluding food table) encourages the children to sit down during the entertainment. Aim to put out enough chairs for the parents and only half the amount of children attending.
11. Setting out the food table running down the venue as opposed to across it allows more room for team games.
12. Leaving balloons lying around the venue floor will inevitably result in children hitting each other over the head with them and being burst. A better option is to attach balloons to the walls and then give them to the children at the end of the party.
13. If you have tiny guests attending the party, putting out some fun toys in a corner of the venue is a great way to keep them happy and occupied.
14. Putting name stickers on the children as they arrive allows your entertainer to get to know the children better making the party more fun and personal.
15. Sell-o-taping guest’s birthday card’s to presents ensures you know who to thank for what after the party.
16. Making note of parent’s mobile numbers of younger guest’s means you can get in touch if their child becomes upset at missing them or in the event of an emergency.
17. Feeding children in the middle of the party as opposed to afterwards gives the children a big energy boost for the second half of the party.
18. Attaching a favourite character helium balloon to the birthday child’s chair and seating them in the middle of the table is a great way to make him or her feel special at tea time!
19. Bringing out the birthday cake and singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to the birthday child after tea means you have plenty of time to cut and wrap the cake before the end of the party, ready to pop into party bags.
20. If you’re having a face painter supply them with a list of the children’s names so that the children can be called up individually, avoiding children queuing and missing the entertainment.
21. If you’re having a bouncy castle as well as an Entertainer wait until after the party to inflate it, inflating a castle during the party distracts the children away from the Entertainer.
22. If you are planning on giving out party bags let your Entertainer know so he can inform the children, so nobody goes home empty handed.
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