Children’s Parties - A Parents Guide
For all children, old or young, male or female, the perfect party is always on their birthday wish list. Not all the presents in the world can compare to the most magic magician or the bounciest bouncy-castle. But children’s parties can seem like a lot of work, for what ends up to be two and a half hours of screaming Kids.
Honestly, they aren’t that difficult!
If you stick to a few basic guidelines, your child’s party can be a fun, stress free affair. Make sure that you don’t invite too many people, the worst thing in the world is not being able to control your guests and that is when it will end in disaster. Maybe invite 10 to 15 children to the party - the perfect group size for any entertainer, and for any worrying mums and dads.
Also, make sure you don’t make your party too long; otherwise you might not be able to entertain your guests for the entire time. Make any children’s parties that you do about two and a half hours long at the most, that way the kids will have a great time without getting bored half way through.
Now for the important part of any child’s party: the entertainer. Ensure that you book somebody or something that will appeal to a large audience. And make sure that your entertainer appeals to males and females if there are both boys and girls at your party. Also, try to be innovative with your party entertainment; you don’t want to do exactly the same as every other child in your area. You could try to keep your costs down by doing entertainment yourself!
At all children’s parties, another largely important factor is food. The traditional oprtion is of course ‘finger food’, a buffet full of sandwiches, crisps, sausage rolls and sweets, where all the children at the party can help themselves. That is always quite an easy option that you can ensure will go down a treat. But, if you want your party to be a bit different than the rest, why not pick a theme for your party, and follow it through with the style of the food. You could, for example have a pink party for a girl and make sure you only have pink food like ham sandwiches, streaky bacon crisps or pink lemonade. Or you could evolve the whole party around food, and get the children to make their own from a selection of different ingredients - do it yourself pizzas always go down well.
So, if you fancy having a go at some children’s parties, follow these steps and you are sure to have a party that your kids will be proud of.
Anna Stenning is an event organiser with many years of experience in the party industry. Find out more about children’s parties at http://www.dnakids.co.uk