Format of a private party

At private parties, parents are often stretched to the limit and it is our job to make sure we remove as much of the pressure as possible. Unlike others entertainers who are only with you for an hour, we are with you for the whole 2 hours of your party. Usually the timetable would run something like this......

The Beginning: Parties never begin on time! There will be a stream (or maybe that should be trickle!) of guests arriving for the first 15 or so minutes which means that nothing specific can be done until everyone is here. For this period of time we perform ‘meet and greet’ entertainment. This is a general routine with balloons and a bit of magic which can expand and contract to fit the time until all the guests are with us. That means the children can sit down and watch which gives the party a focus from the very start and parents don’t have to worry about the guests being bored, becoming unsettled or getting up to mischief.
After this, The Magic Show. A fun show of at least 40 minutes, with a lot of the magic based around popular characters from the childrens world. You and the children are welcome to select as many as you like from this list, bearing in mind how long your magic show will be. Although we can not absolutely guarantee that we will bring all you request along, we will do our best.

List of possible characters:

ANGELINA BALLERINA - BATMAN - BARBIE - BOB THE BUILDER - DINOSAURS – DISNEY PRINCESSES – DISNEY BADDIES - DR. WHO - FIMBLES - FIFI & THE FLOWER TOTS - HARRY POTTER - PEPPA PIG - PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN - POWER RANGERS - SCOOBIE DOO – SPIDERMAN – STAR WARS - THUNDERBIRDS – TWEENIES - TOY STORY (2) – THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE – WINNIE THE POOH

If the children eat after the show, it can be a very good idea to do some balloon-modelling as they have the party tea. Not only does this provide some entertainment as they are eating but it also means that the children generally stay at the table, as they do not want to miss their turn at getting a balloon. We do complete circuits of the tea-table and do not ration the balloons so everybody gets one, then two etc. We also leave you some spare balloons behind already made up, just in case any pop after we have left the party.
After tea, we can have a period of party games which parents usually organise. However, because the party has been quite structured up until this points, some parents like to allow the children to let off steam and have a play-session that the children themselves create with their balloons and so on. Just to cover this period, our puppet Molly the Monkey usually makes an appearance and plays with the children which makes for some great photo opportunities.

This is just one suggestion as to how your party might be scheduled. It is not written in stone but we have found over many parties that a timetable like this seems to work very well in entertaining the children in a variety of ways that are stimulating and great fun. Obviously every party is different, so the best thing to do is to chat with the parents and take it from there.