Childrens Entertainment Brisbane

Just the thought of birthday party planning can send many parents into a spin. Organising a 4 to 7 year old's party is very simple if you understand the needs and dynamics of those who will attend. Rushing off to the park to save your house from the juvenile demolition team is a knee jerk response that often brings more problems than it provides solutions.

Who wants what at the party?

There are 4 main stakeholders at a children's birthday party: the birthday child, the birthday child's parents, the invited children, and their parents. Here's what they want:

• The birthday child wants to be king or queen for the day and get presents, lots of presents.
• The hosting parents want no stress and no mess.
• The visiting children want to be entertained and active. They are not interested in food.
• Their parents want to be able to drop and run or for it to all end as quickly as possible.

Keeping this in mind, the optimum length of a party is 2 hours. This length of party fits kids attention spans, allows parents to slip away to run an errand ot two and is manageable for the host family.

The best times to start the party are 10am, 12 noon and 2pm. Why? These are natural mealtimes. Parents can give their children a quick nutritious feed before they arrive to keep them going until the party food is served later on. Remember, children are not interested in the wonderful array of designer food you have planned. They want chips, lollies and a drink that they can grab and run with. Sit down affairs with fancy nutritious food feels too much like school. Save yourself the time, money and stress and fill paper bowls with snack foods from the supermarket. They don't even need fizzy soft drinks. They are happy to wash down the treats with a sip of water.

So far you've saved your furniture from half eaten food and drinks but what about the rampaging hordes damaging the rest of your home? It's easy, channel their energy. With the money you saved by keeping the food simple, get a professional in who knows how to skilfully harness their destructive energy for the forces of good, not evil.

What are your options for Childrens Entertainment Brisbane ?

Clowns, face painters, balloon twisters, jumping castles. There are many good , professionals available. Your best option, in my opinion, is the birthday party magician. (Full disclosure, I am one). Parents regularly tell me that they appreciate that the magician is the one, above all, who is in control, steering their party towards a successful conclusion. They like that it is a structured show, run to an agreed schedule.

Why a Birthday Party Magician?

Kids love magic shows. Always have, always will. It's 40 minutes of interactive entertainment that keeps kids glued to the spot. The birthday child is made the "star" of the show so they feel special on their special day. Good party magicians keep the adults entertained as well as the kids. The host parents are freed up to attend to details as everyone is entertained.

So your party schedule would run like this:

• 0000 Guests arrive, finger food out, simple games, last of latecomers arrive
• 0030 Magic show begins
• 0115 Magic show ends. Toilet breaks etc.
• 0125 Blowing out of the candles, singing of the song, cutting of the cake and eating.
• 0140 Simple party game
• 0155 Party bags given out, lost shoes found
• 0200 Wave goodbye

So far your home has survived, your sanity is intact and you have delayed the bad behaviour until the child's journey home with their parents.

Here's a few reasons why the park isn't that attractive after all:

• Stings and bites cause tears.
• The whole unpleasant thing with public toilets.
• You are not the only one wanting the park shelter that day.
• Getting there at 6am to 'book' the shelter is no fun.
• If it rains you have a LOT of rearranging to do.
• Wind is nobody's friend at a party.

How much for Childrens Entertainment Brisbane ?

I suppose the big question is, "Can I afford a magician for my party?" The going price for a quality kids party magician, in Brisbane, Australia at least, is $250. With some simple food and decorations, you can get an easy to host, home friendly and weatherproof child's party for about $350. What's more, people will say "Great party!"

Do look around at all the Childrens Entertainment Brisbane options available. The point is, don't run for the park as the easy option because quite often, it's not.