Just posted in chat before i discovered this topic!
Right, so I'm doing a whole class party in a hall for my DD's 5th birthday and the idea of entertaining 30 kids by myself terrifies me so want to book an entertainer but am really struggling with deciding which kind and never seen one in action before.
I'm pretty sure that I want one that offers a disco set up, but would you go for a whole 2 hour disco or one that splits the time between a magic show and a disco? I was also thinking about just getting a magician for one hour and then doing some games with a CD player myself for the other hour. Do the children's disco (no magic) entertainers really do something great that would take a lot of effort to do myself? The other thing I was thinking about doing is getting a bog standard (cheap) dj and a bouncy castle, but the ones I'm looking at seem to hold around 10 kids max at a time so might be an arse to be making sure everyone gets a fair turn etc.
I was pretty set on the magician/disco type entertainer but then my sister said she'd never been to a party where the magician had actually managed to hold the kids' attention and they'd ended up bored. What do you reckon for a bunch of 5 year olds?
I know I'm probably putting way too much thought into this but all options do cost a fair amount so just want to make sure I get it right.