4th hall birthday party

[Friedseasalt]

Hi everyone!

I’m planning on hiring a hall with a bouncy castle for my little boys birthday party. What else can I do to keep them entertained?

thanks in advance!

The bouncy castle is the entertainment, surely?

So, kids arrive, go mad in bouncy castle, herd them like cats to the food table at some point and do birthday cake and send them home?

Have drinks out for them/ask to bring water bottles.

Maybe have some stuff out on a table for colouring?

Op?

Thanks. My partner said the exact same as you - I just don’t want them being bored!

I'd do a game of pass the parcel just before the food so that you've already got them gathered in. Chuck some balloons in the hall and they'll spend loads of time just playing with those too.

If you have a choice, a bouncy slide can be better than a bouncy castle - fewer head collisions as they are all going in the same direction!

Bouncy castles always have a few in tears.

Either way, it will tired them out thoroughly, so you don't need anything else (as long as it's big enough for all of them to be on at once)

We are doing a hall birthday party for a 4th for ours next week!

1. Bouncy castle and soft play IS the main deal
2. Setting up box of DD’s crayons and colouring pencils (due for a refresh anyway so will get a last outing) with a whole load of printed out colouring in/easy mazes and a bunch of old stickers on a table - hopefully useful for any kid who is overwhelmed on bouncing and fancies a break
3. Balloons scattered all over Hall
4. Massive cake
5. Individual paper bags of food (sandwiches, fruit, veg sticks, pombears, yoghurts)

That's it. No other activities or crafts

Colouring/craft table for quieter ones, music (pop music but do a child friendly playlist checking for inappropriate language) and perhaps 2-3 games eg traditional musical bumps, statues, pass the parcel.

I took the road playmat, garage and cars. A tuff tray of dinosaurs and one other toy can’t remember what. They played in between bouncing