Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Parties/celebrations

Whether you're planning a birthday or a hen do, you'll find plenty of ideas for your celebration on our Party forum.

4th hall birthday party

8 replies

Friedseasalt · 07/01/2024 14:38

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!

OP posts:
00100001 · 07/01/2024 14:41

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?

00100001 · 13/01/2024 20:18

Op?

Friedseasalt · 14/01/2024 13:41

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

OP posts:
BigBoysDontCry · 14/01/2024 13:42

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.

LenaLamont · 14/01/2024 13:46

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)

Combusting · 14/01/2024 13:47

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
bobomomo · 14/01/2024 14:12

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.

Autumn1990 · 14/01/2024 14:26

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

New posts on this thread. Refresh page