When it comes to hiring kids naija gist for your child’s next birthday party, the problem is often in the choosing. After all, there are so many choices out there! To make things easier for yourself, narrow your pickings down by (1) deciding on a party theme, and (2) taking your child’s age group into consideration.
Everything Starts With The Theme
Having a party theme to work with makes everything easier! When you have a theme, it’s a lot easier to choose the right kind of kids party entertainers. Choosing the food and drinks, the decorations, and the party favours is also a lot simpler when you have a theme handy.
Consider The Child’s Age
Another thing to consider when choosing children’s party entertainers is your child’s age. Younger kids won’t mind having clowns around, so no worries there. Just make sure the clowns aren’t scary — you know how some people are with clowns!
It’s often better to offer something unexpected and unfamiliar when it comes to entertainment. Kids may like quieter, more mature, and more creative kids entertainers, such as face painters, balloon artists, comedians, and magicians. Even themed pony shows are great ways to keep the kids occupied throughout the party.
What’s Your Budget?
There will always be entertainers out there who charge ridiculously cheap rates, and it’s tempting to hire such entertainers when you’re on a tight budget. But remember the saying “you get what you pay for” and a first birthday or a 5th birthday only gets celebrated once, why risk the memories hiring a cheap kids party entertainer (newbie, less experienced performers). It’s a whole lot better to shell out a little extra money for the peace of mind of working with true professional entertainers.
Check Their Background
Here’s one last tip to consider — when choosing kids party entertainers, check their track record. How long have they been in business? What are people saying about them? Are there any places on the Internet where people have left feedback about them? (Hint: log on to Facebook and see if they have a fan page.)
Also, don’t hesitate to call them up. When talking to them, trust your gut – do you feel like you can trust them? Would you be comfortable having these entertainers around your kids?
Here’s a bonus tip: If you’re in Australia, check if the entertainer has a Working With Children Police Check (WWCC) card. Also, check if they carry public liability. They are, after all, running a business – make sure they’re 100% legit! While things almost never go wrong at a kid’s party, it’s always better to work with a team of entertainers who are passionate enough about their profession to cover all the bases!
Michelle Patterson (Mrs Balloonatic) is the co-founder of Balloonaversal Entertainments, one of Australia’s premier kids party entertainment teams. They’ve served hundreds of great kid’s parties over the years, and your child’s could be next! Click this -today to get great deals on their party packages.
Are you looking to hire something fun and different for your event? Do you have a wedding or corporate party where you need to impress? Take a look at the following article to find out more about corporate entertainers and wedding entertainers.
So, what do you look for to make sure that you hire the best wedding entertainer for your event? Similar to if you were looking to hire a corporate entertainer for a works do, the first thing you would take a look at is the previous customer feedback that any act you were interested in has advertised. If they have none, then beware! It means they are either a new act with perhaps little experience, or, they are not very good…! After all, an act with no references should surely raise the odd alarm bell…
Another thing to take into account is just how good the entertainers marketing material is. Chances are you will have been drawn in by this in the first place, but, it is still worth thinking about in detail. Actually spend a few minutes reading the bio – see what work they claim to have undertaken before. Have a look at the images and check out the looks on guests faces. These are the kind of things that cannot be ‘forged’ so investigate at length. Back to references as well, have a look at the kind of events that your entertainer has previously performed at. Corporate events can be quite different to weddings and so check out of you are looking more toward the hiring of a wedding entertainer or a corporate entertainer.
It is also worth taking a look on YouTube to see if you can actually find videos of the artist performing. There is nothing like seeing an act in their environment for putting your mind at rest.
One way to take a lot of worry and stress out of the whole process it book via a reputable entertainment agency. This way any entertainer you become interested in will already have been vetted by the company for quality and the kind of experience they have. They will often be able to point you in the right direction not only in the style of act best suited to your event but also the ones that best meet your budget.
Beware though, not all agencies adopt a good vetting process, so, when you speak to an agent, be sure to ask them how they add the acts, what process they use and also check if they charge the act to be included on their roster… if they do… HANG UP! Any agency that charges an act to be included is more than likely going to be not as strict on their quality control because it is in their own interest to just add as many entertainers as possible to bump up their own profits.
